Guevara (he/him)
@gjleacock.bsky.social
Barrister (Lincoln's Inn) and Solicitor. Senior Lecturer in Private Law at Kent Law School. Fellow Advance HE. Inheritance, trusts and experiential teaching in private law. Injured cyclist. Feminist. Blog: https://tinyurl.com/5n8m66c5.
My colleagues in the school of English are of the view that AI reduces the development of language arts skills in people. What do you think?
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My colleagues in the school of English are of the view that AI reduces the development of language arts skills in people. What do you think?
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NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
Today, the government has confirmed that it intends to remove the right to trial by jury in the vast majority of cases in the Crown Courts. Serious criminal allegations, carrying up to three years …
thesecretbarrister.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Am I happy with the budget generally? Absolutely NOT but I’m happy that some 400,000 children will be lifted out of childhood poverty and I’m willing to give up some of my pay for that. Wealth inequality is real!
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Am I happy with the budget generally? Absolutely NOT but I’m happy that some 400,000 children will be lifted out of childhood poverty and I’m willing to give up some of my pay for that. Wealth inequality is real!
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‘Risk exiting the market’
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
‘Risk exiting the market’
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
what a way to package the complete collapse of higher education
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My latest article, “The Legal Somatics of Body Bequests Before the Anatomy Act 1832”, is published in Mortality, an interdisciplinary journal on death and dying. In the article, I analyze the medico-legal history of 18th- and 19th-century body bequests in England and Ireland. doi.org/10.1080/1357...
The legal somatics of body bequests before the Anatomy Act 1832
Without the authority of legislation in the United Kingdom, some bequeathed their bodies to physicians, surgeons and apothecaries to dissect and create anatomical specimens in the eighteenth and ea...
doi.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My latest article, “The Legal Somatics of Body Bequests Before the Anatomy Act 1832”, is published in Mortality, an interdisciplinary journal on death and dying. In the article, I analyze the medico-legal history of 18th- and 19th-century body bequests in England and Ireland. doi.org/10.1080/1357...
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Jury trial is what makes us British. You might as well propose the abolition of football.
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Jury trial is what makes us British. You might as well propose the abolition of football.
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I think it’s a bad thing too
The government intends to reduce the right to jury trial. I think this is a bad thing. But what do the judges think? open.substack.com/pub/counselo...
Stop the Revolution
Juries in jeopardy - what do judges think?
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I think it’s a bad thing too
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The government intends to reduce the right to jury trial. I think this is a bad thing. But what do the judges think? open.substack.com/pub/counselo...
Stop the Revolution
Juries in jeopardy - what do judges think?
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The government intends to reduce the right to jury trial. I think this is a bad thing. But what do the judges think? open.substack.com/pub/counselo...
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New post today: The Bank of Mom and Dad. 📬📬📬
Chances are pretty good you’ve had at least a one dealing with this bank; recent studies show 50% of parents in the United States subsidize their adult children, giving them on average $1,500/month.
Is this a problem?
open.substack.com/pub/allisont...
Chances are pretty good you’ve had at least a one dealing with this bank; recent studies show 50% of parents in the United States subsidize their adult children, giving them on average $1,500/month.
Is this a problem?
open.substack.com/pub/allisont...
The Bank of Mom and Dad
what's wrong with a little financial aid?
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New post today: The Bank of Mom and Dad. 📬📬📬
Chances are pretty good you’ve had at least a one dealing with this bank; recent studies show 50% of parents in the United States subsidize their adult children, giving them on average $1,500/month.
Is this a problem?
open.substack.com/pub/allisont...
Chances are pretty good you’ve had at least a one dealing with this bank; recent studies show 50% of parents in the United States subsidize their adult children, giving them on average $1,500/month.
Is this a problem?
open.substack.com/pub/allisont...
Finally migrated from the X and looking to connect with other academic people in law especially private law - inheritance, trusts and wealth inequality.
If you love fruit cake that’s a bonus!
If you love fruit cake that’s a bonus!
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Finally migrated from the X and looking to connect with other academic people in law especially private law - inheritance, trusts and wealth inequality.
If you love fruit cake that’s a bonus!
If you love fruit cake that’s a bonus!