Richard Beckwith
@rsbeckwith.bsky.social
Solicitor-Advocate, construction law, litigation, researching bias in construction adjudication
Canary Wharf looking good in the sun
June 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Canary Wharf looking good in the sun
Happy Australia Day! 🇦🇺
January 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Happy Australia Day! 🇦🇺
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I told you: now the bill's sponsors (this is the disgraceful barrister-Labour MP Jake Richards) are saying that the High Court approval should be dropped because there aren't enough judges to approve the applications (as we told them).
December 3, 2024 at 2:23 PM
I told you: now the bill's sponsors (this is the disgraceful barrister-Labour MP Jake Richards) are saying that the High Court approval should be dropped because there aren't enough judges to approve the applications (as we told them).
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
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The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
November 21, 2024 at 8:03 AM
The birth of a star as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope
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Just reposting my piece from yesterday on the constitutional questions raised by the assisted dying Bill. The more I think about it, the odder the Cabinet Secretary’s position on ministerial neutrality seems.
publiclawforeveryone.com/2024/11/18/a...
publiclawforeveryone.com/2024/11/18/a...
Assisted dying, Private Members’ Bills and government neutrality
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is — quite rightly — attracting a great deal of attention from politicians, commentators, civil society organisations and others. Strong views exist on …
publiclawforeveryone.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Just reposting my piece from yesterday on the constitutional questions raised by the assisted dying Bill. The more I think about it, the odder the Cabinet Secretary’s position on ministerial neutrality seems.
publiclawforeveryone.com/2024/11/18/a...
publiclawforeveryone.com/2024/11/18/a...
Please do car parking apps
October 15, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Please do car parking apps
Its a fair question
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www.avclub.com/weird-al-ask...
Weird Al out here asking the big questions, like, "Why hasn't Weird Al hosted SNL?"
Weird Al out here asking the big questions, like, "Why hasn't Weird Al hosted SNL?"
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October 11, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Its a fair question
www.avclub.com/weird-al-ask...
www.avclub.com/weird-al-ask...
Good article - makes a lot of sense. There’s needs to be more devolution and mayors are the (now) obvious way to do it
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...
How mayors can help improve public services
A short bonus post this week (my main one is coming at the weekend) as I have a report out on mayors and public services which may be of interest to readers.
open.substack.com
October 10, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Good article - makes a lot of sense. There’s needs to be more devolution and mayors are the (now) obvious way to do it
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/h...
This is not a serious politician - please do not elect him leader of the opposition
www.politico.eu/article/tory...
www.politico.eu/article/tory...
Tory leadership hopeful named his daughter Thatcher
Robert Jenrick says he made the move because he respects “strong women.”
www.politico.eu
October 1, 2024 at 3:43 PM
This is not a serious politician - please do not elect him leader of the opposition
www.politico.eu/article/tory...
www.politico.eu/article/tory...
Struggling to see how she wins the election while losing her own seat
I would have done better than Rishi Sunak at the general election and could even have won if I'd stayed as leader, says Liz Truss, who was the most unpopular Prime Minister since records began and was even booted out by her own constituents
September 30, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Struggling to see how she wins the election while losing her own seat
Had no idea this existed
Discussing Euston Station reminded me that I was looking into St George’s Chapel at Heathrow Airport. Has anyone visited? I think it is one of the surviving original parts of the airport with an amazing crypt-like space. Yet it seems, sadly, to almost never be open & there are very few photographs.
September 30, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Had no idea this existed
Why can’t Werner score?
September 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Why can’t Werner score?
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A trio of somewhat depressing blog posts about open justice not going quite as it ought to in the family court…
First up, our legal blogger @maggotlaw.bsky.social's account of trying and failing to observe a family court hearing in the magistrates court
transparencyproject.org.uk/keep-out-whe...
First up, our legal blogger @maggotlaw.bsky.social's account of trying and failing to observe a family court hearing in the magistrates court
transparencyproject.org.uk/keep-out-whe...
transparencyproject.org.uk
September 24, 2024 at 3:07 PM
A trio of somewhat depressing blog posts about open justice not going quite as it ought to in the family court…
First up, our legal blogger @maggotlaw.bsky.social's account of trying and failing to observe a family court hearing in the magistrates court
transparencyproject.org.uk/keep-out-whe...
First up, our legal blogger @maggotlaw.bsky.social's account of trying and failing to observe a family court hearing in the magistrates court
transparencyproject.org.uk/keep-out-whe...
0-1 after a minute. What’s going on Spurs?
September 21, 2024 at 2:06 PM
0-1 after a minute. What’s going on Spurs?
Well that changed. But Spurs so poor tonight
September 18, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Well that changed. But Spurs so poor tonight
Glad Spurs got the goal but this is still pretty embarrassing
September 18, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Glad Spurs got the goal but this is still pretty embarrassing
New social media platform, same old terrible Spurs performance
September 18, 2024 at 8:21 PM
New social media platform, same old terrible Spurs performance
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In a shameless attempt to grow my following on here, I'm going to be giving away a GE2024 poster to one lucky winner who retweets this post (and is following) in 24 hours time. Best of luck!
September 4, 2024 at 12:55 PM
In a shameless attempt to grow my following on here, I'm going to be giving away a GE2024 poster to one lucky winner who retweets this post (and is following) in 24 hours time. Best of luck!
Although arising out of a statutory duty, the approach to consider mediation at the outset, as opposed to consideration of whether a refusal to mediate was unreasonable, is one that merits consideration
civilmediation.org/ireland-high...
civilmediation.org/ireland-high...
Speak to Me - Irish High Court Rules on Duty to Advise on Mediation — Civil Mediation
In a recent ruling, the High Court of Ireland imposed a costs penalty for a solicitor's failure to comply with the duty to advise clients about mediation. Bill Holohan's article on the case underscore...
civilmediation.org
September 4, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Although arising out of a statutory duty, the approach to consider mediation at the outset, as opposed to consideration of whether a refusal to mediate was unreasonable, is one that merits consideration
civilmediation.org/ireland-high...
civilmediation.org/ireland-high...
This article by Lord Sumption is very good on the US Supreme Court
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
The president’s crimes
The oldest constitution in the world was not made for the political culture of modern America. The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v United States is a symptom of its crisis
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 28, 2024 at 10:27 AM
This article by Lord Sumption is very good on the US Supreme Court
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...