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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 18/08/2026

"GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-diverse persons at heightened risk of discrimination and exclusion." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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UK: Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN experts

GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-divers...

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Absolutely nuts proposal from Westminster council. The GLA should take over licensing for Soho. It is for everyone, not just the lucky few who live there (and seem to hate it) www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.com

Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to ban standing

Sadiq Khan criticises Westminster council’s ‘anti-growth policies’ after it recommends stopping ‘vertical drinking’

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The passage below from Stock should be enough to permanently exclude her from respectable public life. If she got her way I’d have been forced out of university in my first year (I was failing until I was allowed a reasonable adjustment for dyspraxia).

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 20/07/2026

🚨 Bridget Phillipson remains as the Minister for Women and Equalities After FWS Phillipson publicly stated that trans women should use men's toilets. She recently signed into force harmful & discriminatory statutory guidance which will devastate trans lives. Suggests no change re. trans rights.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Mr Anderson, what good is a flavour, if you don’t have a mouth?

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"Processing data queries is ‘reported as taking four to five minutes compared to thirty seconds’ on existing systems." Even with ethics/data issues aside, this is damning. Asking Trusts to set aside ethical concerns for improved functionality would be one thing but if the tech just isn't good...

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Enjoyed writing this (rather shocking) case up for the Admin Court Blog - interesting case for anyone involved in strategic litigation, looking at the nature of the public interest test for JR permission when the claim has become academic.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Not necessarily the main point here but ‘the most attacked and endangered politician’ for ‘well over a decade’ is an insane thing to say given Jo Cox was assassinated 10 years ago.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This seems to be a (slightly) underrated reason that many who would traditionally support a labour government (me included) completely lost faith in Starmer.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This kind of crap from the BoD really undermines those of us who are trying to push against antisemitism across the political spectrum. Infuriating.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Uncanny how talk of mass deportation, while a regime very visibly attempting to do exactly that across the pond goes violently mad, isn’t a vote winner among the people who’ve chosen to make Britain their home despite being born elsewhere.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

When the bench for Ammori (the Palestine Action JR) was enlarged there were noises (including from the Guardian) that it was some sort of stitch up to fix the result for the government. That was obviously rubbish at the time, but is even clearer now that the government have lost!

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A very good example of why the status quo on defamation is not sustainable from a costs perspective. Maybe anybody issuing a libel claim should have to provide security for costs of the amount required to reach at least the first substantive hearing.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

At uni I did a course on privacy and national security - at the time, it felt largely hypothetical. Clearly bad these capabilities existed, and there discrete (and very bad) cases of misuse, but saying ‘the government could become generally authoritarian and misuse them’ was a seen as bit gauche…

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 19/01/2026

The European Convention on Human Rights was a benefit to British troops, not a burden, writes the Commander Legal for the Iraq War in 2003👇 🔗 www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/5542abd... via @telegraph.co.uk It was a force for good, ensuring humane treatment and proper accountability. #ECHR

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The things $77bn could have done in that time, instead of failing to create something that would have been socially dire. Even just old fashioned billionaire stuff like libraries, parks, museums. This is what happens when people don’t understand humanity(/humanities).

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Jacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 12/11/2025

This is an appalling judgment to read. Two Chief Constables found in contempt of court for misleading the court about the existence of video footage. But this was only discovered when the matter made it to the Court of Appeal. Incredible perseverance. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

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Judges set to decide fate of police chief constable guilty of contempt of court

Exclusive: Ivan Balhatchet, Northamptonshire’s chief constable, could face up to two years in jail or a fine for repeated failure to obey rulings

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

If we want to rebuild the defences against authoritarianism (as we should) we'd be better off using the instruments we already have. Dismantling Henry VIII powers, getting dirty money out of elections, even changing the electoral system could all be done more easily than writing a new constitution.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

This Bill had 8 sponsors: Chris Philp (Shadow Home Secretary), Matt Vickers (shadow home affairs team) as well as Katie Lam (opposition assistant whip) and 5 backbenchers, class of 2024 publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

A civil remedy for wrongful arrest is all well and good but how many people were prevented from protesting by the chilling effect this sort of arrest has?

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Quite apart from being banally evil, this is monumentally stupid from Jenrick. England & Wales courts have a deserved global reputation for fairness and expertise which makes them a genuine national asset. Politicising the judiciary in this way will end badly on so many levels.

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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled, 20 years after the landmark Hirst case, that an applicant prisoner's inability to vote in a UK General Election did not breach the Convention. Hora v United Kingdom (23 September 2025): hudoc.echr.coe.int?i=001-244851 Some quick thoughts from me: 1/7

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HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights

The 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...

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Reupping this story as I think it raises an important question: If the police can stop a protest/action by saying it's "at risk" of breaching traffic laws - there is not a single protest in the country that could not be shut down. A major free speech issue at stake here.

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 09/09/2025

British NIMBYism is truly a sight to behold. “We are rejecting this solar farm, because one time I saw an electric vehicle on fire, which reminded me that decades ago a coal mining disaster killed lots of children”.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Court made absolutely clear that this was neither a comment on the merits of government policy nor a matter of ECHR law. It's been said so often it is now priced in but it bears repeating: Farage has no desire to base his politics on what is truth. A straight up, obvious, bullshitting liar.

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1 Crown Office Row @1crownofficerow.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Informed consent and the temptations of hindsight by Jasper Gold. Read the full article here: 1corqmlr.com/2025/08/07/i... #QMLR @jaspergold.bsky.social

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

When systems lead to immense injustice, the rule of law is only one virtue. From suffragettes to anti-apartheid groups, property damage has been a part of movements that have lead to the recognition of rights now integral to the protection offered by the rule of law. Maybe they were all terrorists.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It is so rare that the costs regime attracts any attention but when it does it’s usually because it’s doing *exactly* what it is meant to.

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Sam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

New: Labour have announced a big push on planning reform slashing green paperwork, cutting down on excessive consultation, and making it easier to build near train stations. In short, this is what going for growth looks like. Here’s the key changes and why they matter. 🧵

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Mark Littlewood defending Liz Truss's decision to threaten libel action against Starmer, and being twisted into suggesting defintions for 'crasbing the econony' which he thinks the courts should police is very funny. I didn't think that part of the party wanted judges determining political issues.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I don't know what prospects there ever were of the pleas of ignorance or mistake being successful, but it should send a strong message that they weren't.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Interesting case, but not surprising. When there's only one lawful option, it clearly ought to be taken.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Fascinating article on the nature of the political trade offs and unspoken prioritisations we make when we data-ify the things we think about, and how it affects the resulting thought itself.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Great to see a book at last on such a fascinating, global and bizarre part of the legal world.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Whenever I am tempted to do philosophy I remember I would probably be a Basically Pleasant Poet in this taxonomy.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Damascus Station was lots of fun. Glad it was also the primer on Syrian politics I didn't know I needed.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Incredible. This is still up on Amazon. Strong case for going to your local bookshop.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Top 0.005!? I don't think I've ever been in the top 0.005% of anything before.

Spotify Wrapped screenshot showing that was in this year's top 0.005% of listed globally to Bolis Pupul's Completely Half

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This is great. The Policy Exchange paper's worry about lawyers having a 'veto' might be characterised as a political disagreement with the government choosing to view complinace with the law as a thing worth pursuing.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Superb close to the assisted dying debate from Dr Kieran Mullan MP. A credit to democratic deliberation.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Superb point from Lizzi Collinge MP in the Assisted Dying debate - these sorts of questions are already familiar to doctors and end of life patients. This is not a fundamentally different process to those that arise in across medical contexts. Capacity, consent, coercion - none are unfamiliar.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Finally someone says it. "We have to be honest with ourselves, this bill has been read far more vociferously than most bills that come before this House. Most bills... have come to parliament with far less than 14 days to consider. The policing bill - six days. Illegal migration bill - six days."

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Not an academic, but it would have to to between the snappily titled Hohfeld classic, 'Some Fundamental Legal Conceptions as Applied in Judicial Reasoning' and Raz, 'Legitimate Authority'. And everything John Gardner ever wrote.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This is exactly the incoherence at the heart of a 'small state' aim. The smaller the state's focus, the more drastic and difficult it's task - obvious everywhere from healthcare to education to crime and on and on.

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Jasper Gold @jaspergold.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Neuberger added to the list supporting Leadbeater's bill. There are oodles of eminent lawyers on each side - so at nobody can say 'the lawyers think this' (which is a good thing).

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Ex-supreme court president backs assisted dying law change

Exclusive: David Neuberger, who ruled on high-profile assited dying cases, believes tight terms of bill cannot be expanded in courts

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