Legality Illusions (one of my favourite ideas in the book as it happens) ... Gazette review piece now on the web rather than the pdf magazine... www.lawgazette.co.uk/people/legal...

'Legality illusions': An interview with Richard Moorhead

A thorn in the side of Post Office lawyers, academic Richard Moorhead was awarded an OBE for three decades' work on legal ethics. Eduardo Reyes asks him where the profession is going wrong.

lawgazette.co.uk

New by me @opiniojuris.bsky.social: a long(ish) post on whether the OTP could unilaterally withdraw the arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. Spoiler: formally, no; practically, yes. #ICC #Israel #Palestine opiniojuris.org/2026/08/03/c...

Can the OTP Can Withdraw the Netanyahu and Gallant Arrest Warrants?

In the wake of Prosecutor’s Khan’s removal from office, a number of people have asked me whether the current Deputy Prosecutors or the next Prosecutor could withdraw the arrest warrants…

opiniojuris.org

The latest IOPC 'Deaths during or following police contact' report has been published for 2025/26 (covers England and Wales). Always worth a close reading, esp Ch5 on deaths in or following police custody. Mainly drug/alcohol/MH involved cases, some with underlying health issues.

Ir is desperately disappointing that no one across the political spectrum is prepared to speak up on behalf of universities. Australia has been running this populist nonsense for years and it's just a stick to beat higher education with. www.thetimes.com/article/96f2...

Andy Burnham vows to put practical education on par with academia

The prime minister will encourage children from age 14 into technical training as part of a radical shift to tackle the rise of ‘Neets’

thetimes.com

Ir is desperately disappointing that no one across the political spectrum is prepared to speak up on behalf of universities. Australia has been running this populist nonsense for years and it's just a stick to beat higher education with. www.thetimes.com/article/96f2...

Andy Burnham vows to put practical education on par with academia

The prime minister will encourage children from age 14 into technical training as part of a radical shift to tackle the rise of ‘Neets’

thetimes.com

Not a chance. Penal populism has motored 99% of criminal justice policy across all political parties since the 1980s. The extensive evidence showing negative outcomes across all metrics has never mattered here.

Alan Rusbridger@arusbridger.bsky.social · 2w ago

The last prison minister escaped over the wall just hours before the latest scandal to engulf our collapsing criminal justice system. But there have been 13 of them in 10 years. Can Burnham be level with us about the size of the crisis he has to solve ? app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74224/...

Yet more evidence supporting the association between actors in far right movements and domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse

Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence

theguardian.com

Really interesting case note by Mandy Burton on Hobday & consent to harm in OATP, domestic abuse, gender & coercive control and revisiting Brown onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Consent and Gender‐Based Violence: <i>R</i> v <i>Hobday</i>

This note analyses the Court of Appeal decision in R v Hobday in the context of the longstanding but controversial caselaw on the relevance of consent to offences of assault occasioning actual bodily...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Really interesting case note by Mandy Burton on Hobday & consent to harm in OATP, domestic abuse, gender & coercive control and revisiting Brown onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Consent and Gender‐Based Violence: <i>R</i> v <i>Hobday</i>

This note analyses the Court of Appeal decision in R v Hobday in the context of the longstanding but controversial caselaw on the relevance of consent to offences of assault occasioning actual bodily...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Chicago Manual of Style (notes bibliography) forever. A simple superscript number in text, a neat footnote and no interruptions to writing fluency.

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 3w ago

Increasingly coming to the view that the Harvard referencing system is the death of stylish academic writing. Flow as a reader is impossible when the text is littered with regular occurrences of (Boggins and Zuglinsky 2022).

I mean you really only have to look at the quality of their chocolate to find the best metaphor for Belgium vs USA

Are you a crim practitioner in E&W? Do you have 1 hour to spare? @jessicashurson.bsky.social and I need participants for our pilot study: "Hearsay From a Computer: Legal Professionals' Perceptions of Computer + AI derived evidence." We want to talk to you! Details here www.hearsayproject.com Pls RT!

JUSTICE is deeply saddened by the death of Sir Roy Goode, the leading commercial law scholar of his generation and founder of CCLS at Queen Mary, University of London. Roy was one of our longest standing members and we will sorely miss him. Our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.

Yesterday I submitted the proofs, index and tables for my forthcoming book 'Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law.' It's scheduled for publication on 10 September 2026 and available for pre-order :) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

I am very glad to see how widely covered the insanity at Exeter is, but please I beg everyone, understand this is happening EVERYWHERE in UK universities. If people care about anything valuable that this sector does or contributes too, they need to get loud, now.

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · last mo.

Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵

Are you a crim practitioner in E&W? Do you have 1 hour to spare? @jessicashurson.bsky.social and I need participants for our pilot study: "Hearsay From a Computer: Legal Professionals' Perceptions of Computer + AI derived evidence." We want to talk to you! Details here www.hearsayproject.com Pls RT!

Another stupid Mahmood idea - getting “trained” members of the public to decide asylum cases - is ripped to shreds here by someone who knows what they’re talking about… Politicians have truly lost their minds on immigration. It’s making us a very wretched and angry place.

God I love a penalty shootout and I particularly love a dramatic World Cup upset. Nothing tops seeing smaller teams fans go berserk when they topple the bigger teams. Go Paraguay! www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Canale and Gill the heroes as Paraguay hand Germany first World Cup shootout defeat

Germany lost their first World Cup penalty shootout in dramatic fashion after a tense 1-1 draw after extra time

theguardian.com

More info on the Mahmoud asylum hearing proposals - paid part time and full time volunteer laypersons to replace judges and adjudicate in new immigration appeals body - ⬇️⬇️ www.thetimes.com/article/ae1c...

Public to decide asylum appeals as Mahmood jettisons judges

As part of reforms by the home secretary to accelerate the process, hundreds of ordinary members of the public will be trained up as adjudicators

thetimes.com

More info on the Mahmoud asylum hearing proposals - paid part time and full time volunteer laypersons to replace judges and adjudicate in new immigration appeals body - ⬇️⬇️ www.thetimes.com/article/ae1c...

Public to decide asylum appeals as Mahmood jettisons judges

As part of reforms by the home secretary to accelerate the process, hundreds of ordinary members of the public will be trained up as adjudicators

thetimes.com

Expecting lots of coverage on their race too.

Men who allegedly helped rapist drug and abuse wife can be named

13 men are accused of helping a man abuse his wife over a period of years.

bbc.co.uk

reading Mahmood's proposal for new appeals body in immigration tribunal of "professional" but "non judicial" members and wondering what this means. like non-legal members in employment tribunals? Or trained volunteers like magistracy? Does anyone have an idea? media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/IA...

Reversed, wrong-headed, lied; unhinged, wrong-headed, deprived.

Cracking piece of academic commentary on the Palestine Action appeal case. Bravo @alangreene.bsky.social @colinmurray.bsky.social @daniellalock.bsky.social

Daniella Lock@daniellalock.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here are some thoughts on the new Court of Appeal Palestine Action ruling, written with @alangreene.bsky.social and @colinmurray.bsky.social for @verfassungsblog.de verfassungsblog.de/palestine-ac...

Attention Australians: these are now in UK supermarkets.

Our annual @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social Criminal Justice Centre conference on Conspiracy Theories and Pseudolaw is this Thurs/Fri online/in-person at Queen Mary. Everything freemason, sov cits, freemen of the land and micronations! Full programme below and free reg here: pseudolaw.org/events/

All eyes to the Court of Appeal in London at 11am for the hand down of a special five judge decision (in light of the importance of the issues at stake) on the lawfulness of the UK Govt's Palestine Action ban: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

High Court to rule on Palestine Action terror group ban

Three judges ruled in February that the then-home secretary Yvette Cooper’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action was unlawful

independent.co.uk

Our annual @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social Criminal Justice Centre conference on Conspiracy Theories and Pseudolaw is this Thurs/Fri online/in-person at Queen Mary. Everything freemason, sov cits, freemen of the land and micronations! Full programme below and free reg here: pseudolaw.org/events/

Any recent non-fiction recommendations? Just finished - and enjoyed - London Falling.