Richard Moorhead

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Law Prof | https://lawyerwatch.wordpress.com/
I am a legal academic, very interested in lawyers, ethics, and regulation. I like to do mixed methods empirical research. So I’m interested in sociology, social psych, behavioural economics and corporate governance more than philosophical approaches to ethics. I am also interested in access to justice, dispute resolution, and the interfaces with technology and design.
My main research is on the Post Office Scandal https://richardmoorhead.substack.com/
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What may Zahawi's lawyers have got wrong? https://wp.me/pxDm8-1LJ
What may Zahawi’s lawyers have got wrong?

Lawyer Watch

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“Voters, Levido explained, liked many of the things the government had promised to do: but were angry that those promises had not been kept. His key message: ministers should start doing a good job. “He’s expensive,” said one, “but where else are we going to get this insight?” https://twitter.com/robdothutton/status/1619613646547726336

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RoryStewartUK/status/1619689183551045635

Robert Hutton on Twitter

“NEW DEEPLY REPORTED IN-DEPTH DEEP DIVE LONG READ: Who ate which biscuits at Rishi Sunak's crisis Chequers away-day summit of doom? We've got all the answers you never knew you wanted. https://t.co/YjTPh8MS7T”

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"The real problem here is libel law, and how it can be used by the powerful to silence people who criticise them"

To me that’s the most important lesson from the Zahawi affair. Tax law worked fine. HMRC did it’s job. Libel law is broken. https://twitter.com/timesradio/status/1619715745881161728

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DanNeidle/status/1619722033520345091

Times Radio on Twitter

“"I had no idea that a senior politician could say things that were just not true and take legal action or threaten to take legal action on that basis." Nadhim Zahawi used libel law to stop journalists from exposing his taxes, says @DanNeidle on #TimesRadio.”

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I have stayed out of this story, partly because I try not to comment on individual cases, but also because Dan didn’t need me to.

I will say this for the record though: he may have had all this, but many in his position would have stayed quiet. @[email protected] is just brave. https://twitter.com/DanNeidle/status/1619640135435567105

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/delaFeriaR/status/1619681902465814528

Dan Neidle on Twitter

“1. This was David vs Goliath, and David won! No – Zahawi and his advisers made the tactical mistake of accidentally SLAPPing someone with plenty of financial resources, time, litigation experience, and plenty of contacts and friends in the legal, tax and media worlds.”

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Sir Laurie Magnus confirming that a delay in correcting an untrue public statement is a ministerial code breach

If he’d been in post during the Johnson era, he’d have had to recommend the sacking of the PM himself, as well as around half his Cabinet https://twitter.com/steven_swinford/status/1619635474527559681

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/gem_abbott/status/1619677011978653701

Steven Swinford on Twitter

“Nadhim Zahawi committed SEVEN breaches of the ministerial code and repeatedly failed to be 'open & honest' about his tax affairs, ethics watchdog concluded Sunak felt he had no choice but to sack him Here's the timeline of those breaches in full”

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Letter from Sir Laurie Magnus to the Prime Minister, 29 January 2023

GOV.UK
…the saga, shining a critical light on several problems, when many would have simply shrugged and gone about their normal lives. So hats off to him for his exemplary work. /end
Zahawi gone, the lawyers he used now taking the SRA investigation seriously. ⁦@[email protected]⁩ fairly and accurately puts some of the broader criticisms in context here, but he will have invested enormous time and I daresay stressful energy into… 1/ https://www.taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/01/29/three-wrong-takes-on-the-zahawi-affair/
Three wrong takes on the Zahawi affair

I wanted to try and scotch what I think are three wrong takes on the whole Zahawi business. So a quick few words: This was David vs Goliath, and David won! No - Zahawi and his advisers made the tactical mistake of accidentally SLAPPing someone with plenty of financial resources, time, litigation exp

Tax Policy Associates Ltd
So @[email protected] recommended this podcast on songwriting and Wichita Lineman and, well, see what you think… https://open.spotify.com/episode/1mLLwB8x1GKMVkbS5Q0t3r?si=-ycvaAprQuOdNZz6Ow59lQ
"Wichita Lineman" by Jimmy Webb & Glen Campbell

Listen to this episode from Strong Songs on Spotify. I hear you singin' in the wire... I can hear you through the whine... and the Strong Songs podcast is talking about one of the best songs of all time.On this episode, Kirk takes on Jimmy Webb & Glen Campbell's ethereal workin' song "Wichita Lineman," an ode to the profound poetry within all of us. It's a song without a chorus or a bridge that still feels complete, thanks largely to the way it subtly climbs from the street, to the wire, and up into the heavens. Written by: Jimmy WebbProduced by: Al De LoryPerformed by: Glen Campbell w/ The Wrecking CrewAlbum: Wichita Lineman, 1968Listen/Buy via SongwhipALSO FEATURED/DISCUSSED:“God Only Knows” by Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys from Pet Sounds, 1966Excerpts from "The Wrecking Crew!" documentary directed by Danny Tedesco, 2008Excerpts from Dylan Jones' book Wichita LIneman: Searching in the Sun for the World’s Greatest Unfinished Song, 2019“Galveston” by Jimmy Webb/Glen Campbell from Galveston, 1969Glen Campbell performing “Wichita Lineman” with a Fender Bass VI on The Smothers Brothers Comedy HourOUTRO SOLOIST: Carlos "Insaneintherainmusic" EieineCarlos Eienie is a prolific multi-instrumentalist and YouTube creator who's done some extremely fun jazz arrangements of great video game music, among other things. You can find him on most social media as some variant of @insaneintherainmusic, and on his website at https://www.insaneintherainmusic.com/.-----LINKS-----SUPPORT STRONG SONGSPaypalme/kirkhamiltonmusic | Patreon.com/strongsongsMERCH STOREstore.strongsongspodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA@StrongSongs | @Kirkhamilton | IG: @Kirk_HamiltonNEWSLETTERhttps://kirkhamilton.substack.com/subscribeJOIN THE DISCORDhttps://discord.gg/GCvKqAM8SmSTRONG SONGS PLAYLISTSSpotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music----------MAY 2022 WHOLE-NOTE PATRONSPatrickSEAN D WINNIEDaniel Hannon-BarryRRPrince M. Levy-BenitezElliot RosenAshley HoagMark and MichelleKelsairRob BosworthDonald MackieMelissa OsborneChristopher MillerJamie WhiteChristopher McConnellDavid MascettiJoshua JarvisNikoJoe LaskaLaurie AcremanKen HirshJezMelanie AndrichJenness GardnerSimon CammellGuinevere BoostromNarelle HornBill RosingerErinAidan CoughlanJeanneret Manning Family FourDoug PatonDave SharpeSami SamhuriAccessViolationRyan TorvikGlennJim ChokeyAndre BremerMark SchechterDave FloreyMAY 2022 HALF-NOTE PATRONSKenIsWearingAHatTonyJordan BlockAaron WadeMichael FlahertyChad HivnerTravis PollardJeff UlmJeff NewmanJamieMax DicksteinDeebsPortland Eye CareAdam RayAnupama RaghavanDemetri DetsaridisCarrie SchneiderAlenka GrealishAnne GerryRichard SneddonDavid JudsonJulian RoleffJanice BerryDoreen CarlsonmtwolfDavid McDarbyAbigail DuffieldRaphadavidWendy GilchristLisa TurnerPaul WayperDennis M EdwardsJeffrey FerrisBruno GaetaKenneth JungbenAdam StofskyZak RemerRishi SahayJason ReitmanGreg BurgessAilie FraserPaul McGrealKaren ArnoldNATALIE MISTILISJosh SingerPhino DeLeonSchloss Edward J. MDAmy Lynn ThornsenAdam WKelli BrockingtonStephen RawlingsBen MachtaVictoria YuKevin RiversBrad ClarkChristopherMichael J. CunninghamMark Boggsmino caposselaSteve PaquinSarahDavid JoskeEmma SklarBernard KhooDavid BlackmanRobert HeuerMatthew GoldenDavid NoahGeraldine ButlerRichard CambierMadeleine MaderTimothy DoughertyJason PrattStewart OakCaroline MillerAbbie BergSam NortonNicole SchleicherDoug BelewDermot CrowleyAchint SrivastavaRyan RairighMichael BermanOlivia BishopJohn GisselquistElaine MartinKourothBonnie PrinsenSharon TreeBelinda Mcgrath-steerLiz SegerEoin de BurcaKevin PotterM Shane BordersPete SimmSusan PleinDallas HockleyJana JJason GerryNathan GouwensWill Dwyer Alethea LeeLauren ReayEric PrestemonCookies250Spencer ShirleyDamian BradyAngela LivingstoneJeffyThanadrosDavid FriedmanSarah SulanDiane HughesKenneth TiongJo SutherlandMichael CasnerBarb CourtneyDerek BenderJen SmallLowell MeyerEtele IllesStephen TsoneffLorenz SchwarzWenJack SjogrenGeoff GoldenRobyn FraserPascal RuegerRandy SouzaJCClare HolbertonDiane TurnerTom ColemanTijs SoeteMark PerryDhu WikMelEric HelmJake RobertsBill FullerSteven MaronMichael FlahertyJarrod SchindlerCaro Fieldmichael bochnerDuncanNaomi WatsonDavid CushmanAlexanderChris KGavin DoigSam FennTanner MortonAJ SchusterJennifer BushDavid StroudAmanda FurlottiAndrew BakerMatt GaskellJules BaileyBill ThorntonBrian AmoebasBrett DouvilleJeffrey OlsonMatt BetzelMuellerNate from KalamazooMelanie StiversRichard TollerAlexander PolsonEarl LozadaJon O’KeefeJustin McElroyArjun SharmaJames JohnsonKevin MorrellKevin PennyfeatherEmily Williams

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Why does chatGPT make up fake academic papers?

By now, we know that the chatbot notoriously invents fake academic references. E.g. its answer to the most cited economics paper is completely made-up (see image).

But why? And how does it make them? A THREAD (1/n) 🧵

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dsmerdon/status/1618816703923912704

David Smerdon on Twitter

“Why does chatGPT make up fake academic papers? By now, we know that the chatbot notoriously invents fake academic references. E.g. its answer to the most cited economics paper is completely made-up (see image). But why? And how does it make them? A THREAD (1/n) 🧵”

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