Lee Peckham
@leepeckham.bsky.social
Partner in the Litigation Dept at Roach Pittis solicitors. Posts are my own, not the Firm's. Reposts or likes not necessarily endorsements.
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Today in 1869 William Lawrence died.
He has one of the most remarkable service records I have ever come across.
#ArmisticeDay
He has one of the most remarkable service records I have ever come across.
#ArmisticeDay
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Today in 1869 William Lawrence died.
He has one of the most remarkable service records I have ever come across.
#ArmisticeDay
He has one of the most remarkable service records I have ever come across.
#ArmisticeDay
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A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
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New post just out:
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
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Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Flashing Red
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list"
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November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
New post just out:
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
Why the criminal justice system should be top of No. 10's "shit list".
No part of the public sector is more broken or brings with it greater political risk. As we saw these past two weeks.
It desperately needs a new approach.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/f...
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A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been named as Samir Zitouni.
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during a mass stabbing on a train has been named as Samir Zitouni.
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic
The 48-year-old's actions on the Doncaster to London King's Cross service on Saturday evening were described as "nothing short of heroic
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The generation that experienced WW2 knew how bad things could get. The horrors that they had directly experienced in Coventry, on Omaha, at Belsen, Bastogne, Dresden, Nanjing & Tokyo meant that they understood how dangerous THIS was. This is where all that started.
Dutch anti-Muslim populist Geert Wilders goes full Trump, claiming on X after he lost the election that there are reports of vote fraud. Also claimed the election authority was not neutral. Tearing down the pillars of Dutch democracy. nos.nl/l/2588722
Gemeenten wijzen aantijgingen Wilders over stemgesjoemel van de hand
Wilders stelt op sociale media dat het "berichten regent" van verdwenen of ongeldig verklaarde stemmen. Experts noemen het trumpiaans.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The generation that experienced WW2 knew how bad things could get. The horrors that they had directly experienced in Coventry, on Omaha, at Belsen, Bastogne, Dresden, Nanjing & Tokyo meant that they understood how dangerous THIS was. This is where all that started.
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Mazur “the inadvertent result” of Legal Services Act drafting zurl.co/M4qm1
Mazur "the inadvertent result" of Legal Services Act drafting
The Mazur ruling likely came about because the Legal Services Act 2007 inadvertently failed to codify what had been custom in the legal profession for a long time, two experts have argued.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mazur “the inadvertent result” of Legal Services Act drafting zurl.co/M4qm1
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Well now, on initial gas safety certificates and s.21 notices, we have a county court appeal judgment by HHJ Clarke (an excellent judge), which directly contradicts that of HHJ Bloom (an excellent judge) in Byrne v Delgado.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Well now, on initial gas safety certificates and s.21 notices, we have a county court appeal judgment by HHJ Clarke (an excellent judge), which directly contradicts that of HHJ Bloom (an excellent judge) in Byrne v Delgado.
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It is extraordinary, but grimly inevitable, that the people most responsible for hobbling the UK have become the loudest & whiniest critics of the consequences of their own actions. A big part of the process lies in people like ‘Lord’ Hannan actually being *rewarded* for their ignorant delinquency.
June 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It is extraordinary, but grimly inevitable, that the people most responsible for hobbling the UK have become the loudest & whiniest critics of the consequences of their own actions. A big part of the process lies in people like ‘Lord’ Hannan actually being *rewarded* for their ignorant delinquency.
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Blimey. The Ayinde v Hackney fake citations lawyers (Haringey Law Centre solicitor and counsel) ordered to explain why they should not face contempt of court proceedings. Hearing Friday, together with lawyers in another fake citations case.
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/al...
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Alharoun -v- Qatar National Bank; and Ayinde -v- London Borough of Hackney (order) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
12 May 2025 Case number: CL-2024-000435 In the High Court of JusticeKing’s Bench DivisionCommercial Court Between: Hamad Alharoun -v- (1) Qatar National Bank Q.P.S.C.(2) QNB Capital LLC Case number: A...
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May 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Blimey. The Ayinde v Hackney fake citations lawyers (Haringey Law Centre solicitor and counsel) ordered to explain why they should not face contempt of court proceedings. Hearing Friday, together with lawyers in another fake citations case.
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/al...
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/al...
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Former M&S Chairman Lord Rose,
"Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit"
"The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit"
"The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"
"Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit"
"The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit"
"The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"
May 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Former M&S Chairman Lord Rose,
"Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit"
"The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit"
"The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"
"Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit"
"The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit"
"The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"
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And, finally, there are the poor old Brexit 'democrats' who said that, whatever else happens, at least your elected MPs will get to vote on trade deals. They don't. 4/4
May 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And, finally, there are the poor old Brexit 'democrats' who said that, whatever else happens, at least your elected MPs will get to vote on trade deals. They don't. 4/4
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Happy Star Wars Day!
Here is UK Supreme Court in 2011 saying incorrectly "The Star Wars films are set in an imaginary, science-fiction world of the future".
For as everyone knows they are set not in the future, but "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...".
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKS...
Here is UK Supreme Court in 2011 saying incorrectly "The Star Wars films are set in an imaginary, science-fiction world of the future".
For as everyone knows they are set not in the future, but "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...".
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKS...
May 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Happy Star Wars Day!
Here is UK Supreme Court in 2011 saying incorrectly "The Star Wars films are set in an imaginary, science-fiction world of the future".
For as everyone knows they are set not in the future, but "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...".
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKS...
Here is UK Supreme Court in 2011 saying incorrectly "The Star Wars films are set in an imaginary, science-fiction world of the future".
For as everyone knows they are set not in the future, but "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...".
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKS...
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This is really excellent. I hope journalists covering this ongoing story pick up on it and put some of these questions to politicians as well. Thank you @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social!
This letter from Tony Vaughan KC, the MP for Folkestone, is the clearest articulation I’ve seen on the flaws of the interim update from the EHRC. The section titled ‘Legal Incoherence’ hits the nail on the head.
May 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is really excellent. I hope journalists covering this ongoing story pick up on it and put some of these questions to politicians as well. Thank you @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social!
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While carefully avoiding commenting on an ongoing criminal trial... can I suggest you read the BBC liveblog of the Sycamore Gap tree trial. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
Sycamore Gap tree destroyed in 'moronic mission', court told
Two men are on trial accused of causing damage to the Sycamore Gap tree and Hadrian's Wall.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
While carefully avoiding commenting on an ongoing criminal trial... can I suggest you read the BBC liveblog of the Sycamore Gap tree trial. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...
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Earlier this month, 300 residents of Chelsea, Michigan (pop. 5,300) helped a local bookstore move to a new location a block away: they formed a human chain and in two hours passed one by one all of its 9,000 books and put them on the new shelves in alphabetical order.
April 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Earlier this month, 300 residents of Chelsea, Michigan (pop. 5,300) helped a local bookstore move to a new location a block away: they formed a human chain and in two hours passed one by one all of its 9,000 books and put them on the new shelves in alphabetical order.
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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Parliament, not the Supreme Court should have decided today. I've written about why that's so problematic and why I fear today's judgment will be used to further delegitimise trans people, even though that is not what the Court intends.
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Why I worry this Supreme Court ruling will be used to delegitimise trans people
And why Parliament ducked its responsibilities
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April 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Parliament, not the Supreme Court should have decided today. I've written about why that's so problematic and why I fear today's judgment will be used to further delegitimise trans people, even though that is not what the Court intends.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/why-i-worr...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/why-i-worr...
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No, Britain did not get off lightly in the Trump tariffs. And no, it is not much of a vindication of Brexit. Or at the least seeing it is an economic dividend is to conveniently look away from the more substantial economic costs.
New writing from me.
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New writing from me.
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No, Britain has not escaped lightly from Trump's tariffs
And it is not a very convincing vindication of Brexit.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
No, Britain did not get off lightly in the Trump tariffs. And no, it is not much of a vindication of Brexit. Or at the least seeing it is an economic dividend is to conveniently look away from the more substantial economic costs.
New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New writing from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Every. Single. Word. 🎯 🎯 🎯 shorturl.at/SKwi7
Frenchman Sears Trumps "Court Of Nero" In Scathing, Must-Read Speech
Every now and again a piece of rhetoric perfectly encapsulates the time. The Gettysburg address was one such work. Legend has it that Abraham Lincoln hastily scribbed out the framework of the speech o...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Every. Single. Word. 🎯 🎯 🎯 shorturl.at/SKwi7
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Right now, Kemi Badenoch is doing more to defend JD Vance than the US is doing to defend Ukraine.
March 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Right now, Kemi Badenoch is doing more to defend JD Vance than the US is doing to defend Ukraine.
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
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An inaccurate newspaper report that was followed up at prime minister’s questions two weeks ago has resulted in “extraordinarily serious security threats” to judges, the lady chief justice of England and Wales told the Lords constitution committee yesterday.
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Press endangers judges
Inaccurate report led to security threats, lady chief justice says
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February 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
An inaccurate newspaper report that was followed up at prime minister’s questions two weeks ago has resulted in “extraordinarily serious security threats” to judges, the lady chief justice of England and Wales told the Lords constitution committee yesterday.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/press-enda...
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A man is prosecuted for ‘escalator misuse’
What did he do? Who knows.
This is what fast-track justice looks like sometimes
Merseyrail didn’t go to the trouble of providing any actual evidence of a crime. Then the magistrate convicted based on trust that he’d done something wrong
What did he do? Who knows.
This is what fast-track justice looks like sometimes
Merseyrail didn’t go to the trouble of providing any actual evidence of a crime. Then the magistrate convicted based on trust that he’d done something wrong
February 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A man is prosecuted for ‘escalator misuse’
What did he do? Who knows.
This is what fast-track justice looks like sometimes
Merseyrail didn’t go to the trouble of providing any actual evidence of a crime. Then the magistrate convicted based on trust that he’d done something wrong
What did he do? Who knows.
This is what fast-track justice looks like sometimes
Merseyrail didn’t go to the trouble of providing any actual evidence of a crime. Then the magistrate convicted based on trust that he’d done something wrong