Abigail Bennett
@abennett1975
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In house counsel at JMW Solicitors. Deputy District Judge. All views expressed are personal.
Joined May 2016
V chuffed to have been nominated @MLAwards representing @jmwsolicitors alongside my good friend @Lisa_Unit - it should be a great night!
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Proud mother alert
We are delighted to hear that Grace (#WKGSY10) has won a District 4 NODA (National Operatic and Dramatic Association) for her performance in Neston Player's The Railway Children (directed by Mrs Stenhouse) and has been nominated for a North West NODA as their forthcoming awards.
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His face tells a story, never mind his words.
Conservative MP Charles Walker seems broken by tonight's events - tells @BBCNews he is livid with colleagues
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Fingers crossed!
*clears throat* 🎤 Testing, testing...1,2,3
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Bravest girls in the world.
A girls' school in Iran brought a member of the IRGC-run Basij paramilitary to speak to students. The girls welcomed the speaker by taking off their headscarves & chanting "get lost, Basiji". Teenage girls have been at the forefront of protests for days. https://t.co/kvskgB8qas
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Chaos on the West Coast Main Line again today - a mixture of overhead lines and too few trains. The Government/Avanti line that this is all the fault of the unions gets more outrageous by the day. Where is the recovery plan?
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The Liverpool timetable needs to be restored too. Why haven't @AvantiWestCoast been threatened with the removal of their contract??
In the absence of any meaningful Government action, I am again meeting @AvantiWestCoast today to request a plan for the restoration of the full Manchester to London timetable. I will provide an update after the meeting.
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In anticipation of more lies by the @MoJGovUK, here are the facts behind why criminal barristers have been forced to take this unprecedented action. https://t.co/dYMoimHDiC
thesecretbarrister.com
Today, hundreds of criminal barristers across the country will not be going into court. Images of us dressed in our traditional absurd courtroom dress and standing outside the country’s most …
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Guest post by Joanna Hardy-Susskind: Attrition – The Secret Barrister 'There is a high price to be paid for seeing photos of corpses, for hearing the stories of abused children and for sitting in a windowless cell looking evil in the eye'
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My daughter and her friends have won a competition to design part of this public art exhibition. Obligatory proud tweet 😊
Day 3 Globe Progress 🧵- WKGS globe features Sarah Bassett, Nanny of the Maroons, Abell and Edward Rushton @TWR__org click links below for more details on these courageous individuals @WestKirbyGS
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A great day with @MChapman_TP and the family team at York races. Note: it was freezing so standard northern hardiness required..... @jmwsolicitors
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My experience of coming in house: a thoroughly positive transition which can offer real advantage to the way solicitors and counsel can work together for the benefit of our clients....
Great insight into a day in the life of our in house counsel @abennett1975 Read online at @CounselMagazine.
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Some light at last
🚨BREAKING: Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has been released. Reuters reporting two detained British-Iranians - Nazanin and Anoosheh Asoori - on way to airport to leave Iran - lawyer
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Great win girls!
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Anyone else waiting on a remote hearing at Manchester CJC this afternoon and not had a link/can't get through by phone? Answers on a postcard I have now idea what's going on 🤷♀️
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