Catherine Baksi
@legalhackette.bsky.social
Barrister turned freelance journalist, writing for The Times & Law Gazette. Please get in touch with stories: catherinebaksi@hotmail.com.
Concern over ‘rough justice’ in magistrates’ courts, as ministers seek to increase their sentencing powers & deal with more cases there instead of the crown court. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Concern over ‘rough justice’ in magistrates’ courts
Critics warn of increase in delays and heightened miscarriage of justice risk
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"I want to be a role model, to fly the flag for women" - Jo Wescott, managing parter at Osbornes Law, talks to The Brief from @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jo Wescott: I want to be a role model, to fly the flag for women
The first female managing partner at Osbornes Law tells Catherine Baksi how she is striving to improve opportunities for all women practising family law
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In The Brief from @thetimes.com: Essex law firm gets a square on Southend-on-Sea Monopoly set and @thelawsociety.bsky.social president to run the @londonmarathon.bsky.social to raise funds for legal mental health charity @LawCareLtd. Sign up for the latest #legal news, comment and gossip.
Justice system delays are ‘breaking’ victims, commissioner warns - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Justice system delays are ‘breaking’ victims, commissioner warns
The new watchdog Claire Waxman says public debate over the crown court backlog has put lawyers’ voices over ordinary people suffering crime
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Angus Moon KC, of Serjeant's Inn chambers, who successfully represented G4S Health Services in a landmark decision preventing a triple killer from suing authorities for damages, is @thetimes.com's Lawyer of the Week. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Angus Moon KC acted for G4S in Supreme Court test case
The Serjeants’ Inn barrister successfully represented G4S Health Services in a landmark decision preventing a triple killer from suing authorities for damages
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InThe Brief from @thetimes.com: Hollywood star fronts @CentreWJ campaign & Tribute to Stephen Leslie KC. Sign up for the latest #legal news, comment & gossip: home.thetimes.com/newsletters
‘It’s wonderful .. It was the warmth, the heart, the positivity & the humanity of it ..This was about compassion, optimism, kindness, intergenerational friendship' Miriam Margolyes & writer & director Lee Knight talk to @thetimes.com about their Oscar-nominated film. www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
The former personal trainer whose film is nominated for an Oscar
Lee Knight’s debut A Friend of Dorothy stars Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry, and tells the story of a gay teenager who befriends his elderly neighbour
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I helped them stitch rush matting together so we could have something to sit on on the floor. We had a cleaning rota, 1 type writer, one [phone] line, no computer & no photocopier - Owen Davies KC recalls the early days of @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Owen Davies KC: ‘I’ve survived without going mad or bankrupt’
The retired judge and proud ‘lefty lawyer’ tells Catherine Baksi how he thought he would be seen as ‘too radical’ to join the bench — but ultimately enjoyed it
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Push to bolster judicial diversity -- but is more fundamental change needed in the body that selects judges? www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Push to bolster judiciary diversity
Critics dismiss the strategy as ‘more of the same’ and brand the Judicial Appointments Commission as ‘opaque, incompetent and institutionally racist’
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In The Brief from @thetimes.cl : More than 10% of crown courtrooms were unused last Friday as barristers took MPs to court in @thebarcouncil & @TheCriminalBar "justice needs juries" campaign; Reed v robots; & Courtenay Griffiths KC tribute. Sign up here: home.thetimes.com/newsletters
‘It’s wonderful .. It was the warmth, the heart, the positivity & the humanity of it ..This was about compassion, optimism, kindness, intergenerational friendship' Miriam Margolyes & writer & director Lee Knight talk to @thetimes.com about their Oscar-nominated film. www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
The former personal trainer whose film is nominated for an Oscar
Lee Knight’s debut A Friend of Dorothy stars Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry, and tells the story of a gay teenager who befriends his elderly neighbour
thetimes.com
I helped them stitch rush matting together so we could have something to sit on on the floor. We had a cleaning rota, 1 type writer, one [phone] line, no computer & no photocopier - Owen Davies KC recalls the early days of @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Owen Davies KC: ‘I’ve survived without going mad or bankrupt’
The retired judge and proud ‘lefty lawyer’ tells Catherine Baksi how he thought he would be seen as ‘too radical’ to join the bench — but ultimately enjoyed it
thetimes.com
Push to bolster judicial diversity -- but is more fundamental change needed in the body that selects judges? www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Push to bolster judiciary diversity
Critics dismiss the strategy as ‘more of the same’ and brand the Judicial Appointments Commission as ‘opaque, incompetent and institutionally racist’
thetimes.com
In The Brief from @thetimes.cl : More than 10% of crown courtrooms were unused last Friday as barristers took MPs to court in @thebarcouncil & @TheCriminalBar "justice needs juries" campaign; Reed v robots; & Courtenay Griffiths KC tribute. Sign up here: home.thetimes.com/newsletters
'If [Keir Starmer] returns from China without an agreement to release Jimmy Lai, he will look neither hard-headed nor grown-up" - Edward Garnier KC writes in the law pages of @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jimmy Lai’s conviction marks Hong Kong’s break with the rule of law
The prosecution of a British citizen for his beliefs exposes how far the territory’s courts have been bent to serve Beijing’s political ends — and why the UK cannot treat this as business as usual
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'Being a fireman is another form of public service,’ George Joseph of @cornwall_street chambers, tells The Brief from @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
George Joseph: ‘Being a fireman is another form of public service’
The junior barrister tells Catherine Baksi why he balances his work in criminal law with on-call shifts for his local fire brigade
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Nightingale courts to become ‘permanent fixtures’; Met police change could make court delays worse; Criminal defence solicitor jailed for child sexual assault offences - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Nightingale courts to become ‘permanent fixtures’
The cases, the chatter, the chaos: what’s really going on in the law
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Is silk losing its lustre? The latest Bar batch suggests so - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Is silk losing its lustre? The latest Bar batch suggests so
This year’s KC appointments reveal falling numbers and signs that solicitors are disengaging from the rank
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“Go to the right court. Get there before the case starts” - best advice given to John Pice KC of @23essexstreet, Lawyer of the Week in @thetimes.com . www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
John Price KC prosecuted a murder retrial eight years after acquittal
The 23ES barrister explains how fresh testimony persuaded the Court of Appeal to reopen a case once thought closed, leading to a conviction and lengthy prison sentence
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In The Brief's diary from @thetimes.com : Private equity circles above law firms; Doubts over law digi protections; & More on silks...https://home.thetimes.com/newsletters
'If [Keir Starmer] returns from China without an agreement to release Jimmy Lai, he will look neither hard-headed nor grown-up" - Edward Garnier KC writes in the law pages of @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jimmy Lai’s conviction marks Hong Kong’s break with the rule of law
The prosecution of a British citizen for his beliefs exposes how far the territory’s courts have been bent to serve Beijing’s political ends — and why the UK cannot treat this as business as usual
thetimes.com
'Being a fireman is another form of public service,’ George Joseph of @cornwall_street chambers, tells The Brief from @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
George Joseph: ‘Being a fireman is another form of public service’
The junior barrister tells Catherine Baksi why he balances his work in criminal law with on-call shifts for his local fire brigade
thetimes.com
Nightingale courts to become ‘permanent fixtures’; Met police change could make court delays worse; Criminal defence solicitor jailed for child sexual assault offences - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Nightingale courts to become ‘permanent fixtures’
The cases, the chatter, the chaos: what’s really going on in the law
thetimes.com
Is silk losing its lustre? The latest Bar batch suggests so - in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Is silk losing its lustre? The latest Bar batch suggests so
This year’s KC appointments reveal falling numbers and signs that solicitors are disengaging from the rank
thetimes.com
Tribunal ruling puts ‘up or out’ employment policies under scrutiny - in @thetimes. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Tribunal ruling puts ‘up or out’ employment policies under scrutiny
An appeal judgment in favour of a former Accenture manager with endometriosis raises questions about the lawfulness of dismissing staff deemed unpromotable
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“Go to the right court. Get there before the case starts” - best advice given to John Pice KC of @23essexstreet, Lawyer of the Week in @thetimes.com . www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
John Price KC prosecuted a murder retrial eight years after acquittal
The 23ES barrister explains how fresh testimony persuaded the Court of Appeal to reopen a case once thought closed, leading to a conviction and lengthy prison sentence
thetimes.com
In The Brief's diary from @thetimes.com : Private equity circles above law firms; Doubts over law digi protections; & More on silks...https://home.thetimes.com/newsletters
I don’t know what Noel Coward would make of being served cocktails by a robotic bar tender - rather more James Bond. But @RobertBuckland enjoyed his mocktail - thanks to @DACBeachcroft @Kysen and @SandboxVR - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/da08...
Congrats to the 96 new King's Counsel, whose appointments are being announced today. I can't tell you anymore because the website of the King's Counsel Appointments appears to have crashed.
