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One point not mentioned in this article is from the previous article that did not allow comments as the hearing was ongoing:

"[Mr Lewis's] representative, Timothy Kendal, said the investigating officers of the SRA had not researched the context of the Twitter messages Lewis was replying to, nor the background of the people who had originally sent him abuse. "

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"The tribunal heard from an SRA investigator who confirmed she did not have access to the messages that had prompted Lewis’s responses, which had come from accounts which have since been deactivated. No attempt had been made to gain disclosure of these messages from the High Court, and the SRA’s case was presented with no context as to the messages Lewis had received. "

So the SRA confirmed they didn't know the context of these messages, viewing them literally in isolation, and yet still felt able to bring charges.

And despite that, they still got £10,000 costs (how much did they claim?). Imagine the costs if they had actually investigated the issues fully...