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How to lose followers on Twitter – a helpful guide for lawyers and legal journalists

I agree with Tim. Green is a self-publicist of some genius, and a classic "reinventer" (a strong Tory well into his 20s, it doesn't work out for him as a commercial lawyer, and Lo! He's suddenly a liberal lawyer offering opinions whenever it gets him attention). The Twitter joke trial was a fine example of this, a pure construct of Green, with a little help from Fry and Murray. No cause célèbre at all: Chambers pleaded guilty after a duff legal ruling by magistrates, and he was unlucky on first appeal to come before a particularly asinine circuit judge, sitting with two more lay justices. It goes to the High Court and is put right. At the heart of the case a very simple point with a very simple answer - was the tweet menacing? What exactly was Green's role in this, as solicitor? The appeal required no preparation at all and would have been entirely advicate driven. But look at the self-generated coverage and you would think Mr Green was the capes crusader.

12-Aug-2012

9:49 am