Sean Jones KC
@seanjones.org
King’s Counsel. Serious about Law, but only about Law.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook.
Trustee of FRU
Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board
Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal.
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Sean Jones KC
@seanjones.org
· Oct 6
Announcing @billablehour.bsky.social's very first Halloween T-shirt by the fabulous @soengery.bsky.social. Links in the reply. Also available in extra Goth.
As usual, all proceeds go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social /1
As usual, all proceeds go to @savechildrenuk.bsky.social /1
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“The cybertruck lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, spinning its wheels trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. I mean, you’re not helping. Why is that, Leon?”
December 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
“The cybertruck lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, spinning its wheels trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping. I mean, you’re not helping. Why is that, Leon?”
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NEW
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice
emptycity.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
NEW
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
Jane Austen as a writer about law
Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me
(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)
emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...
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My distressingly earnest take on a lot of stuff is that the real divide in politics is by people who are ultimately driven by love and joy and those who are primarily driven by hate and anger. Each finds different objects, policies and directions, but the chasm is between rather than among each side
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My distressingly earnest take on a lot of stuff is that the real divide in politics is by people who are ultimately driven by love and joy and those who are primarily driven by hate and anger. Each finds different objects, policies and directions, but the chasm is between rather than among each side
Nigeria hit with FIFA peace missiles
December 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Nigeria hit with FIFA peace missiles
Petition for an embargo on the sound of sleigh bells.
December 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Petition for an embargo on the sound of sleigh bells.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
My attempts this morning to ask boys passing in the street whether the prize turkey still hangs in the poulterer’s window are meeting with little success.
December 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
My attempts this morning to ask boys passing in the street whether the prize turkey still hangs in the poulterer’s window are meeting with little success.
Today in Adventures in Parenting, I take a teenager with ADHD to a two hour Midnight Mass …
December 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Today in Adventures in Parenting, I take a teenager with ADHD to a two hour Midnight Mass …
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Render unto Duo what is Duo’s and render unto God what is God’s.
December 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Render unto Duo what is Duo’s and render unto God what is God’s.
OK. Now leave me alone for a bit you flea-ridden avian torturer.
December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
OK. Now leave me alone for a bit you flea-ridden avian torturer.
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Twas the night before Christmas, and throughout the land
The sleeping arrangements were carefully planned
Down in the kitchen, a picturesque scene
A mattress, a pillow, a washing machine
The sleeping arrangements were carefully planned
Down in the kitchen, a picturesque scene
A mattress, a pillow, a washing machine
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Twas the night before Christmas, and throughout the land
The sleeping arrangements were carefully planned
Down in the kitchen, a picturesque scene
A mattress, a pillow, a washing machine
The sleeping arrangements were carefully planned
Down in the kitchen, a picturesque scene
A mattress, a pillow, a washing machine
It may be Christmas Eve but Duo the owl is sending me increasingly threatening reminders that he must have his due.
December 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It may be Christmas Eve but Duo the owl is sending me increasingly threatening reminders that he must have his due.
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Spare a thought for the emergency services and hospital staff on duty tonight and tomorrow, through the revelry. They do so much and most of us never see it, or hope we don't.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Spare a thought for the emergency services and hospital staff on duty tonight and tomorrow, through the revelry. They do so much and most of us never see it, or hope we don't.
Ah yes, process-engineering human rights abuses, that always ends well.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Ah yes, process-engineering human rights abuses, that always ends well.
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🎵 Hold me closer tiny doctor... 🎵
December 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🎵 Hold me closer tiny doctor... 🎵
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Events that precede the most vicious litigation of your lives:
The pair, who knew each other from school, managed to save up £12,000 each over two years, and bought a three-bed house together in the area for £240,000 trib.al/DPYTvIG
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Events that precede the most vicious litigation of your lives:
Finding it hard being lectured about the importance of Christmas by people cosplaying Christianity in the hope of laundering their past sex offences or their current bigotry.
December 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Finding it hard being lectured about the importance of Christmas by people cosplaying Christianity in the hope of laundering their past sex offences or their current bigotry.
I’m not sure what his point is here. Is he dissing the Mafia lack of capability or is his suggestion that they are somehow nicer and less threatening?
2/4
The single most serious threat to this hemisphere is from transnational terrorist and criminal groups.
These cartels are not like the mafia; they are sophisticated, very technically capable, well financed, and are wreaking havoc in our region.
The single most serious threat to this hemisphere is from transnational terrorist and criminal groups.
These cartels are not like the mafia; they are sophisticated, very technically capable, well financed, and are wreaking havoc in our region.
December 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I’m not sure what his point is here. Is he dissing the Mafia lack of capability or is his suggestion that they are somehow nicer and less threatening?
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
North Berwick allows the jaded lawyer at Christmas to step off the road and onto the street.
December 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
North Berwick allows the jaded lawyer at Christmas to step off the road and onto the street.
Finally, a bar I really can practise at.
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Finally, a bar I really can practise at.
At this time of year every company and charity is emailing to make the point that this is the time of year when we reflect on what we have done over the past 12 months and what is to come. Do we though? I chiefly reflect on whether I can have another Quality Street choc without anyone noticing.
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
At this time of year every company and charity is emailing to make the point that this is the time of year when we reflect on what we have done over the past 12 months and what is to come. Do we though? I chiefly reflect on whether I can have another Quality Street choc without anyone noticing.
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Definitive proof that in Sadiq Khan's London, Christmas has been cancelled altogether
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
London's Christmas lights: A view from the skies
Aerial photographs taken at night show central London dazzling in festive light displays.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Definitive proof that in Sadiq Khan's London, Christmas has been cancelled altogether
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In case you have a little time to read something interesting today.
'The evidence proves that the West's current strategy – arming Ukraine, imposing sanctions, hardening critical infrastructure – is fracturing Russia's military, economic and political cohesion' write William Dixon and Maksym Beznosiuk.
Russia is Losing – Time for Putin's 2026 Hybrid Escalation
2025 offered the most generous potential off-ramp for Vladimir Putin. He rejected it.
www.rusi.org
December 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
In case you have a little time to read something interesting today.