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Alex Batesmith

@batesmith.bsky.social
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Associate Prof, School of Law, University of Leeds. Teach/research legal professions, cause lawyers, (international) criminal law, transitional justice. Often focusing on Cambodia & Myanmar. Ex-UN prosecutor, barrister.

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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
And it's always great to be back @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social!
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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Finally presenting is Karen Nokes on the personal cost of in-house lawyers "holding the line" in the #HorizonScandal #SLSA2025
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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#SLSA2025 #HorizonScandal
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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#SLSA2025 #HorizonScandal
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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Sally Day continues the discussion: looking at the data from the guilty pleas in the cases against subpostmasters/-mistresses #HorizonScandal #SLSA2025
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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Final day, final panel at #SLSA2025, with @richardmoorhead.bsky.social and team on the #HorizonScandal at the #PostOffice: telling the story of the failings and misfeasance of the lawyers.
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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
After hearing from Margaret Aspinall and Sue Roberts representing the bereaved families, we're now listening to writer Jimmy McGovern, researcher Phil Scraton and lawyer Elkan Ambrahamson. #SLSA2025 #Hillsborough
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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Day 2 #SLSA2025 "Liverpool and the Legacies of Hillsborough" introduced by Profs Helen Stalford and Marie Fox of @livunislsj.bsky.social
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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Kicking things off at #SLSA2025 in the #Lawyers&LegalProfessions stream, @lawatleeds.bsky.social colleagues @parkendlydia.bsky.social and Steve Montagu-Cairns on the role of legal education in a world of AI and large language models
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Alex Batesmith @batesmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
We had an excellent turnout last week @lawatleeds.bsky.social for our event on #Diversity and #Inclusion in the #LegalProfession. Thanks to fellow panellists Lady Justice Whipple, Treasury Solicitor Susanna McGibbon, NE Circuit Leader Jason Pitter KC & to our Chair, Mrs Justice Lambert.
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