Judith Freedman

@judithfreedman.bsky.social

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Tax academic, writer and editor, grandmother of 5.

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Judith Freedman, Lady Freedman, is a British solicitor and academic.

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Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 1d

Do you know why the new trains to Waterloo have such big gaps between the train and the platform? Why didn’t they think about old, very young and disabled people when designing the new trains?

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 4d

Yes but that is relevant for inheritance tax!

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 5d

www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/h...
It was a detailed story line- which makes me even more surprised by the current vague treatment.

The Brookfield inheritance

The arguments - and final solution - over what happened when Phil and Jill retired.

www.bbc.co.uk

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 5d

9 months later. First serious discussion of inheritance tax by farm owners on #TheArchers. But I thought Brookfield had a family company. Don’t Kenton, Shula and Elizabeth have some kind of interest? Why don’t the scriptwriters get some advice on this? And they need to consider succession anyway.

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Apr 11

Finally! They have a debate on farmers and IHT on #The Archers. Go Jolene! (But not entirely accurate I’m afraid).

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 9d

Apparently there is a curvy Barbie but she is a size 8! www.bbc.com/news/magazin...

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 9d

I have to say this is exactly what I thought when I saw that there was a new autistic Barbie. It is great to have diverse Barbies but if they are aiming to reflect the true population a plump one and a flat breasted one are needed too. Do they have those?

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 22d

Tried to watch Love Actually with family over Christmas and had to turn it off. Unwatchable on so many levels. Legally Blonde, however, really stands the test of time- excellent!

Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 22d

Ok it's been long enough, time for a truth bomb: Love Actually is a bad movie

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 22d

Very happy to be a beneficiary of both developments. Watching your children grow up is amazing and now grandchildren too is wonderful. And the food was good as well- a very good choice of hobby. Long may it last!

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Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 22d

Ok it's been long enough, time for a truth bomb: Love Actually is a bad movie

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · 28d

He has a dish washer- me!

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 23

Never happened to me.

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 19

Terrifying!

new display name of some kind @milesklee.bsky.social · Dec 17

Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

www.rollingstone.com

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 19

AI making up citations. This is happening and is really hard to check if it is not the editor or referee they are citing. Makes good editing more and more important and more and more time consuming.

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Dec 19

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Dec 19

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 19

I’m a lawyer- I would need the scriptwriters to give me some more facts! 😂

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 19

There is some kind of company in which the other siblings have shares I think - but it is all very vague and with Josh thinking it is all going to PIp it clearly needs a discussion, at least. Likewise Brian thinking he can decide who gets ‘his’ farm when it is apparently shared by family. Confusing

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 19

Lovely legal discussion around #TheArchers but with all the talk about succession it is completely incredible that there has been no serious discussion of inheritance tax! Even if only to say ‘thank goodness we have arrangements in place to avoid it’ ( not convinced they all do though).

Miranda @appleandroidapp.bsky.social · Dec 18

This provides an interesting explanation of the new criteria applied for tenancy succession.
#TheArchers

www.stephens-scown.co.uk/specialist-s...

Farm succession from one generation to the next with AHA Tenancy

The great benefits of an AHA tenancy created before 12 July 1984 is the possibility of a succession from one generation to the next.

www.stephens-scown.co.uk

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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · Dec 19

Christmas carols, as written by Parliamentary lawyers

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has been putting its skills to work drafting legislatively clear versions of Christmas carols. How many can you identify?

buff.ly

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Miranda @appleandroidapp.bsky.social · Dec 18

This provides an interesting explanation of the new criteria applied for tenancy succession.
#TheArchers

www.stephens-scown.co.uk/specialist-s...

Farm succession from one generation to the next with AHA Tenancy

The great benefits of an AHA tenancy created before 12 July 1984 is the possibility of a succession from one generation to the next.

www.stephens-scown.co.uk

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 18

Are you going to build me a granny flat?

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new display name of some kind @milesklee.bsky.social · Dec 17

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

www.rollingstone.com

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 16

Indeed!

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 16

I wasn’t on a waiting list- it is an annual check up!

Judith Freedman @judithfreedman.bsky.social · Dec 16

The NHS must employ armies of people to constantly rearrange appointments they sent me in the first place. It is so inefficient. This has nothing to do with the strike. I have just had an April 2026 appointment moved to March 2026. OK with me but why?