#FakeLaw

This is a remarkably stupid letter by @AthertonNWales. Yes, lawyers are not accountable to the govt. We are independent and accountable to our regulators.Yes, our duty is to our client.
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This serves as an important illustration of the danger of #FakeLaw, and how this government in particular is prepared to deploy it.A brief [THREAD]https://twitter.com/barristersecret/status/1304071480687419397 The Attorney General is a barr
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#fakelaw alert. The Conservatives call for the doubling of “prison sentences for thugs who assault emergency workers” because the maximum sentence is currently 12 months. That isn’t true. Let’s see
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Being reminded of the battle over criminal legal aid in the last decade or more in Ch 6 of @BarristerSecret's book #FakeLaw was a tough read, not least cos it
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Gather round, children.The Mail on Sunday is pushing some vintage #FakeLaw today, with a classic reheating of some #LegalAidLies in the ongoing war on asylum seekers. Let’s take a brief
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#IAmNotACat the US zoom clip & recent CVP cat appearance has made me think that the criminal justice system is being used as light relief during the pandemic ... #TheLawIsBroken
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“Seeing justice truly done” is an interesting soundbite.Is it, as this incoherent, sub-sixth-form essay rant suggests, only about locking more people up for longer?Or does “justice truly done” mean a
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