Victoria McCloud 🏳️⚧️🌈♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social Former UK Judge, now Litigation Strategist (W-Legal UK). Speaker & human rights fighter. Brought McCloud v Ministry of Justice, returning pensions to Public Sector workers. Largest State discrimination claim for all women ever.
11KBW @11kbw.bsky.social 11KBW is a leading set of barristers who specialise in Commercial, Education, Employment, EU, Human Rights, Information, Public and Sports Law.
Michael Ford KC @michaelfordkc.bsky.social
Stonewall @stonewalluk.bsky.social We imagine a world where all lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people are free to be themselves 🌈
SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social Always ask yourself, what would Lord Diplock think?
https://spinninghugo.wordpress.com/
Laura Pascal @pascallaura.bsky.social
Head of Public Affairs at FiLiA.
Former civil servant (DHSC and DfE) and Labour Party hack
Also interested in adult social care & childcare markets
Adam Wagner KC @adamwagner1.bsky.social Barrister specialising in human rights, public law and public inquiries. Views my own https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/adam-wagner
Peter Daly @peterdaly.bsky.social Employment, discrimination and whistleblowing lawyer.
Martin @martinavatar.bsky.social Does stuff. Likes things. Lives in England.
Alex @skyblue1967.bsky.social Homebrewer, tea drinker, dog walker, grandparent, tired.
Hop grower and organiser of @mcrhopproject.bsky.social
Footie fan Man City and Exeter City.
Opinions mostly mine.
e.g. Alice Roberts @australianwoman.bsky.social Former left wing activist, now politically homeless. Feminist.
ALT: My profile pic is a black & white portrait of the suffragette Annie Kenney.
Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social Historian and Writer, Anglophile and European. Dr. Phil. FRHistS. Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI.
All views strictly my own.
Author FANTASTIC KINGDOM John Murray 2026. www.helenevonbismarck.com
Sean Matthews @seanmatthews1.bsky.social Irish-British computational mathematician/programmer.
Mostly in Mainz, Germany; sometimes in Westmeath, Ireland.
'A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside.'
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social Law and (sky)larks
Alex Massie @alexmassie.bsky.social Columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times, specialising in Scottish affairs. Also, co-host of The Ponsonby & Massie podcast, available on all pod-platforms.
Adam Tomkins @proftomkins.bsky.social Professor of Public Law, University of Glasgow. Latest book: On The Law of Speaking Freely (Hart, 2025).
Prof Gráinne McKeever @mckeevergrainne.bsky.social Law Professor at Ulster Uni, Belfast. Co-Editor of Journal of Social Security Law. Former Vice-Chair of Social Security Advisory Committee. Writing a book on 'Effective participation for litigants in person: protecting the right to a fair trial.'
Alex Ruck Keene @capacitylaw.bsky.social Barrister, writer and educator, mainly mental capacity, mental health and healthcare ethics. Bluesky largely used to share materials - for contact, please email me at alex.ruckkeene@39essex.com.
Website: https://www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk
Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social Professor. Comparative law/legal languages/legal history/constitutional studies/law & globalisation. Academic "humour". Posts indicate satire, perplexity or whatever. Opinions are my own, unfortunately.
https://ssrn.com/author=933550
Stephen Swan @stephenswan.bsky.social Lawyer (non practising). Constitutional law, criminal law, EU & international law. Legal history, Astronomy & astrophysics, planetary geology, climate science & biodiversity, classics & ancient history, the supernatural & folklore.
Andy Lane @andylane07.bsky.social Social Housing barrister at Cornerstone Barristers, Manchester United fanatic and author of ‘Cornerstone on Social Housing Fraud’.
Juliet O @jsoosty.bsky.social Mulish
Alasdair Smith @alasdairmsmith.bsky.social Trade economist at Sussex (UKTPO and CITP); ex-VC University of Sussex; member of Competition Appeal Tribunal. So I have views on trade, and higher education (also fiscal sustainability, and pensions), but no views on anything to do with competition.
Possibly MsTaken @possiblymstaken.bsky.social Legal aid barrister. Law nerd. Mum of unruly offspring. Believer in evidence, facts and science. Feminist, of the GC socialist variety.
"Pay heed to the advice: ‘Think it possible that you may be mistaken’." Quaker Faith and Practice.
@forstater.bsky.social @forstater.bsky.social
Orkney’s Favourite Daughter @lawgoth.bsky.social Former Islander, current Glasgow employment lawyer. Still socialist and a bit goth
Hamish McCallum @hamishmccallum.bsky.social Barrister at Garden Court North | Councillor and former political advisor
Interested in law, politics, civil liberties and adorable dog photos
Katy Watts @katywatts.bsky.social Lawyer at Liberty. Human rights, data, privacy and protest 🇵🇸
Catherine Knowles @cknowles.bsky.social Employment and Personal Injury Barrister. Fan of musical theatre. All views my own. Reposts are not endorsements.
@mcdermottkc.bsky.social @mcdermottkc.bsky.social
Akua Reindorf KC @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social Employment, discrimination & human rights barrister at Cloisters Chambers | LSE Law Visiting Senior Fellow | Legal Business UK Barrister of the Year 2023 | Chambers & Partners Employment Junior of the Year 2022
Tor Butler-Cole @torbc.bsky.social Law, ethics, health and social care, mental capacity, photos of Devon
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social Professor of IT Law at UEA Law School. Geek. Privacy, Politics. Wolves. Irish and British. Not always polite. Expect herons.
Jamie Anderson @employmentbar.bsky.social
Nathaniel Caiden @ncbarrister.bsky.social Barrister at Cloisters specialising in employment, discrimination, and equality.
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.
Gemma Short @gemshow.bsky.social Lecturer, University of Bristol Law School | Family Law | Legal Education | Feminist Jurisprudence | Widening Participation |ex-barmaid
David Pievsky @davidpievsky.bsky.social Barrister and violinist. KC in public law, human rights, regulatory, employment.
Lydia Seymour @lydiaseymour.bsky.social Pensions and employment barrister at Outer Temple Chambers.
Joanne Clement KC @joanneclementkc.bsky.social KC at 11KBW, specialising in all kinds of public law and human rights law
Charles Wynn-Evans @cwecwe.bsky.social
Barbara Rich @barbararich.bsky.social Retired barrister (England + Wales) https://www.5sblaw.com/news/all-at-5-stone-buildings-wish-barbara-rich-well-on-her-retirement-from-practice/ law, legal history, public understanding of law. Londoner
https://bleakhouserevisited.substack.com
John Cotter @drjohncotter.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Law at Keele University, England. Research in EU constitutional law, especially defence of democracy, and impeachment. Irishman living in Cheshire. Views are my own.- J Jeremy Scott-Joynt @jcsj.uk Barrister (regulatory, business crime, commercial). Avid if ageing capoeirista. Poor jazz piano player. Nerdish tendencies (Trek AND Wars, btw). Views not so much my own (who can honestly claim that?); but certainly my fault. Blogs at https://jcsj.uk.
Sal Robertson @sal-robertson.bsky.social Barrister at Cloisters, discrimination, equality, employment & social security law; Orient supporter; opinions mine but cats rule
Alex @alexandere.bsky.social Proud husband. Employment lawyer who also likes golf, films, video games, politics. Strictly personal views.
Mark Neary @markneary1.bsky.social Social Care. Counselling & Psychotherapy. Southall FC. Pop Music. Former Bodybuilder. Co Founder of Rightful Lives. Author of "Lines" and "Get Steven Home."
Peter Savage. @pcsavage.bsky.social Retired TU Official. Interested in Law, Good food, Wine, Running and unfortunately Everton. Not necessarily in that order. I have friends everywhere.
Asha Wije @awije.bsky.social Employment Solicitor
@lemurlemon.bsky.social @lemurlemon.bsky.social
Alex @alexlaw.bsky.social Yorkshireman. Trainee solicitor (intl disputes) in the big smoke. Views my own etc.
George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social KC (E&W) BL (Irl): public/constitutional law, competition, subsidies, tax, trade. Chair of the Society of Labour Lawyers. Views mine and not those of Monckton Chambers.
Gabor Kovacs - ex @HampshireLawyer @gaborkovacs.bsky.social Lawyer. From Hampshire. Retired from private practice, now supervising solicitor in the University of Portsmouth General Legal Advice Clinic.
Law - photography - music - stuff.
I was @HampshireLawyer on X/twitter, but left that cesspit in 2023.
Allan Tyrer @atyrer.bsky.social Webmaster, legal writer, equality law, stammerer, and real ale person. www.stammeringlaw.org.uk
Tom Herbert @tomherbert.bsky.social Barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk (clinical negligence, inquests, industrial disease, personal injury and commercial litigation). Former chemist (MChem, University of York).
https://12kbw.co.uk/barristers/thomas-herbert/
PJ Kirby @pjkkc.bsky.social KC at Gatehouse Chambers but as likely to be found in the Alps or Stamford Bridge. Warden at STwSS
Jason Braier @jasonbraier.bsky.social Barrister specialising in employment law. Trustee of Kisharon Noe school. Mainly talk employment law (do you see a theme?) with the occasional foray into politics and bad puns.
JUSTICE @justicehq.bsky.social Building a fairer UK justice system within everyone’s reach.
https://linktr.ee/JUSTICEuk
Elaine Sherratt @elainesherratt.bsky.social Solicitor at Uni of Kent Law Clinic. Practice employment law and public access to open space with students. Interest also in issues of social justice/public law/access to justice. Views expressed are my own.
Am a proud childless cat lady and home cook.
RM Griffiths @rmgriffiths.bsky.social Law; Politics; Film; F1; Liberal, Social Democrat; Feminist; Cosy, Cosy Crime.
I block irrationally and far too quickly. Believe me - it’s not you, it’s me. (Well… it’s very occasionally you, but you shouldn’t have been awful.)
Adam D.A. Manning @adammanning.bsky.social Notary Public, Litigation Solicitor and former Mayor of Eastleigh. Chief interest is philosophy. Based on the south coast, England.
“Each moment and whatever happens thrills me with joy”, Walt Whitman.
Marcus Flavin @lmbsaflavin.bsky.social Chancery barrister (Lincoln's Inn & King's Inns Dublin) , dilettante, onetime early med. historian, books, music, cats, SF&F fan, Catholic. OP3. Lives WYorks, Chambers in London, & often found in Greece. Views my own & subject to change with the weather.
Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org Grumpy. Associate Professor of Political Philosophy. Animal rights, ethics of activism, political philosophy.
Homepage: https://stevecooke.org/
Sean McGeever @seanmated.bsky.social University of Edinburgh, Physics and Astronomy, Computing Manager: https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/
‘not big, not clever'
becca @boodleoops.bsky.social Underneath that dress, her heart was really made of stone
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/
Andrew Allen KC @andrew-allen.bsky.social Employment and discrimination lawyer. Mediator. Expert on Middle Eastern Law.
Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social Political columnist, The Guardian
Author, Politics, A Survivor's Guide
Website: https://rafaelbehr.com/
Dr Emily Baker @emilyannabaker.bsky.social brain in London, heart in the Pennines
David KC @davidmuttering.bsky.social Mixing up a spot of bewigged law with some quality lounging, #pvfc, awkward puns and tireless pedantry.
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/
Deshpal Panesar KC @deshpalpanesarkc.bsky.social Barrister, Old Square Chambers, King's Counsel, Bar Council, PastChair Employment Law Bar Association. Views, my own. This is a schadenfreude free zone.
Sonia Nolten KC @sonianoltenkc.bsky.social Barrister; Bencher of the Inner Temple; also UK Labour Party 🌹, houserabbits, North London, East Anglia (not invariably in that order).
Jessica Simor KC @jmpsimor.bsky.social Barrister, environment, energy, public law, human rights. Visiting Prof LSE & Goldsmiths.
James Turner KC @jamesturnerkc.bsky.social Lawyer & pedant (1 King’s Bench Walk)
Adam Creme @adamcreme.bsky.social Ex Director of Legal at UNISON. Mancunian in London. Tries to be lighthearted on social media. Often fails. Dad of twins. Hates antisemitism. Hates islamaphobia. Hates racism. Not a member of 10cc but related to someone who was.
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
Legal Bizzle @legalbizzle.bsky.social
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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Familoo (Lucy Reed) @familoo.pinktape.co.uk Family barrister
Author @nofamilylawyer
VC @familylawbar.flba.co.uk,
trustee @seethrujustice.transparencyproject.org.uk,
Crocheter of unneeded thneeds
“Not really a wine drinker…”
www.pinktape.co.uk
Mary Aspinall-Miles @mambarlife.bsky.social Running from the Law
Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social Professor of EU and Human Rights Law. Usual disclaimers. Latest book: European Union Law, 5th edition, co-edited with Catherine Barnard.
Sean Wilken KC @swilkenkc.bsky.social KC, mediator and arbitrator specialising in international, commercial, construction and energy law. GB FIS rep. May post about international law, politics and various security issues. Also skis, climbs, dives, fences, reads & writes the odd book.
Free Representation Unit @freerepunit.bsky.social Relieving poverty by training aspiring lawyers to represent clients in tribunal hearings for free. Please support us at https://www.thefru.org.uk/donate
The Inner Temple @innertemple.org.uk We're an Inn of Court.
innertemple.org.uk
Catherine Barnard @cbarnard.bsky.social Professor of EU law and Employment law, Trinity College Cambridge, senior fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Knows a little bit about EU and Brexit things.
Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social scottish law lecturer, TV viewer, accidental mental health advocate.
Interested in legislative interpretation and Columbo (but proper Columbo - you know the stuff from the NBC years, and more infrequently ABC episodes)
Steve Broach KC @stevebroach.bsky.social Public law silk @ 39 Essex Chambers
Youth coach @ Seaford Town FC
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
Catherine Rowlands @cjr1968.bsky.social Barrister, Cornerstone Barristers, housing, care, public law
Travel, cats and reading are my other passions.
Likes or re-posts do not indicate endorsement. All opinions are mine, and not those of Chambers.
Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social Employment Law trainer, writer, consultant, anorak: https://rangeofreasonableresponses.com
Dinah Rose KC @dinahrose.bsky.social President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
Gordon Exall @civlittweet.bsky.social Barrister, author, blogger. Guitar and mandolin player. https://www.civillitigationbrief.com/