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Well this was depressingly predictable… www.reuters.com/world/us-imp... ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio...

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The issue is when in a trial for attempted murder where D, who was voluntarily intoxicated on drugs, admits he was able to form and had formed the specific intent necessary for GBH with intent, must the judge direct on voluntary intoxication in accordance with R v Sheehan & Moore (1975) 1 WLR 739?

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 09/10/2026

In extremely exciting news, my case of R v Bottarelli has been granted leave to appeal to the Supreme Court! I represent the prosecution, led by the superb Sean Larkin KC, having appeared in both the Court of Appeal and at first instance in the Crown Court trial.

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The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay, a South African human rights lawyer, for her efforts to promote peace and international law. ft.trib.al/5ICqX4g

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Peter Robinson @peterrobinsonlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay is a welcome recognition of an astonishing lifetime in international human rights law. But the symbolism of awarding it to a former ICC and ICTR judge is unlikely to go unnoticed in the US. Does it make increased US sanctions on the ICC inevitable?

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My #ICC and #IRMCT summaries of decisions have been updated to include September 2026 decisions peterrobinson.com/digests/

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Thom Dyke @thomdyke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝘆𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗠𝗣 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆

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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 01/10/2026

(h/t @thomdyke.bsky.social) Links here: AE467CCC - www.mc.mil/Portals/0/pd... CMCR 23-005 - www.mc.mil/Portals/0/pd...

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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 01/10/2026

Today in memory-holing news: the government appears to be scrubbing dockets from military commissions cases at Guantánamo Bay. One important 2023 ruling from the ongoing Al Nashiri case is now redacted in full in one spot on the OMC website...and available in full in another.

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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 29/05/2026

NEW: The Trump administration's DOJ has been systematically removing materials from its websites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In response, @lawfaremedia.org has been systematically restoring them:

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The Inner Temple @innertemple.org.uk · 30/09/2026

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Thom Dyke @thomdyke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For anyone interested in this topic, I can highly recommend Matthew Connolly’s book, ‘The Declassification Engine’.

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Thom Dyke @thomdyke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Try to read the document today and you'll find it's been redacted in full. This, despite Acosta's ruling being upheld by the CMCR, in a judgment available unreacted on - yes you've guessed it - the OMC site (CMCR 23-005)! AE467CCC www.mc.mil/Portals/0/pd... CMCR 23-005 www.mc.mil/Portals/0/pd...

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Thom Dyke @thomdyke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the more frustrating aspects of the Guantánamo litigation is the Office of Military Commissions website. After it was released in 2023, Judge Acosta's ruling in the Al Nashiri case, suppressing statements obtained from torture, was available for several years on the OMC website (AE467CCC).

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acquired the status of an unassailable shibboleth within the profession, it is high time for the courts to bring some much-needed clarity to the issue of jury equity.” 4/4

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constitutional significance. Although contempt proceedings against barristers are unusual, they are by no means unheard of. Where there is a question as to whether a court order has been disregarded, it is right that courts are able to make a determination. Whilst Bushell's Case has 3/4

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"The contempt jurisdiction exists to allow courts to make sure their orders are followed. Whilst I'm not in a position to express any view as to the merits of the Menon case, to suggest it indicates a 'descent into authoritarianism', seems to me to significantly overstate its wider 2/4

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A top defence barrister faces sanction. Is he right to feel aggrieved?

Thanks to the @financialtimes.com today for quoting me on the vexed question of jury equity. Whatever your views on the Menon case, there is an urgent need for clarification as to what a jury may be told about their rights and obligations. www.ft.com/content/3fe2...

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In an unprecedented case, Rajiv Menon KC stands accused of contempt for telling jurors that English law allowed them to decide a case according to their conscience

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Human Rights Center @hrcberkeley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

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Most of all, thanks to the participants for their hard work and good humour in putting up with a solid week of (hopefully constructive!) criticism. I hope you all learned as much about advocacy as I did.

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Special thanks to the redoubtable Course Director, HHJ Sarah Whitehouse KC, as well as Bibi Badejo, Scott Matthewson, Heidi Stonecliffe KC, HHJ Denise Saunders, and Richard Honey KC. Thanks to all of the helpers and to Keble College, Oxford and its staff for looking after us so well.

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No other advocacy training course in the world brings together such a stellar array of talent, with judges and barristers from fifteen different countries, expert forensic accountants and medics, and a mock jury trial conducted before local volunteers.

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