Reposted by James HandJHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 4hSomething new. Every Monday I will be posting comic strip me demonstrating an advocacy skill and comic strip me explaining it. All intended for those beginning their advocacy journey. Advocacy, Illustrated 011
Reposted by James HandBarbara Rich @barbararich.bsky.social · 12hThe Lost Explorer - Sir Ranulph Fiennes and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 I have written about lasting powers of attorney, deprivation of liberty, and the powers of the Court of Protection in connection with the “disappearance” of Sir Ranulph Fiennes bleakhouserevisited.substack.com/p/the-lost-e...bleakhouserevisited.substack.comThe Lost ExplorerThe ‘disappearance’ of Sir Ranulph Fiennes and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 83010
Reposted by James HandUoP Law @uoplaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This morning saw the start of this year's Law School Staff and PGRS Research Seminar series, with Warwick's Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social discussing an aspect of his @brisunipress.bsky.social book bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-.... Many thanks to Alex and all the attendees.bristoluniversitypress.co.ukQueering UK Refugee LawQueering UK Refugee Law - Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration; In the context of a global backlash against migrant and LGBTIQA+ rights , this book examines the experiences of LGBTIQA+ people in... 143
Reposted by James HandDavid Kernohan @dkernohan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What's notable about this is how it represents a significant break from the ways security services usually do this kind of thing: wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...wonkhe.comEspionage alert sees MI5 take an interest in Chinese research collaborationThe security services put links between the China General Technology Research Institution and Chinese espionage into the public domain 002
Reposted by James HandSean 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 James HandNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just saw folk who join the uncritical rush towards AI referred to as "LLMings", and I am stealing that.static.klipy.comVintage Pixel Game: LemmingsAlt: Vintage Pixel Game: Lemmings 11286122
Reposted by James HandDavid Kernohan @dkernohan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...wonkhe.comBurnham’s quiet pledgeWas there something more substantial in the PM’s big speech for the sector? 012
Reposted by James HandRuth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The triple lock announcement today is essentially a shift to a long-run link to earnings. But with a minimum of inflation or 2.5% in any given year. Most importantly that removes the permanent ratchet above earnings. 23216
Reposted by James HandAlan Renwick @alanrenwick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Andy Burnham has announced a National Commission on Electoral Reform. The voting system is the heart of our democracy: this will be a vital debate. The Constitution Unit will work to ensure it’s an informed debate. Look out for our project launching next week examining the options and their effects. 24718
Reposted by James HandStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Great piece and thread. Find it heartening that most people get why it is a particular problem for politicians to do this, also! 65612
Reposted by James HandJohn Cotter @drjohncotter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My first post-education full-time job was as a research assistant on the statute law revision project at the Office of Attorney General of Ireland. I was part of a team that was charged with finding and reading all pre-independence English, Irish, British, and UK statutes. /1 351
James Hand @jamesahand.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A post by some great colleagues about an important initiative on a much-valued network’s blog 012
Reposted by James HandSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Both the CDU and SPD are in a horrible mess, probably worse than Labour and the Tories. 5472
Reposted by James HandSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 15/09/2026Tolley’s Employment Law Handbook has grown into an absolute unit. 10305
Reposted by James HandScott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Added a new interpretation slide for the first years 0298
Reposted by James HandAileen McHarg @aileenmcharg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026An important announcement from Public Law. 22413
Reposted by James HandPaul F Scott @paulfscott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Lord Briggs is next President of the UKSC: lnkd.in/p/e5ytH7ajlnkd.inHis Majesty The King has approved the appointment of Lord Briggs of Westbourne as the next President of the Supreme Court. The King made the appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord… |...His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of Lord Briggs of Westbourne as the next President of the Supreme Court. The King made the appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord Ch... 11615
Reposted by James HandOldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 07/09/2026🚨ONE YEAR ON!🚨 It's been a year (already!) since the 1st public outing for our 'South Coast's Forgotten Railway Workers' exhibition. An output of our collaboration with the Havant Local History Group, it's been all over in the last 12 months! www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/finding-the-...railwayaccidents.port.ac.ukFinding the south coast’s forgotten railway workers - Railway Work, Life & DeathRead about our public exhibition, showcasing research from the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project - out now. 154
Reposted by James HandJonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026All rather Groundhog Day. Even the language - “the system of judicial review is out of balance”. And it’s a bit surprising (to me) that the legal risk guidance, which started as a rather technical internal document, is now part of the public political apparatus, to be changed as PMs/AGs come & go 3115
Reposted by James HandDr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 07/09/2026For those following the Govt’s English local government reforms, this is a… significant development. Will be interesting to see what/if any implications it could have for the roll-out of the Govt’s devolution programme #senedd #devolution 045
Reposted by James HandColin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Now out in the @nilegalq.bsky.social's Reflections on Writing Series, my thoughts on how the REF impacts on (legal) research. I conclude that the current REF has been excruciatingly difficult to navigate and that, even having said that, losing the REF might be worse: nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni... 075
Reposted by James HandJames Hand @jamesahand.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Last weekend saw the 30th anniversary of the Employment Rights Act 1996 coming into force - and in a few months' time the 30th+ amendment to the continuity of employment requirement for unfair dismissal will take effect. This post, published today on the UK Labour Law Blog…uklabourlawblog.comUnfair Dismissal and the continuing of continuity: The Employment Rights Act 2025 and Section 108 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 – by James HandImage by Mohamed_hassan from Pixabay 1. Introduction August 2026 sees the 30th anniversary of the Employment Rights Act 1996 coming into force. In the words of the Lord Chancellor at the time, it (… 111
Reposted by James HandStephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is funny and scary in equal measure. 122
Reposted by James HandJonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is a v good summary of the Hillsborough Law. I confess I had doubts about the original idea of the Bill. However laudable the aims, would there be undesirable consequences - a chilling effect, unfair penalisation of officials? (Much as some of the champions of FOIA now regret it) 166
James Hand @jamesahand.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Last weekend saw the 30th anniversary of the Employment Rights Act 1996 coming into force - and in a few months' time the 30th+ amendment to the continuity of employment requirement for unfair dismissal will take effect. This post, published today on the UK Labour Law Blog…uklabourlawblog.comUnfair Dismissal and the continuing of continuity: The Employment Rights Act 2025 and Section 108 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 – by James HandImage by Mohamed_hassan from Pixabay 1. Introduction August 2026 sees the 30th anniversary of the Employment Rights Act 1996 coming into force. In the words of the Lord Chancellor at the time, it (… 111
Reposted by James HandTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 24/08/2026If people are posting less, or fewer are posting, try following more people to fill your timeline up. It's highly unlikely that you already followed all the people you will like. Repost more. Recommend people to others more. Also over follow as this helps others find their people. 1123886
Reposted by James HandP(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 24/08/2026Telling everybody we just got the Nobel Prize 704735456
James Hand @jamesahand.bsky.social · 25/08/2026#REF2029 Delinking has its uses but may be being stretched too much to cover all but exceptional equality issues. E.g. treating parental leave that way means the concerns raised at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Deliver... and academic.oup.com/rev/article/... remain currentacademic.oup.comEquality and employment aspects of the UK Research Excellence FrameworkAbstract. This article analyses issues of equality and selection arising from the preparation for, and submissions to, the Research Excellence Framework 20 011
Reposted by James HandWilliam Lane @williamjtlane.bsky.social · 21/08/2026On this point I am *very* heartened to see the government move to require salaries in job adverts. It sounds like a little thing, but it is so important for jobseekers to know that they're going into an interview that is worthwhile. Plus it might force a bit of upward pressure on wages.bbc.co.ukSalary information to be shown on job ads under new lawsThe government argues the move would help jobseekers and could reduce pay discrimination claims. 1125
James Hand @jamesahand.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Issue 26(3) of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law is out now. Continuing the run of bumper issues, it is the biggest single issue to date (8 pieces including a case note (with 5 available open access) over 200+ pages). journals.sagepub.com/toc/jdia/26/3journals.sagepub.comInternational Journal of Discrimination and the Law - Volume 26, Number 3Table of contents for International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 26, 3 101
Reposted by James HandCharlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Just as Watergate brought about mandatory Professional Responsibility classes, maybe this scandal will finally force law schools to remedy their pernicious neglect of pool-vandalism topics in the required curriculum 0206
Reposted by James HandKate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I am happy to share a chapter I was kindly invited to contribute to the forthcoming Building Democratic Capacity: Essays on Administrative Law’s Futures (Cambridge UP), titled "Participation's Promise and Peril: Substantive Political Equality and the Administrative State. 2168
Reposted by James HandJames Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026OK, in hindsight the text of the alert was a bit wordy. 2152
Reposted by James HandSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 13/08/2026This is a great way to be reminded that the word “close” has two different pronunciations and two very different meanings. 420739
James Hand @jamesahand.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Interesting chart on p.14 of researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB... showing by-election turnout 1979-2022 (a little down on average but not by as much as some)researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk 000
Reposted by James HandThese_Boots @these-boots.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Don't forget the meteors later on! 12212
Reposted by James HandPeter Just @expremiers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026🔍 We first analysed the parliamentary activity of ex-Prime Ministers in 1996. 🥳 To mark the 30th anniversary, we've reanalysed the activity of the post-war ones. 😊 More on that soon - including some exciting updates on the figures. 012
Reposted by James HandIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026THIS IS ALSO SO COOL 3255
Reposted by James HandSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 07/08/2026This is one aspect of the problem. Litigants in person use AI to generate often excessively lengthy pleadings and submissions that can seem superficially plausible but which require to be sifted through minutely to identify what is real. It’s common for LiPs not fully to understand what they submit. 2316157
James Hand @jamesahand.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Ohhh, Current Economist analysis shows “…LLMs no longer stuff their prose with em-dashes. Long sentences and the rule of three are more reliable tells that a machine is doing the wordsmithing.” (But things may/will change) www.economist.com/culture/2026...economist.comHow to spot AI writingLarge language models like long words and em-dashes—or do they? 010
Reposted by James HandSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 04/08/2026What I love about Bluesky is what I loved about old Twitter: if I want to find out about something (however recondite) there will be someone here (often with a PhD in it) and the time and patience to share their knowledge. /1 18651100
Reposted by James HandJonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social · 02/08/2026It’s perfectly possible to make big changes to the UK’s “constitutional settlement” without a “written constitution”, in the sense of a single constitutional code. Most such changes would require legislation, like the 90s devolution settlements (which undoubtedly form part of our constitution now) 74412
Reposted by James HandCOMPAS @compasoxford.bsky.social · 30/07/2026🤝 One international research consortium 📋 Two cross-national surveys 🌍 Three years of fieldwork across nine European countries 👥 More than 35,000 participants = One of the most comprehensive datasets ever assembled on discrimination against ethnic minorities in Europe. @sbvanoosten.bsky.social 174
Reposted by James HandSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026It's publication day for the 5th edition of the European Union Law textbook edited by Catherine Barnard and me! Thanks as always to my co-editor, the brilliant contributors and the OUP production team global.oup.com/ukhe/product... 1113931