Greg Baker
@greg_baker
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Senior investigating paralegal at the NMC. LLM in medical law and ethics and called to the bar (not practising). Enjoying life in Dorking.
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The Four Bars of England and Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland are deeply concerned that the government is planning to restrict the right to a jury trial in England and Wales. Being tried by a jury of one’s peers is a fundamental cornerstone of the criminal justice
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Absolutely brilliant first day as the temporary christmas cover for the government’s social media. Welcomed back a super popular chap to the country. Lots of engagement. Huge numbers. A job well done. 👍
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Barristers, Solicitors and other court users that know FULL WELL these proposals on jury trials are utterly ludicrous need to join forces with our farmers, get to Westminster on some combined harvester’s and tractors and blow their owns loudly until Dave Lammy wakes up!
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Essential thread by the tireless and brilliant @kirkkorner. Private contractors fail to produce prisoners at court on time *EVERY SINGLE DAY*. It causes hours and hours of delays. Yet the Ministry of Justice spins the statistics to mask the problem.
Here is some of the data I've obtained Table shows all the penalties imposed for late production of defendants across London's crown courts in May and June As you can see, there were *some* But nowhere near as many as you'd expect given how often defendants are late from prison
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Empty docks, shuttered courtrooms, missing evidence - The real reasons for London’s crippling court delays My long read for @standardnews
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Labour is bringing the axe down on jury trials, but people in court tell a different story of where the chronic delays come from
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Superb thread on the idiocies of what pass for the Lammy plans on jury abolition.
A few days ago, David Lammy wrote a letter to the Justice Committee answering some questions about his proposals to restrict jury trial. This is a welcome step. It’s a telling letter. But not for the reasons you might think. 🪡 🧵
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Rob Reiner reading Roger Ebert's scathing review of NORTH at his Friar Roast in 2000 😂 Now *this* is how a decent person handles criticism about themselves.
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A thread that shows in the clearest terms that @DavidLammy and his legion of authoritative supporters simply have not got the first last or any clue….. Gawd help us.
A few days ago, David Lammy wrote a letter to the Justice Committee answering some questions about his proposals to restrict jury trial. This is a welcome step. It’s a telling letter. But not for the reasons you might think. 🪡 🧵
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For those of my @UKLabour MP colleagues that, for whatever reason, haven’t had the time to engage with this curtailing jury trials plan,PLEASE have a look at this thread. I do actually wonder if Ministers have actually bothered to read Leveson. I don’t mean a summary of it, btw.
A few days ago, David Lammy wrote a letter to the Justice Committee answering some questions about his proposals to restrict jury trial. This is a welcome step. It’s a telling letter. But not for the reasons you might think. 🪡 🧵
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@MoJGovUK The below has no place in a document by the MOJ. Why have you forgotten the burden and standard of proof? The presumption of innocence? What is going on? You do know some people are found Not Guilty after a trial? Right? Right?
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No answers, no evidence, no clue, no shame! Lammy's performance in front of the Justice Committee beggars belief! https://t.co/ckbWTBnvvL
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A recent criminal judgment - written by a District Judge sitting alone - runs to 32 pages. When is it proposed Crown Court judges are going to write their reasons for a verdict? Will they also be determining these new written applications to appeal from the Magistrates? When?
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This is splendid.
Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name... so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why. (High-res version on link.) https://t.co/ngxyZXCumo
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Extraordinarily depressing that an email sent to members of the Inner Temple concerning a celebration of Chanukah does not disclose the location of the event, but asks members to get in touch for details if they don’t already know. Awful.
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If you belong to ANY of these fields: • Doctors • Nurses • Dentists • Pharmacists • Physiotherapists • Radiographers • Optometrists • Dieticians • Lab Scientists • Social Workers • Public Health Experts • Veterinary Professionals • Health & Wellness Writers •
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Still not deleted: is there no one at @USTreasury who understands how financial markets work?
If a credulous GOP propagandist had posted a tweet this stupid, there might have been a case for explaining what drives govt bond returns. But this is the actual @USTreasury.
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k) And although Labour MPs are being given a line about Lammy’s widely considered change from the Lammy Review in 2017 - no one has yet really asked about a 2020 article he wrote for the Telegraph. Maybe someone should. Maybe backbenchers should have a copy. It’s very good.
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This brave lady has waved her anonymity to send this open letter to Lammy about jury trials. Let's hope someone from the Govt has the courtesy to read it.
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The way I met Tom Stoppard was unforgettable – over twenty years ago: a producer wanted to make a movie of one of my earlier books, Stalin: the Court of the Red Tsar and he said he wanted me to meet the script writer. I was already wildly overexcited because the producer was
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