The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social Birmingham's new quality newspaper: sending local stories to your inbox. Always looking for new writers & new stories.
Law Paw Calendar (Billable Hour) @lawpawcalendar.bsky.social Charity calendar with law pets, raising money for @SaveChildrenUK. Orders for 2026 now closed
Ben Knight @benjamin-knight.com He/him
Nerd
Ex-care kid. State school oik
Legal 500 Barrister (chambers in Manchester and London)
Politics snarker
Cat dad
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Joined October 2023
Ex-podcaster
Unexpected Paul Heaton impersonator thebeautifulmancs.co.uk
centralchambers.co.uk
Inns of Court College of Advocacy @icca.ac.uk Educational arm of the Council of the Inns of Court delivering the ICCA Bar Course and Post Qualification Training for the practising Bar
Patrick Ryan @patr1ckryan.bsky.social If you can’t find me I’m hopefully in a coffee shop with a good book.
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
Currently on maternity leave
Nick Barraclough @nickbarraclough.bsky.social Specialist criminal law barrister at 2BR.
www.nickbarracloughbarrister.co.uk
Midland Circuit @midlandcircuit.bsky.social The Midland Circuit provides support, advice and representation for Barristers practising in the Midlands region.
Max Hardy @maxjlhardy.bsky.social Barrister | TV legal consultant (Mr Bates, Landscapers, Criminal UK, Defending the Guilty) | Legal blogger & media commentator |
Kalisher Trust Trustee
Blogs, lectures, podcasts, profiles here:
https://linktr.ee/MaxJLHardy
Jeremy Bate @jeremybate.bsky.social Vegan, Samaritans volunteer💚, UK politics, therapeutic shamanism, philosophy, lawyer. Roughly in that order.
Steve J @smagicj51.bsky.social Barrister (non practising), advocacy trainer, legal course designer, actor, director, keen runner, and tennis player
Allan Compton KC @allancomptonkc.bsky.social Mostly dogs. Barrister at 2BR. Southampton fan 😳
Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social Barrister turned freelance journalist, writing for The Times & Law Gazette. Please get in touch with stories: catherinebaksi@hotmail.com.
Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social Journalist, specialising in policing, crime, justice, prisons, security & immigration. Ex-BBC home affairs correspondent & former adviser to Yvette Cooper MP. These are all my views! 
@northernprosecutor.bsky.social @northernprosecutor.bsky.social 
Laura Kasasian @lazkaz.bsky.social Likes (in no particular order): reading, language-learning, dogs, flowers, kindness, travel.
Dislikes: billionaires buying cool things then ruining them. 
Sarah Collins @sarahelizacollins.bsky.social Commissioning editor and journalist at Prospect Magazine. Writer for The Week, The Guardian, The i paper etc
https://authory.com/SarahCollins
Agent: @annapallai.bsky.social
Signal: sarahcollinswrites.94
@pseudonymoustosch.bsky.social @pseudonymoustosch.bsky.social In law.
Nicholas Allen KC @nicholasallen29.bsky.social Joint Head of Chambers, barrister, PFDR evaluator, and IFLA arbitrator at 29 Bedford Row (London) and Door Tenant at St. Ives (Birmingham) specialising in financial remedy work.
Harriet Johnson @harrietejohnson.bsky.social Barrister at Doughty St (views mine not theirs); Author of "Enough: the violence against women and how to end it"; always #QPR
@BaristaBarrister @baristabarrister.bsky.social Science-Driven Barrister with a Comedic Twist - Powered by Coffee | PhD - First-generation University | ♿ | NCFC 🟡🟢🟡
Rayner Grice @rayner2006.bsky.social Family Law Partner. Long suffering Birmingham City FC Supporter
Joanne Kane @joannekane.bsky.social 
The Cat From Greece @acatfromgreece.bsky.social …joined the police. Pig in a wig: full time criminal barrister, part time response cop. Once described as 'quite personable'.
Alexander Chandler KC @familybrief.bsky.social Family Law Silk at 1KBW | Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators | PFDR evaluator | FRJ board | IAFL Fellow | Father of 3 | Long Distance Runner
Blog | https://familybrief.org/
Eleena Misra KC @eleenamisrakc.bsky.social King's Counsel at Old Square Chambers, London. Specialist in Employment Law, Professional Discipline & Regulation, Public Law & Inquests. Chair of the Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council of England & Wales. Speaking in my own capacity here.
Jane Casey @janecasey.bsky.social Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and Everything She Didn't Say (out 16 July). Also owner of the world’s least cooperative spaniel.
@shitbarrister.bsky.social @shitbarrister.bsky.social 
Bernard Richmond KC @phatsilkkc.bsky.social Criminal Defence & Inquests barrister at Lamb Building, London & Central Chambers, Manchester. Dedicated to advocacy, Middle Temple, Legal Education (Hon. Prof at Univ of Kent) & access to justice. 6th Dan Judo (BJC & proud) Rufus & Christa keep me sane.
Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social Writer, poker player and accidental quiz show host.
Becky @agates.uk Love cats. Love being underwater. Love crafting. Wondering what the next chapter will bring!
Paul Arthur @paularthurcyber.bsky.social Technology and Security Consultant, MSc Computer Science, Ass.ISC2, CASP+,CySA+,BTL1, Security+, Network+, ISC2 (CC). Former professional photographer
Dréa Becker @dreabecker.bsky.social Barrister, criminal/international law
Barrister79 @barrister79.bsky.social Criminal barrister practising on the North Eastern Circuit.
@arburtonworld.bsky.social @arburtonworld.bsky.social Lawyer & lover of food, wine, music, books, grammar. Loathes denim, brexit, noise. 
Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social Not an MP.
I’m going on tour: https://www.seetickets.com/tour/rosie-holt
Nικος Ξυδιας @greekbluenose.bsky.social Dad, husband, Bluenose, Cypriot and barrister. 
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Penelope Gibbs @penelopegibbs.bsky.social My passion is to improve UK justice. Lead charity www.transformjustice.org.uk (email there). Also visiting fellow
https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/ and chair www.appropriateadult.org.uk
Jonathan Duffy @sixjbd.bsky.social Barrister
(exclusively criminal defence)
Liverpool
eXiteer
www.7hs.co.uk/personnel/jonathan-duffy/
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
AshOfTheShire @ashbayliss.bsky.social Heavy Metal Hobbit 🤘🏻LOTR, gardening, nature, folklore and the weirder side of life
Prof Jo Delahunty KC @jdkc.bsky.social Family law barrister at 4PB London, Emeritus Professor of Law Gresham College.Views my own(warts & all) RT=worth a read,not necessarily endorsements:I read & learn. Known for being outspoken about things that matter to me & my profession. 
Francis FitzGibbon @ffkc.bsky.social King's Counsel, 23ES and Trinity Chambers (Newcastle), criminal advocate, once a classicist, occasional LRB contributor, mostly human.
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social Criminal Silk. Professional Northerner.
Claire Davies KC @cdkc.bsky.social Silk specialising in criminal law at Farringdon Chambers
Sam Raincock @samraincock.bsky.social Expert Witness in IT & Telecoms. Eats, Shoots & Cooks! Likes art, birds, coffee, photography, gardening, bargains & countryside. Owned by a westie & ragdoll.
Jonathan Chamberlain @jon-chamberlain.bsky.social Dipping a toe into a blue sky; or swimming in a lake. Employment, Labour & Equality lawyer. Trustee, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. 
James Vine @jamespsvine.bsky.social Seeking asylum from the Muskrat
Politics free zone
Retired lawyer
Train Guard
No Longer Tweeting Barrister @tweetingyet.bsky.social Ooh, it's nice here...
AudreySuffolk MBE @audreysuffolk.bsky.social Equality law compliance trainer and consultant. audreyludwig.com
Non-practising Solicitor. My personal thoughts on Equality/Disability/Feminism/ Access2Justice/LawCentres/FineArt etc. Founder Suffolk Law Centre. Repost not endorsement
Sonya Solicitor @sonya-solicitor.bsky.social Criminal defence solicitor based in Manchester.
Still enthusiastic about criminal law despite the current challenges in the criminal justice system.
Mark Hennessy @markhennessy.bsky.social Ireland and Britain Editor,
The Irish Times
Leading The Irish Times’ Common Ground project exploring relationships on the island of Ireland, and between Ireland and Great Britain
https://www.irishtimes.com/common-ground/
NED Edwards KC @nedbar.bsky.social KC working @ Crown Chambers & Lamb Building. Mainly Crime and regulatory, a little commercial.
Matthew @part-heard.bsky.social Sport lover, dog enthusiast, recovering Twitter user.
Leon Kazakos @leonkazakos.bsky.social Friendly neighbourhood silk
KC, 2 Hare Court.
https://www.2harecourt.com/barrister/leon-kazakos-kc/
Vice Chair, Kalisher Trust.
The Bar Council @thebarcouncil.bsky.social Representing and supporting the 18,000 practising barristers in England and Wales.
www.barcouncil.org.uk
@crimecounsel.bsky.social @crimecounsel.bsky.social Has wig. Will travel.
Barrister at Exchange Chambers, Leeds
Faisel Sadiq @faiselsadiq.bsky.social Londoner. British.
Barrister (Inner Temple) practising from
@gatehouse.bsky.social.
Interested in law and politics.
Fiscal and Defence Hawk. Socially Progressive.
All views are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
Emma Harris @missemmaharris.bsky.social Criminal barrister fond of cats, books and food. Ultramarathon runner, holds a FKT. 
@mcdermottkc.bsky.social @mcdermottkc.bsky.social 
Nigel Booth @theboothmeister.bsky.social Always interested; tell me more.
I train barristers at Liverpool & Manchester. Bar Course Programme Team member at University of Law. Nine Chambers (formerly 9 St John Street). Views not my employer’s, maybe not even mine. Caveats and lemon meringue pie.
Joanna Cunningham @jomdcunningham888.bsky.social ♏️ Arsenal fan - Views/sarcasm mine - Public Access Barrister
R👩🏻⚖️ PERSONAL ACCT I use married name in ⚖️Divorced
SlenderSherbet @slendersherbet.bsky.social To help care for sick and injured animals, please donate to Lovina Animal Welfare at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lovinaAW Thank you ❤️
Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social You will know me.. I’m Sander from the Netherlands
Jennifer Blair @squeakinglyjen.bsky.social Feminist lawyer, Classicist, barrister at No5 Chambers. She/her or They/them pronouns
@robinallenkc.bsky.social @robinallenkc.bsky.social 
@richardhuwjones.bsky.social @richardhuwjones.bsky.social Welsh, connected with the law. 
Rob Davies @robdavies142.bsky.social Welsh Rugby, UK lawyer and whatever else.
Steph Lovegrove @stlovegrove.bsky.social Barrister, butler of a Cavalier KC spaniel, nature and history lover, writes stuff.
John de Waal KC @johndewaalkc.bsky.social Barrister at Gatehouse Chambers and Mediator at The Property Mediators. Proud Austrian citizen. Lives in London and Buckinghamshire, happiest in the mountains.
Celia Kitzinger @kitzingercelia.bsky.social Promoting #OpenJustice in the Court of Protection #NotSecretCourt
Check out our website: openjusticecourtofprotection.org
Also all things Lake District + Cumbria including hiking, literature, & other stuff that interests me!
Greg Baker @gregbaker.bsky.social Senior paralegal in investigations at the NMC. LLM in Medical Law and Ethics, called to the bar - not practising. Skipped over to here after deciding the canary had been murdered by Musk.
Thomas Keane @twklex.bsky.social Commercial Chancery Barrister - BVI
Specialise in Commercial / Company / Insolvency / Property - with bits of Insurance / Charities / Trusts thrown in for good measure
Jackie @applejaxs.bsky.social Cat crochet kind
purrfectfriendcatrescue.org
School governor Safeguarding SEND Equality
Kate Bex @k80bex.bsky.social KC; Homicide, Fraud, Organised Crime. Houseboat dweller now reluctant landlubber to accommodate arthritic cat’s refusal to climb steep stairs (now RIP aged almost 22). Views my own.
https://redlionchambers.co.uk/barrister/kate-bex-qc/
PJMKC @pjm1kbw.bsky.social Jobbing lawyer, occasional contrarian
#KCInTheGarden🌷
#KCOnATrain 🚂
Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk “Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour
Judge WhoHe @judgewhohe.bsky.social English lawyer and judge. Architecturally inclined.
LizMcG_emplaw @lizmcg.bsky.social Employment/discrimination solicitor, Mum of 2, a little bit of law and life.
Joanne Clement KC @joanneclementkc.bsky.social KC at 11KBW, specialising in all kinds of public law and human rights law
Andrew Allen KC @andrew-allen.bsky.social Employment and discrimination lawyer. Mediator. Expert on Middle Eastern Law.
No longer Borobarrister @notagavel.bsky.social Retired criminal barrister and natural history enthusiast. Member of @innertemple.org.uk
Emma Christie @emmachristie.bsky.social Barrister at the 36 Group (36 Public and Human Rights)
Adam Snow @addz8.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law at Liverpool John Moores specialising in all things road traffic and road danger, criminal law and evidence. Occasional dabbler in jurisprudence also.
This Usher's Life @thisusherslife.bsky.social 
Amanda Millmore @lawprofamanda.bsky.social Barrister turned Law Professor at University of Reading.
Family law, Criminal law, legal education.
National Teaching Fellow.
Used to run CPD for the legal profession @LegalTrainingUK
https://www.reading.ac.uk/law/our-staff/amanda-millmore
MatthewIain86 @mib105.bsky.social Barrister & IC member wittering on the splendours and miseries of life at the junior Bar or war waffling. 
Zoë Saunders @zasaunders.bsky.social Barrister, Mediator & Arbitrator specialising in family law, co-ownership & inheritance disputes. Bencher of Gray’s Inn. Fan of Louboutin heels. RT not necessarily endorsement
Alexander Horne @legalmusings.bsky.social Barrister. Commentator. Visiting Prof @ Durham University. Former parliamentary lawyer & special adviser UK Parliament (JCHR, EU, Women & Equalities; International Agreements). Musings on law, politics & restaurants . Personal views.
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Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social BBC News Home and Legal Correspondent. // Stories // Features // Analysis // Documentaries // The Mafia Man in the Lancashire Caravan: http://bbc.in/2UV2ILv
Linktree and contact details: https://linktr.ee/bbcdomc
@davidgauke @davidgauke.bsky.social Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk Digital knowledge platform for criminal law & regulatory professionals, government & Judiciary. Andrew Keogh, Barrister www.CrimeLine.co.uk 
The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social Writes about law, history, and policy.
At The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London. Janeite. #AVFC
www.theemptycity.com
Gordon Exall @civlittweet.bsky.social Barrister, author, blogger. Guitar and mandolin player. https://www.civillitigationbrief.com/