Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 16mAn aspect of the game that's not obvious is that for a faithful, being open and banishing traitors ASAP is not a good strategy. We're tempted to think being a traitor is more fun, but not necessarily. A successful faithful gains more trust then they deserve—just like a successful traitor. 000
Reposted by Carl GardnerSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 30/09/2026In case anyone is interested, there vacancies currently being advertised for Supreme Court Justices: www.supremecourt.uk/about-the-co...supremecourt.ukJudicial Vacancies: Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom - UK Supreme CourtJudicial Vacancy Justice of the Supreme Court Judicial recruitment 5135
Reposted by Carl GardnerAdam Creme @adamcreme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I appreciate that we need the full details of the latest apparent attempt to murder as many Jews as possible using a plane but if it turns out airlines can’t ensure their pilots aren’t dangerous assassins it rather rubbishes me putting little pots of liquid in clear plastic bags before boarding.  2164
Reposted by Carl GardnerLewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Important new case on ECHR defences to criminal offences: www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH... In the context of a conviction of a criminal offence, the "appropriate vehicle" for considering ECHR rights is within a reasonableness defence, not by a narrow construction of the ingredients of the offencebailii.orgMaking sure you're not a bot! 151
Reposted by Carl GardnerLewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Supreme Court has dismissed Quaye's appeal, finding that the legislation is compatible with the Convention. Unsurprisingly, the Court applies its usual "low intensity review" standard to the question of whether the impugned provisions breach Article 14 ECHR. supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...supremecourt.uk 001
Reposted by Carl GardnerLewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Court has ruled, unanimously, that the UK did not violate Article 5 in the applicant’s cases: hudoc.echr.coe.int?i=001-252386hudoc.echr.coe.intHUDOC - European Court of Human RightsThe HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L... 003
Reposted by Carl GardnerColin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Interesting. Does a decision by an Entry Clearance Officer qualify as a decision of the Secretary of State? A First-tier judge thinks not. Would be interested to know what the Home Office (sorry, ECO) argued here. www.dailymail.com/news/article...dailymail.comFears legal blunder has helped thousands of migrants stay in BritainA judge has raised concerns that a large number of immigration appeals heard in the UK courts may have been illegitimate. 3124
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wow. I'm not naive enough to be entirely surprised that this sort of thing can happen, but am still shocked. I know this is said all the time about all sort of offences and sentences, but I'm not sure 3 and a bit years is enough, considering the total betrayal of public trust here. 050
Reposted by Carl GardnerSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 15/09/2026Tolley’s Employment Law Handbook has grown into an absolute unit. 10305
Reposted by Carl GardnerScott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026this year's interpretation lectures are going to be great 513830
Reposted by Carl GardnerBarbara Rich @barbararich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I am selling the desk I had in chambers in London WC2. It’s a William IV mahogany partners’ desk with 4 drawers, size 134 cm w x 97 cm l x 70 cm h. I used AI to tidy up the photo background but the desk is as seen. Please DM me or request a FM from me if you’re interested in buying it 61722
Reposted by Carl GardnerRoger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Handling of burning down/unlawful demolition of #CrookedHousePub described as "Test Case of how UK protects its pubs". 3 year anniversary come & gone. Order to rebuild appealed by "owners". Six arrested in 2023. Criminal case frozen. 3 years on still no charging of the suspects. #SavePubs 14012
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026An interesting examination of some of the practical questions involving in applying any guidance like this. 010
Reposted by Carl GardnerMartin McDonald @martymcd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I must have missed that Nicol J had sadly died, what a loss: Sir Andrew Nicol obituary www.theguardian.com/law/2026/sep...theguardian.comSir Andrew Nicol obituaryBarrister and judge with one of the finest minds available to immigrants and journalists in peril in the courts 042
Reposted by Carl GardnerGeorge Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Here are the (differing) texts. “France will ordinarily accept those persons” is strangely absent from la version française. 711444
Reposted by Carl GardnerHannah @teaforpterosaur.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Yeah I actually really, really don't like the idea that without me having chosen to get married, I'd automatically be legally married from just living with someone for 3 years. 1391
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Yes. Arguably this guidance has become politicised now. Maybe it should just be scrapped, and government lawyers, external lawyers (who ministers are free to consult) and the Law Officers all simply trusted to do their jobs. 031
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Lord Hermer's legal risk guidance is fine (assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/672b71...). It makes clear ministers decide policy, and can proceed *even without* any tenable legal argument. I wonder what exactly ministers now want to change, and why. 130
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Saw it years ago in its usual place. It's great, a lot more interesting than I'd expected. I might see it again one day when it's back there. 000
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026What Robert Craig writes about constitutional law is always interesting and stimulating. I often disagree with him, though, and I think he's putting forward two bad ideas here: about a "bifurcated vote" at elections, and about the PM requesting an early election. 130
Reposted by Carl GardnerJacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 27/08/2026People just don’t appreciate good design. I have an amateur interest in typography & book design and you can see how that has become increasingly de-skilled over the years. It does not surprise me it is now coming for graphics design, too. But what I really want to talk about is name boards. 1/ 361
Reposted by Carl GardnerBoak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026BLOG POST: “It was startling... to see various people on non-beer social media railing against this policy for reasons like…it’s for Reform voters; pubs are ‘Brexit coded’... it’s just encouraging drinking, a social ill...” boakandbailey.com/2026/08/outs...boakandbailey.comOutside the bubble: “Pubs don't deserve special treatment”It’s a given, isn’t it, that pubs are a good thing and deserve protection? Well, it turns out that many people disagree. 44017
Reposted by Carl GardnerLewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026My book, Judicial Individuality on the UK Supreme Court, is coming out in paperback next week (20 August), with this discount code it can be yours for under £30 :) 074
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I realise this is somewhere in the UK but it's prompted me to think the actual "première bière française" you're likely to find on holiday in France must be either Pelforth Blonde or Brune, or Jenlain which I see has gone all craftified brasserieduyck.com/nos-bieres/l... 110
Reposted by Carl GardnerBarbara Rich @barbararich.bsky.social · 11/08/2026It was public knowledge before last weekend that the Times Higher Education had received a solicitors’ letter about its Arday story and its journalist had been investigated by the police. A mere “THE decided not to run the story” in defending the Good Law Project’s solidarity letter was inadequate 033
Reposted by Carl GardnerHistoric Cricket Pictures @picturesporting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The impact of the heatwave ... Cranleigh in Surrey ... the ground as it was in August 2024 and how it looks this week 2199
Reposted by Carl GardnerAdministrative Court Blog @admincourtblog.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A turning point in Article 8 reunification cases administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/a...administrativecourtblog.wordpress.comA turning point in Article 8 reunification casesThe Court of Appeal has continued to emphasise the strictness of the approach which should be applied by courts and tribunals when individuals challenge immigration decisions by relying on their ri… 036
Reposted by Carl GardnerDr Julie Doughty @juliedoughty.bsky.social · 11/08/2026www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta glasses banned from courts in England and WalesExclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leave 066
Reposted by Carl GardnerThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If early release can be altered so as to exempt homicide offences, it should be. Prisoners who have caused the gravest harm should be among the last to benefit from the overcrowding crisis. But carving out exceptions for individual prisoners in response to media campaigns is weak and unprincipled. 1032066395
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I said at the time that an important factor militating against this attitude in other capitals was that Cameron had pledged a referendum regardless. There’s no sense in others making historic unilateral concessions, if the member state might still just leave anyway. 180
Reposted by Carl GardnerLewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The Ammori appeal will take place on 4-5 November this year. The Court has not yet revealed who will sit on the case, or indeed how many judges will sit. supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...supremecourt.ukR (on the application of Ammori) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) - UK Supreme CourtWas the decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000 lawful? 034
Reposted by Carl GardnerRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Hands up if you just knew Polanksi was going to wade in on this one and stick up for the guy jailed for a prolonged campaign of antisemitic harassment against a Jewish MP 910528
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026No party should select as a candidate for any office someone with the past extremist convictions (in both senses) of the man Kemi Badenoch is backing. It makes no difference whether it's for a council, any devolved assembly, or Parliament. It's all public power of some kind. 2116
Reposted by Carl Gardnertimoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I think one of the things that vexes most about Americans lecturing anywhere else on earth about the balancing exercises involved between free speech and defamation is the lack of realisation that the American approach has failed absolutely and hopelessly on both counts. 1172
Reposted by Carl GardnerLouise @charlottedearling.bsky.social · 02/08/2026New old style Labour under Burnham. You can pretend you haven’t seen this of course 272
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I hope Burnham tackles the real stuff he’s mentioned, like social care. And forgets displacement activity like written constitutionism. 110
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026If she means a shift of power to Manchester is pretty “meh”, then fair enough. But to look at a map and conclude Manchester is in “the English Midlands” is a bit silly. 691
Reposted by Carl GardnerLegal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Quite a few posters on here are sharing an identical message to this one. I have responded many times, but it is vital we are accurate in our commentary. 382
Reposted by Carl GardnerLewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026When do judicial review courts in England and Wales apply reasonableness review and when do they apply a correctness standard? The answer is not straightforward. New blog from me on two recent High Court cases dealing with this question below. administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/r...administrativecourtblog.wordpress.comReasonableness review or correctness review?A public authority makes a decision. That decision is amenable to judicial review. But when the lawfulness of that decision it comes to be reviewed by a court or tribunal, what standard of review s… 053
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I'm surprised that Der Spiegel is interested in the darts in Blackpool. 111
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 23/07/2026If you wrote a novel this year and called it 2062, you'd be imagining a world 36 years ahead just as Orwell did. 010
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Attorney General is a more important minister than is obvious outside government. Whenever she gives legal advice, that can decide or constrain policy on big international and UK issues from war, to tax, immigration and equality, EU relations—anything. Her legal advice really matters. 174
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Reposted by Carl GardnerMantaHunk 🌎🏳️🌈☮️🟧 @mantahunk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026STREET PROTEST- NO WAR DAY 4 FEEDBACK We received excellent support on the street, but I have to tell you one of the most surreal experiences is to watch people drive by with zero reaction. At least MAGA gives you the finger. Whether they drive a Mercedes or a big pickup, I swear they will... 3125
Reposted by Carl GardnerJill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Bad news I think that Hilary Benn is leaving Northern Ireland. NI is in a mess at the moment (no budget etc); Benn got to know it well in opposition and built good relations with the Irish government. 1425749
Reposted by Carl GardnerLegal Action Group @legalactiongroup.bsky.social · 20/07/2026🔷HAPPENING THIS WEEK... Deprivation of Liberty Webinar: Redefining Article 5 ECHR - 𝟮𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆, 𝟭-𝟮𝗽𝗺🔷 Our expert panel will discuss the UKSC judgment that significantly changes the interpretation of #DeprivationOfLiberty. 🎟️BOOK HERE➡️ hi.switchy.io/DoLWebinar22... 001
Reposted by Carl GardnerRichard Hermer @richardhermer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026It has been the privilege of my life to serve my country as Attorney General over the last two years. I’ve been so lucky to be a part of Keir’s team, as he delivered for the public at home while rebuilding the UK’s reputation abroad, in particular on the rule of law. 4353056
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026In (I thought when I went there) a pretty dull part of Lincolnshire, this place is the highlight. 010
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A pretty impressive all-Yorkshire set of handpumps. 010