David Sheldon KC FCIArb @davidhsheldon
Senior Counsel with Compass Chambers - “Index amini sermo est” Reparation, mediation, contract, construction, retroflection, random cogitation. compasschambers.com Edinburgh Joined April 2011-
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These attacks on the profession must stop. They are damaging confidence in the rule of law, which the Government is duty bound to protect.
These attacks on the profession must stop. They are damaging confidence in the rule of law, which the Government is duty bound to protect.
Bam he’s back @FabioJakobsen @deceuninck_qst I’m so happy and proud for the fight he deliver 🙏🏽
When you feel you’ve had a bad day at the office... telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/2…
Since last week when Sarah Everard first went missing, six women & a little girl have been have been reported as being killed at the hands of men - in the UK. Let that sink in, to highlight the gross inequalities that endure and the harsh reality that, it all starts in the home.
Thinking a lot about David Lessels today. strava.app.link/Yf4TPDo7r9
As many of you will know I am a survivor - so far at least - of colon cancer. When diagnosed 3 years ago it had spread copiously to my liver, though thankfully not to my lungs, which is common. Without the incredible skill and care of my oncologist,... fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/crukcycle…
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Trump blames mental illness, video games and social media for mass shootings and calls for the death penalty to be imposed “swiftly”. But on his hypothesis shooters are mentally ill and therefore (probably) not responsible for their actions... apple.news/AWyXbnHo5RPW9_…
“Try explaining Brexit to liberal Americans” - The Telegraph - this is all very interesting, but what Shriver conveniently forgets is that the USA is itself “a high-handed supranational organisation whose laws override” those of its individual states... apple.news/AE966HLBCRYyYB…
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Lots of impatient drivers spoiling my ride today. What’s the big rush on a Saturday morning? Or is the whole country just in a bad mood..?
Not very often I agree with Ms Sturgeon, but this is certainly one of them...
Not very often I agree with Ms Sturgeon, but this is certainly one of them...
I've voted. Have you? libdems.org.uk/voted?recruite… #VoteLibDem via @LibDems
Hard day at the office...
Just finished a (very) lengthy opinion on the Limitation (Childhood Abuse)(Scotland) Act 2017. No judicial guidance as yet, so happy to provide whatever assistance I can...
Just watching “Brexit: Behind Closed Doors”. Utterly brilliant, but good Lord it’s dynamite. Or kryptonite. Talk about light the blue touchpaper...

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