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Nick Diable
@defencebrief.bsky.social
UK based criminal defence lawyer
Is luke combs the country guy? I recognise the name.
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by Nick Diable
Most of the quote tweets of Reform UK's tweet are too fluent in Glasgow's other favourite language (🤬) to share, but this one from the Education correspondent at The Scotsman newspaper is a favourite...
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On the other side of this, I do find it quite annoying that my mum defaults to contacting my gf about the kids presents. I was quite happy she called me from the toy shop this afternoon. Turned out she only called my as my gf didn't pick up the phone.
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Good morning" suggests I believe they may be good and it may be read in the morning. I would not wish to commit so fully.
December 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I have some shocking news for you about the very commonly held belief among criminal lawyers about the fairness of trials in the mags I'm afraid!
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thanks. That seems to completely undermine the point of making low level thefts summary only 🤷‍♂️
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
With respect, what do you know about conducting judge only trials in the mags courts versus jury trials in the CC to reach that opinion?

In any event, the problem for me is a big change with little thought about it & whether it will achieve the objectives.
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Like I - and everyone who has experience of jury trials - keeps saying: juries are not the things that slow down cases and prevent them happening. The major cause is a lack of judges & lawyers to try cases. But here SB provides a list from their recent cases.
bsky.app/profile/barr...
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reposted by Nick Diable
As you say, juries really aren't the primary driver of delays. Here are just a few:
bsky.app/profile/barr...
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I feel the same about all the remakes Hollywood seems to think we need. There must be someone out there who still has an original idea to make!??
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The big problem for me is that this is being sold as a way to cut the backlog, which is BS as the backlog has little to do with juries. I really don't like the idea of big changes being made without good reason or proper thought being given to them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We should call this out for what it really is: justice on the cheap. The cause of the backlog is a lack of judges and lawyers to deal with cases. Cutting out juries may speed things up a tiny bit, but it isn't the primary driver of delays. This is really about cost cutting not justice & not delays.
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
They could open the courtrooms that sit idle and employ sufficient judges to actually clear the backlog. Increasing legal aid so enough lawyers want to do it will help a lot too. Juries have very little to do with the backlog.
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM