Max Hardy
@maxjlhardy.bsky.social
Barrister | TV legal consultant (Mr Bates, Landscapers, Criminal UK, Defending the Guilty) | Legal blogger & media commentator |
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Blogs, lectures, podcasts, profiles here:
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To be a barrister you need a brain, to be an effective barrister you need an armoury. 🧠🦯🗡️🔫🪶💣https://open.substack.com/pub/counselofperfection/p/the-barristers-armoury?r=7wxlo&utm_medium=ios
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
To be a barrister you need a brain, to be an effective barrister you need an armoury. 🧠🦯🗡️🔫🪶💣https://open.substack.com/pub/counselofperfection/p/the-barristers-armoury?r=7wxlo&utm_medium=ios
Last Tangoed in Paris
October 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Last Tangoed in Paris
Who needs Waterloo Sunset when you can have Woolwich Sunrise?
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Who needs Waterloo Sunset when you can have Woolwich Sunrise?
Lived in London for 45 years and only saw this building on Three Mills Island for the first time last week and it’s already a favourite. This city gives for a lifetime.
October 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Lived in London for 45 years and only saw this building on Three Mills Island for the first time last week and it’s already a favourite. This city gives for a lifetime.
You know you’ve been at the Criminal Bar too long when your first thought is murder trial and not painting and decorating.
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
You know you’ve been at the Criminal Bar too long when your first thought is murder trial and not painting and decorating.
The Tourist Board under Reform. Don’t miss a trip to the Pastycceria.
October 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The Tourist Board under Reform. Don’t miss a trip to the Pastycceria.
This gesture by the French scrum half Pauline Bourdon Sansus is the most French thing that ever happened
September 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This gesture by the French scrum half Pauline Bourdon Sansus is the most French thing that ever happened
Only met Conor Gearty shortly before his untimely death. Told him I was Catholic but descended from William of Orange's Lord Chancellor and Ulster Covenanters, he smiled. We are ALL humans before we're labels. Human rights are for ALL of us; whatever our labels. May he RIP.
September 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Only met Conor Gearty shortly before his untimely death. Told him I was Catholic but descended from William of Orange's Lord Chancellor and Ulster Covenanters, he smiled. We are ALL humans before we're labels. Human rights are for ALL of us; whatever our labels. May he RIP.
If the pot of gold is in there then I’m afraid it’s a realisable asset under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and falls to be confiscated.
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If the pot of gold is in there then I’m afraid it’s a realisable asset under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and falls to be confiscated.
How long before summer snow is a memory in the Alps? A lament for melting glaciers: open.substack.com/pub/counselo...
August 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
How long before summer snow is a memory in the Alps? A lament for melting glaciers: open.substack.com/pub/counselo...
Absolutely no idea if this is true but would be ironic if the Sovereign was perfectly content to share sovereignty with Europe.
August 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Absolutely no idea if this is true but would be ironic if the Sovereign was perfectly content to share sovereignty with Europe.
London has a population of over 8 million people. If you need to go to a police station at night there will be 1 counter available for every million Londoners. THAT is why the criminal justice system is in crisis.
August 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
London has a population of over 8 million people. If you need to go to a police station at night there will be 1 counter available for every million Londoners. THAT is why the criminal justice system is in crisis.
One last Peepo! to Allan Ahlberg whose books will forever surpass the frightful dross so often written for children today.
July 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
One last Peepo! to Allan Ahlberg whose books will forever surpass the frightful dross so often written for children today.
Give blood.
Save lives.
#74 🅾️➖
Save lives.
#74 🅾️➖
July 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Give blood.
Save lives.
#74 🅾️➖
Save lives.
#74 🅾️➖
Am reading The Count of Monte Cristo to the 8yo.
Me: As you see here, pride is the deadliest vice of all in a prosecutor.
8yo: What are you talking about?
Me: As you see here, pride is the deadliest vice of all in a prosecutor.
8yo: What are you talking about?
June 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Am reading The Count of Monte Cristo to the 8yo.
Me: As you see here, pride is the deadliest vice of all in a prosecutor.
8yo: What are you talking about?
Me: As you see here, pride is the deadliest vice of all in a prosecutor.
8yo: What are you talking about?
The 0yo is 1yo today.
June 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The 0yo is 1yo today.
‘Barman Wrestling With Donald Trump’
May 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
‘Barman Wrestling With Donald Trump’
On 26 July 2023 Andrew Malkinson stood on the steps of the Court of Appeal, you can read his T-shirt. Today Peter Sullivan is released, with DNA exonerating them both. DNA did not convict either of them, how many more are there?
May 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
On 26 July 2023 Andrew Malkinson stood on the steps of the Court of Appeal, you can read his T-shirt. Today Peter Sullivan is released, with DNA exonerating them both. DNA did not convict either of them, how many more are there?
Never noticed these chambers before, maybe she’s a soul practitioner?
May 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Never noticed these chambers before, maybe she’s a soul practitioner?
Anyone with a heart hopes this presages an equitable peace.
Anyone with a brain knows this is my way or the highway (to Hell).
Anyone with a soul is praying for Providence to intervene.
Anyone with a brain knows this is my way or the highway (to Hell).
Anyone with a soul is praying for Providence to intervene.
April 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Anyone with a heart hopes this presages an equitable peace.
Anyone with a brain knows this is my way or the highway (to Hell).
Anyone with a soul is praying for Providence to intervene.
Anyone with a brain knows this is my way or the highway (to Hell).
Anyone with a soul is praying for Providence to intervene.
It’s ironic that he gave his name to the adjective ‘Shavian’ as that’s the one thing he never did.
April 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s ironic that he gave his name to the adjective ‘Shavian’ as that’s the one thing he never did.
When you’re an engineer but your true calling is witchcraft
April 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When you’re an engineer but your true calling is witchcraft
As fortune cookies go it’s not the worst
April 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
As fortune cookies go it’s not the worst