User:Hacienda

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About me

I am a new user of Wikipedia. I am a practising criminal barrister in London, with a general practice both prosecuting and defending. Before that I read Computing at university, had some minor involvement in politics as an MP's research assistant and later as a student union sabbatical officer.
This user is interested in beauty.
This user is interested in law.
This user is interested in politics.
This user lives in the United Kingdom.
This user is a member of WikiProject Law.

Contributions

I edit articles on law, particularly criminal law. I may edit other articles if and when I am able to add something intelligent to them.

[edit] Articles created

Courts Act 2003 | Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 | Hearsay in English Law

[edit] Articles significantly edited

Criminal Justice Act 2003

Link to draft new article

I also add legal texts to Wikisource

Language and style

English is my native language, British English the style. Typically for a product of the British education system, my foreign languages are weak, and seven years' worth of French lessons imparted no real understanding of the language. A childhood education in Germany for two years left me with a trace of German.

I do however (perhaps paradoxically) take pride in use of the English language, and probably am the type who amend grammar and punctuation in others if I can get away with it.
en This user is a native speaker of English.
de-1 Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

 

“,;:’ This user is a punctuation stickler.
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its This user understands the difference between its (of it) and it's (it is).
’s Thi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice.