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https://twitter.com/lbc/status/1687003945950998528Readers are invited to conclude that £100,000 (£100,028, to be precise) is too much to spend on this very serious case, in which an MP was murdered. A “ridiculous amount of money”, we’re reliably told by Conservative MP @nigelmills.
https://twitter.com/stevereedmp/status/1603041735403507713Labour excitedly told The Sun that they would “force offenders to literally face justice”. Does this mean *literally* dragging unwilling defendants into the dock? Aside from the safety issues, what if the defendant decides to disrupt proceedings?
https://twitter.com/sbarrettbar/status/1602782696077492224I wouldn’t normally engage with this sort of silliness, but Councillor Barrett - he of the reliably inaccurate pro-government “legal analyses” in The Spectator - is making false claims capable of seriously damaging reputations, which cannot be ignored.
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1501565869507420170
https://twitter.com/DailyMailCeleb/status/1566848666576510978Not *just* a law book, MailOnline. A Sunday Times bestselling law book exploring the popular myths we are fed about our justice system by those in power, from the author of fellow bestsellers “Stories of the Law and How it’s Broken” and “Nothing But The Truth”. Oh yes.
https://twitter.com/barristerblog/status/1561965331928780802Because here’s the thing that people like @jcartlidgemp fail to grasp.
https://twitter.com/lucyfrazermp/status/1559463502795898881Let’s start with where Ms Frazer is correct, because this will be quick.
https://twitter.com/gbnews/status/1539195511256776706If Steven had done his research before anointing himself an expert on criminal legal aid, he would know that legal aid fees have fallen so low that our regulator says that they do not represent “a proper professional fee”, and we are entitled to decline those cases.