Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social Political editor of The Observer. Sign up for my weekly newsletter here: https://observer.co.uk/newsletters
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Court Stats @courtstats.co.uk Analysis of Crown Court usage in England & Wales.
A mouseinthecourt project
www.courtstats.co.uk
CrimProf Blog @crimprof.bsky.social A place where folks can keep up on the intellectual life of the CrimProf Blog, as managed by Stephen E. Henderson.
House of Lords @houseoflords.parliament.uk News & information from the UK Parliament’s second chamber. Produced by its staff to show how the Lords checks and challenges the UK government.
https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/
Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA) @adminlaw.bsky.social ALBA is the professional association for barristers in England and Wales practising in ‘public law’. We are a specialist association of the Bar Council and work closely with them to promote access to justice and to represent the public law bar.
Mountford Chambers @mountfordchambers.bsky.social Mountford Chambers is a specialist criminal, regulatory, and public law barristers' chambers located in London.
Ranked as a Leading Set in the 2025 Legal 500 directory and the 2025 Chambers and Partners directory.
https://www.mountfordchambers.com/
Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk Solicitor. Done housing law since 2006. The Guardian says top 5 for squalor. Legal Aid Housing Lawyer of 2018. Co-author of Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. ‘Not an academic authority’ - Judge Carr. https://nearlylegal.co.uk
Vishal Misra | विशाल मिश्रा @viziervish.bsky.social Criminal barrister at Great James Street Chambers. Lover of literature, nature, canines, corvids, poetry, purple things and Chelsea FC. Views my own. Interaction ≠ endorsement.
@profrita.bsky.social @profrita.bsky.social Professor of Law at Royal Holloway, University of London. Research interests are broadly in the fields of medical law and bioethics, professional misconduct, legal education and all things pedagogical. Sky surfing in a personal capacity.
Abdul Iqbal KC @aiqbal.bsky.social King's Counsel. Serious crime and professional discipline. Park Square Barristers (Leeds), Lincoln House Chambers (Manchester) & Libertas Chambers (London).
Anna Soubry @anna-soubry.bsky.social Criminal barrister & Sky News paper reviewer (when I have the time!)
Former MP, TV Presenter & Reporter
East Midlander born n bred
Simon Baker KC @simonbaker97.bsky.social King’s Counsel at 2BR (@2brchambers.bsky.social), specialising in criminal, fraud & regulatory work.
https://www.2br.co.uk/barrister/simon-baker-kc/
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'.
Syam Soni @sysosaysso.bsky.social Criminal law, politics, science
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
🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇺
Joined October 2023
Ex-podcaster
Unexpected Paul Heaton impersonator thebeautifulmancs.co.uk
centralchambers.co.uk
Jim Robottom @jimrobottom.bsky.social Rights, wrongs & Talking Heads songs. Barrister @matrixchambers, phd @KCL_Law Views mine, not a burning building’s.
@crimebarrister.bsky.social @crimebarrister.bsky.social Criminal barrister in the North of England. Moved over from the cess pool that was Twitter.
Runs a bit. Glory hunter, supports Swansea City and Welsh rugby
The Criminal Bar Association of England and Wales @thecriminalbar.bsky.social The Criminal Bar Association exists to represent the views and interests of the practising members of the Criminal Bar in England and Wales. https://www.criminalbar.com/resources/news/
Olliers Solicitors @olliers-solicitors.bsky.social Specialist criminal defence and regulatory law firm | Top tier firm in Legal 500 2026 and Chambers Guide 2026 | Times Best Law Firm 2026 | Manchester Legal Awards Crime Team of the Year 2025
Idle Courts @idlecourts.bsky.social A place originally set up to report the under-use of Crown Courts in England and Wales. Now a place to report on the daily failings of a system unable to cope.
INTERPOL @interpol.int Connecting police & catching criminals in 196 countries for more than a century. 🕵️
Follow our success stories here. 👮♂️🚔👮♀️
✍️ Report crimes to your local police.
Stephen Spence @sspence.bsky.social Hacked off criminal barrister, aviation lawyer
Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social We are cats.
Simon McCaffrey @simon-mccaffrey.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law and grumpy old man. Views my own. I wasn't allowed to borrow anyone else's.
Jane Furniss @mjanef.bsky.social Non Exec @ Supreme Court; former Trustee @Cumberland Lodge; mentor. Supporter of Overgate Hospice, Streetwise Opera, Sophie Hayes Foundation
Posts about things I care about or make me smile & photos of Yorkshire & London
Jonny Humphries @jonnybbc.bsky.social Journalist for BBC News North West. Formerly crime reporter at Liverpool Echo. jonny.m.humphries@bbc.co.uk. Views my own
@saleemam.bsky.social @saleemam.bsky.social 
@ravindersaimbhi.bsky.social @ravindersaimbhi.bsky.social 
Kate Leader @leader-kate.bsky.social Senior Lecturer @QMUL Law. Crim law and justice, laypersons and professionalism, conspiracy theories, law + performance. Director of QMUL Criminal Justice Centre. I wrote a book about LiPs. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/law/people/academic-staff/items/leader.html
Nick Johnson KC @nickjohnsonkc.bsky.social Barrister with financial crime specialism. Exchange Chambers. NEC Silk Rep on Bar Council. Roots in London and Kent, home in Yorkshire.
@charlottehole.bsky.social @charlottehole.bsky.social 
Ben Rowe @benrowe.uk Criminal barrister. Theatre and Theme Park obsessive. Voice actor.
Chris Moran @chrismoran101.bsky.social Barrister, adopted Yorkshireman and geek. “Do right, fear no one”. All views my own.
Heidi Stonecliffe KC @hskc.bsky.social Criminal Barrister | King's Counsel | Governing Bencher Inner Temple | Employed Barrister Committee | Member of the Criminal Bar Association and South Eastern Circuit | Supporter of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and the Rule of Law
@northernprosecutor.bsky.social @northernprosecutor.bsky.social 
donallawler.bsky.social @donallawler.bsky.social Barrister, 187 Chambers
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
jonsp27 @jonsp27.bsky.social London living criminal barrister 
Nick Mather @nickm2024.bsky.social Barrister
https://furnivalchambers.co.uk/barrister/nicholas-mather/ 
Francis FitzGibbon @ffkc.bsky.social King's Counsel, 23ES and Trinity Chambers (Newcastle), criminal advocate, once a classicist, occasional LRB contributor, mostly human.
Emma Harris @missemmaharris.bsky.social Criminal barrister fond of cats, books and food. Ultramarathon runner, holds a FKT. 
Rachel Hepworth @rachelhepworth.bsky.social A country solicitor in Norfolk
Stephen Bentley @handle.invalid Stephen Bentley is a former British police Detective Sergeant, pioneering Operation Julie undercover detective, and barrister. He now writes in the true crime and crime fiction genres in his own name and that of KJ Cornwall. 
Harry O'Sullivan @hosullivan.bsky.social Have wig, will travel
Criminal Barrister 5KBW
Author of Banks on Sentence
Formerly Law Commission and KCL
Inner Temple Library @innertemplelibrary.bsky.social Account of the Inner Temple Library. Open to members of the Inns of Court.
Reposts are not endorsements.
https://linktr.ee/innertemplelibrary
omemiserum2 @omemiserum2.bsky.social Criminal Solicitor with probably more time in than you have lived. Very grumpy. Remembers when cases were prepared properly. @omemiserum@mstdn.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.- V Linda A @vaibabe.bsky.social Criminologist, runner, musician.
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.
Tooting Beck @beckysbelly.bsky.social Criminal barrister, gymnastics fan, weirdo
Legal Bizzle @legalbizzle.bsky.social 
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
Brenda @brendaqs1.bsky.social Criminal Solicitor, mother, lover of chocolate, football, 1980s Indie music, bike riding and running (sometimes). I’m in the UK and hoping for some improvement due to a change of government
James Turner KC @jamesturnerkc.bsky.social Lawyer & pedant (1 King’s Bench Walk)
Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social Political Editor of Byline Times and Online Editor of BylineTimes.com. Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com
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PC Lily Law @lilylaw.bsky.social a criminal practice that takes up most of my time
Criminal Justice Alliance @cjalliance.bsky.social We are a network of 200+ organisations and academics working towards a fair and effective criminal justice system.
Charity No. 1143038 / Company No. 06331413
Catherine @catarinak1.bsky.social Mum of 2 uni students and adored dog. Barrister, criminal law. ❤️ Science ❤️NHS ✊🏾🌈 Free Iran 🇮🇷
Haydée Dijkstal @dijkstal.bsky.social Barrister at 33 Bedford Row Chambers | Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council | Int’l Criminal Law & Human Rights | Views my own
Ella Crine @ellacrine.bsky.social Criminal barrister, campaigner, usually on a train. 👩⚖️🌹
Nick R @nr255.bsky.social Criminal barrister, Tranmere fan, father of two. Obviously not in that order.
Jane @jawapu.bsky.social Criminal Law Barrister - prosecution and defence. NE circuit.
Views my own. Retweets are not an endorsement. 
Mary Aspinall-Miles @mambarlife.bsky.social Running from the Law 
Horace Rumpole @rumpoleswig.bsky.social Hacking on at the last remnants of the criminal bar
Richard Garside @richardjgarside.bsky.social Director @crimeandjustice | Law and justice | Materialist not idealist | Facts not feelings | My views, not my employer’s
Evans The Crime @evansthecrime.bsky.social 🏴 🇪🇺 Ridiculously proud to be the crime and court reporter on my hometown newspaper, the South Wales Evening Post. Biscuits, tea, and Neath RFC.
@crimecounsel.bsky.social @crimecounsel.bsky.social Has wig. Will travel.
Barrister at Exchange Chambers, Leeds
Matthew Buckland @thebarwithmb.bsky.social Member of the Criminal Bar.
www.mountfordchambers.com
Views all my own and mostly wrong.
Philip Tully @ptully.bsky.social Barrister Exchange Chambers and 23 Essex Street. Golfer and Liverpool FC fan. My views are my own. 🇮🇪
Jonathan Duffy @sixjbd.bsky.social Barrister
(exclusively criminal defence)
Liverpool
eXiteer
www.7hs.co.uk/personnel/jonathan-duffy/
Gunnerblog @gunnerblog.bsky.social Covering #Arsenal for @TheAthleticFC. #ArsecastExtra with @arseblog.com. Real name @jamesmcnicholas. LEZ DOO DIS 💥
arseblog @arseblog.com Arsenal blogger, podcaster. Fan of Bourbon, Bowie, German Shepherds, and Pires (not in that order). Creating Arsenal content with real people.
https://linktr.ee/arseblog
Eliot Wilson @eliotwilson.bsky.social Writer, essayist, adviser | cofounder Pivot Point CulturAll | City AM i Paper Telegraph The Hill CapX Worth Spears | former House of Commons clerk
@barristerblog.bsky.social @barristerblog.bsky.social 
Jacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk Barrister & mediator.
Things I like: legal history & legal oddities; music & musical instruments; Mesopotamian history; & Portuguese wine and Port.
My professional website is: http://www.giffordhead.co.uk
Please email rather than DM!
Forgive typos.
Advocate @weareadvocate.bsky.social We are a charity that finds free legal assistance from volunteer barristers for people who are unable to obtain legal aid and cannot afford to pay.
https://weareadvocate.org.uk/
SlyFlourish.com @slyflourish.com Helping GMs run great TTRPGs.
Read: https://slyflourish.com
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social politic_animal from the Musk shop.
Local government policy adviser by day. Timetable wrangler/travel challenge story-teller by day and night. Once branded ‘Twitter’s answer to Phileas Fogg’
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@travelling_turtle?si=WGsuH_ffy0bqKr2
Scott Innes @flyinginside.bsky.social Author of Galactic Keegan. Relentless worrier. Be Traist. Keep passing the open windows.
https://wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/galactic-keegan
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social Mixing up a spot of bewigged law with some quality lounging, #pvfc, awkward puns and tireless pedantry.
Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
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
Ishan Kolhatkar @ishankolhatkar.com Website: ishankolhatkar.com
Global Evangelist in the Ed Tech Industry
Cooks a bit
Former Academic. FHEA
Former Barrister.
Pun positive / Pun forward
Dad to 9 & 18
The Society of Mediators @societyofmediators.bsky.social A Registered Charity - #Mediation, Peacemaking, Mindfulness, Listening; Education and Training; The Festival of Listening 2026. A Force for Good with over 500 members. www.societyofmediators.com
Nick Diable @defencebrief.bsky.social UK based criminal defence lawyer 
Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social I’m that guy that looks just like this that did that tweet that made you laugh that one time. UK based.
Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social Criminal barrister, ex-boxer & author of the bestselling Joe Dempsey / Michael Devlin thriller series.
Co-founder of Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival
Co-writer of The Revenge of Odessa alongside Frederick Forsyth
Rep’d by Kerr MacRae (MacRae LPA)
Schona Jolly KC @womaninhavana.bsky.social All sorts of reluctance. From there to here. Barrister. Writer. Flâneuse.
Law. Human rights. International affairs. Opinions mine. 
Portal Queen (aka Sarah Robson) @sarahrobsonbarrister.co.uk Sarah Robson. The original Black Belt Barrister. 2002 Call. Fixed costs specialist. Based in East Midlands. 4th Dan Taekwondo Black Belt
See my website:
sarahrobsonbarrister.co.uk
Ranked Leading Junior in Costs in Legal 500
Alastair Naismith @alastairnaismith.bsky.social Criminal Solicitor - DJMS Gateshead 
Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Research #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also crazy about anti-fascism, atheism, Prince, professional cycling, politics, the news, live comedy and music. #academicsky (1st-gen)
MatthewIain86 @mib105.bsky.social Barrister & IC member wittering on the splendours and miseries of life at the junior Bar or war waffling. 
Helen Fields @crimediva.bsky.social Writer of all things criminal. Recovering barrister. Carlsbad/Edinburgh/Arundel. Fan of long, late night chats and reading books that scare the bejesus out of me. Licorice is the way to my heart. Here for Luc & Ava info. 
Kit Conway @kitconwayauthor.bsky.social Author | Cat Fight coming May 🇬🇧 June 🇺🇸 2025 🐆