Nostr notes by dag

Artificial Intelligence and legal work - a crucial case to read ...

2026-05-28T12:48:26+02:00

Artificial Intelligence and legal work - a crucial case to read

There was a routine court application which would usually go through on nod, but the judge suspected something was not right and asked questions, and this then came out.

If you must use AI, be careful.

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2026/1199.html

NEW The odd setting up of what appears to be a corrupt slush fund ...

2026-05-22T20:00:00+02:00

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The odd setting up of what appears to be a corrupt slush fund for the allies of President Trump

In which a settlement agreement is pushed far beyond any proper legal limits

At the Empty City blog

https://theemptycity.com/blog/2026/05/the-odd-setting-up-of-what-appears-to-be-a-corrupt-slush-fund-for-the-allies-of-president-trump/

NEW What the Chagos deal reversal tells us about the UK’s ...

2026-04-16T13:50:32+02:00

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What the Chagos deal reversal tells us about the UK’s diplomatic weakness

Why British government has no alternative but to accept President Trump’s change of mind

By me, at Prospect

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/73040/trump-chagos-deal-reversal-uk-diplomatic-weakness

Thank you Christopher.

2026-04-10T19:10:14+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…d7ct
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Thank you Christopher.

Why President Trump’s threat of genocide matters He may avoid ...

2026-04-09T12:34:10+02:00

Why President Trump’s threat of genocide matters

He may avoid immediate constitutional and legal sanctions, but this threat should not be forgotten

New by me, at Prospect

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/72980/iran-why-trump-genocide-threat-matters

NEW In a meaningful way, Meta had already legally lost the social ...

2026-04-03T14:46:08+02:00

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In a meaningful way, Meta had already legally lost the social media anxiety case before the jury trial even began

By me at Prospect

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/internet/72920/kaley-gm-trial-meta-google-serious-problem

Notes on gangster states Why legitimacy matters when the state ...

2026-01-12T11:43:05+01:00

Notes on gangster states

Why legitimacy matters when the state has a monopoly on coercive and lethal force

New, by me

Substack
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/notes-on-gangster-states

Personal blog
https://davidallengreen.com/2026/01/notes-on-gangster-states-why-legitimacy-matters-when-the-state-has-a-monopoly-on-coercive-and-lethal-force/

Still 651 is still a good rule-of-thumb active following and ...

2025-10-22T19:24:47+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…vrz9
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Still 651 is still a good rule-of-thumb active following and makes posting here worthwhile.

I like Mastodon and I would like to carryon being active here.

Many thanks to all those who Liked - including those who felt the need to explain things to me (I know).

/ends

NEW The Prime Minister’s extraordinary and significant ...

2025-09-25T10:45:54+02:00

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The Prime Minister’s extraordinary and significant statement on MI5 misleading the High Court

A practical example of the judiciary and executive holding the security service to account

By me

Substack:
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/the-prime-ministers-extraordinary

Personal blog:
https://davidallengreen.com/2025/09/the-prime-ministers-extraordinary-and-significant-statement-on-mi5-misleading-the-high-court/

I just know that tax law makes my brain fuzz, trust law involving ...

2025-09-04T16:35:29+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…0he5
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I just know that tax law makes my brain fuzz, trust law involving those without own capacity makes my brain fuzzier, and my basic knowledge of deeming provisions would not save me.

I would want to stick pencils up my nose and go 'wibble' if I were faced with this.

This is a good post on a disputed topic. Am thinking of writing ...

2025-08-13T19:08:32+02:00

This is a good post on a disputed topic.

Am thinking of writing on the topic this week at Prospect.

https://www.ejiltalk.org/no-recognizing-palestine-would-not-be-contrary-to-international-law/

No idea if the US will fall further into Fascism. But it ...

2025-07-01T23:38:29+02:00

No idea if the US will fall further into Fascism.

But it certainly will not be for the want of trying.

Extraordinary sight over the Atlantic of a polity voluntarily self-sabotaging.

NEW “We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and ...

2025-03-20T11:53:30+01:00

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“We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not”

On an extraordinary witness statement from the US government - and how it has adopted the logic of the Ducking Stool

By me, at Prospect

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/the-weekly-constitutional/69560/well-deport-you-if-we-have-evidence-against-you-and-if-we-do-not

Query - help please? Somebody once sought to work out all the ...

2025-03-19T10:00:07+01:00

Query - help please?

Somebody once sought to work out all the rules of a sport (I think cricket?), not by reference to the rule book, but just by pure observation and induction/deduction alone from what they saw, match after match.

Ring any bell for anyone? I would love to track this down.

A good part of the electorate accorded with the sentiments behind ...

2025-01-19T10:40:18+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…ql3f
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A good part of the electorate accorded with the sentiments behind the Rwanda scheme, sadly.

Challenge A meaningful sentence please, with the word apostrophe ...

2024-08-14T09:42:25+02:00

Challenge

A meaningful sentence please, with the word apostrophe with a possessive apostrophe - ie, apostrophe's.

(A contraction of "apostrophe is" is cheating.)

And then please follow that sentence with another meaningful sentence with the word apostrophes with a possessive apostrophe - ie, apostrophes'.