Has there been a orator greater than Cicero? (Rhetorical question 😁)
I will buy a decent bottle of wine for the first counsel or Lord or Lady Justice of Appeal who turns to the Court of Appeal YouTube streaming camera and says “Don’t forget to click on like and subscribe and let us know what you’d argue in the comments”.
Current Awareness - 'Chicken farm row reaches High Court' Source: BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Campaigners are challenging Shropshire Council over plans for a large chicken farm.
Still two weeks to book! Brush up on your research for history (lawyers) or law (historians) #LegalHistory
Historian interested in law? Legal researcher interested in history? Our free, online workshop Law & History: Introduction to Sources & Approaches is for you! 18 October, amazing speakers, book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/law-and-hi... Hosted by OU Law School legal histories research cluster
Law and History: Introduction to Sources and Approaches
Very stale ideas wafted round the ICC like a broken aircon. (The royal yacht; rwanda; woke civil service wah wah). One notable exhibit: insurgent free-thinker Badenoch's argument (briefed out the night before) that the Tories failed because of Blair/Brown and the "Left never left"....
The Law Commission of England & Wales has announced a consultation, closing on 9 January, on burial and cremation law: lawandreligionuk.com/2024/10/03/l...
🎤There is still time to get your spot and join us for 'Environmental Law: Regulation and the Right to Protest' 🌳📢🪧
Ban for partner who sought intimate relationship with junior www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
A partner and registered foreign lawyer at the Brussels office of a major City law firm has been banned after admitting that he wanted a sexual relationship with a young female colleague.
All of this, every last word. The only reason politicians (mostly) don’t want to do this is because they do not want to be held legally accountable for their actions. Rather like ‘Partygate’, the laws are for the plebs not us. Please share widely.
Me for @instituteforgov.bsky.social Why the government should get its act together and legislate on ethics & standards www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rais...
It takes more than warm words to overhaul ethics and standards in public life.
“Dutch bank ING last month warned 2,000 of its biggest clients, including commercial real estate developers and owners, that it would stop providing them with financing if they failed to make sufficient progress on tackling their climate impacts.” www.ft.com/content/d092...
Real estate investors squeezed between falling valuations and pressure to upgrade energy efficiency