New Guidance from Bar Standards Board tells barristers to avoid “heated” social media spats
Barristers have been warned to avoid “heated” social media spats in both “a professional and personal capacity” in new guidance issued by the Bar Standards Board, which regulates barristers in England and Wales. The guidance warns barristers: “Comments designed to demean or insult are likely to diminish public trust and confidence in the profession. It […]
CAA deplores responses from Jeremy Corbyn and other Labour MPs to Louise Ellman’s resignation from the Party
The resignation of Dame Louise Ellman from the Labour Party has elicited a variety of unsatisfactory responses from fellow Labour MPs. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn dismissed the resignation of yet another MP over the Party’s antisemitism with his usual platitude: “We do not tolerate antisemitism in any form whatsoever in our party or in any […]
CAA applauds Nottingham Trent University for expelling student who stuck Palestine sticker on mouth of sleeping Jew
Nottingham Trent University has expelled a first-year student for photoshopping a Palestine sticker over the mouth of an Orthodox Jew sleeping on the London Underground. The student had a photograph taken of himself in a mocking pose with the sleeping Jewish passenger on public transport and reportedly posted it on the dating site Tinder, before […]