Fiona Bawdon

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

My son recently found a swastika drawn on the pavement at... The Manchester attack didn't come as a shock. The only surprise is it hasn’t happened sooner

I wrote a short piece for the Observer on the attacks in Manchester.

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Fall in SQE1 pass rates casts doubt on multiple choice Fresh questions are being asked about the merits of the multiple choice SQE1 test after pass rates sank to their lowest-ever level.

"An SQE tutor says some multiple-choice questions are written in a way where all five answers can be correct, forcing candidates to second-guess what the examiner thinks" www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/fall-in...

Wholeheartedly this 👇

Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester

Spike and Logan would like to hear more about this 'other way' of which you speak....

Apart from the unnecessary hardship this will inflict on individuals, this will be bad for integration and social cohesion, bad for the economy, and will increase irregular migration.

[And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]

Keir Starmer to warn Labour that battle with Reform is ‘fight for soul of the nation’ Exclusive: PM says history will not forgive his government if it fails to confront and defeat the populist right

When will this fight actually start and what form will it take? What will Starmer and Labour actually DO? At the moment looks a lot like being repeatedly punched in the face and doing nothing. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Comment: Why are we going backwards on racism in Britain? Black and Asian people have increasingly equal opportunities to reach the top, but a viscerally and unacceptably unequal experience of public space

This country made significant progress against racism in my lifetime - but we did not do so by chance. There is a visible visceral regression in experiencing of overt racism because the toxic fringe with the most extreme views have a sense of permission & impunity
www.easterneye.biz/racism-in-uk...

Paul Laity · After Martha For the hospital, and for the NHS, it was a closed case, another preventable death: medicine is imperfect, such things...

'Welcome to my last four years.' A search for accountability and a full, detailed explanation for Martha's death . . . www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Paul Laity’s After Martha piece is a vital piece of reportage brilliantly handled by a grieving parent. It is of great service to parents, children, and all medical practitioners and fully warrants the cover design of this LRB edition reflecting its importance.

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Feel like we should bring back the old twitter follow friday to boost good people on here who maybe didn't get an initial boost from the starter packs.

So follow @psurridge.bsky.social and @profjanegreen.bsky.social - two excellent and thoughtful political scientists.

We want to give a special congratulations to Abdullahi Yussuf for receiving the inaugural Dubs Legacy Award for Emerging Leaders earlier this summer! 🙌 🫂

Thanks to @legalactiongroup.bsky.social for their great coverage: www.lag.org.uk/article/2171....

Hello gorgeous scamps who bought #TheCutThroatTrial and haven’t yet blocked my orgy of promotion. May I ask a favour?

If you enjoyed it, would you mind leaving a short review on Amazon or wherever you got it? I’m told (by those making me post this) that reviews make a big difference…

Thank you ❤️

Objection: Why every word counts To find out what went wrong in a miscarriage of justice, you need a complete record of the trial – not easy in the UK, says Emily Bolton.

📜 "Every word said at trial counts"

Emily Bolton on why, when it comes to challenging miscarriages of justice, a judge's summing up can never be a substitute for a full transcript.

🔎 Uncover more in Legal Action Magazine: swiy.co/htED @we-are-appeal.bsky.social

@newsagents.bsky.social @lewisgoodall.com described him as 'an older, rather ruddy gentleman who wouldn't have looked out of place in an Evelyn Waugh novel'.

@fionabawdon.bsky.social on the 'access to justice champion' behind the controversial Afghan superinjunction in Sept's Legal Action mag.

What is the endgame in this toxic immigration debate: is it friends and neighbours thrown out of the country? | Jonthan Liew The notion of remigration was abstract, but the right is dragging it towards respectability. If the goal is homogeneous whiteness, they should say it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Martha's rule rolled out to all acute hospitals in England Hundreds of patients have been helped by rule, which makes it easier to get an urgent second opinion.

Martha Mills was one of my favourite people. She should have had her 18th birthday today. Her parents have campaigned tirelessly to improve healthcare so that others won’t experience what they did. They are heroes.

This is something I wrote previously about the immense debt of gratitude we all owe to Merope Mills and her family
fionabawdon.com/2024/04/01/m...

Martha’s rule now in operation at every acute hospital in England System gives patients, their loved ones and NHS staff the right to request a care review

❤️ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Quite appallingly, the shadow Lord Chancellor and shadow Secretary of State for Justice has posted to X an inaccurate and misleading statement about the Court of Appeal’s judgment, mistakenly quoting and describing paragraph 114 of the judgment it overruled, not the Court of Appeal’s own reasoning

Justice secretary suggests Jenrick risked collapse of murder trial with tweet Judge said shadow justice secretary’s comments during trial of Elias Morgan were ‘ill thought through’ The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has suggested that her Tory counterpart, Robert Jenrick, was guilty of “risking the collapse of trial”, after he was criticised in court for tweeting about a criminal case. Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, posted on social media about a murder trial a week after it had begun, making comments that the judge said were “ill thought through”. Continue reading...

Justice secretary suggests Jenrick risked collapse of murder trial with tweet

Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...

Celebrating Baroness Helena Kennedy's Prestigious Honour We are thrilled and proud to announce that Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws LT KC, Director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and a founding member of

We're proud to announce that Baroness Helena Kennedy of the Shaws LT KC, Director of the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) & a founding member of Doughty Street Chambers, has been awarded the Order of Merit of Ukraine of the III degree by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

This month's Legal Action cover story: Garden Court at 50

After 50 years of 'doing right, fearing no one', what next for @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social? @fionabawdon.bsky.social investigates.

➡️ swiy.co/h50O

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

YouTube video by The Dickson Poon School of Law King's Legal Clinic launches The Promise

On the 4 July, King's Legal Clinic launched The Promise, an immersive performance spotlighting the lived experiences of those affected by the Home Office Windrush scandal, alongside Windrush Justice Clinic’s legal research.

Watch the full video about The Promise ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcIf...

‘I liked the fact they weren’t wanted anywhere else.’ As Garden Court Chambers celebrates its 50th anniversary, Fiona Bawdon relates the story of the groundbreaking set.

📝 Celebration of Garden Court’s 50 years hit the front page of @legalactiongroup.bsky.social Magazine with a special piece by @fionabawdon.bsky.social‬ on how the ‘eviction’ of 4 young barristers led to the creation of our ground-breaking set.

Read the article here 🔽
www.lag.org.uk/article/2170...

For the second post in our legal blog series, we examine recent amendments to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 which mean police officers are to be dismissed for gross misconduct, barring ‘exceptional circumstances' dpglaw.co.uk/police-offic...