Mark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social Politics (mainly UK and a bit of US), comedy and popular culture more generally.
Hear me on a radio near you blathering about Burnham or Farage. Probably.
Political Sandbox here: https://substack.com/@politicalsandboxmark
Virtual Criminal Law Group @vclg.bsky.social The Virtual Criminal Law Group is an online academic discussion group for criminal law broadly construed, founded in April 2020 and co-organised by Scotland-based criminal law scholars. Write to vclgscotland@gmail.com to join our mailing list!
Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social Research Director at cross-party think tank @smfthinktank.bsky.social, prev @suttontrust.bsky.social. Expert on educational inequality/social mobility.
Trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social. MH campaigner in memory of mum. Views own. linktr.ee/beckymontacute
Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaartnm.bsky.social I'm an abstract painter in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gay Progressive Dem. I'm inspired by nature and the Land of Enchantment.
Drystone Chambers @drystonechambers.bsky.social Drystone Chambers is a London based set of barristers chambers' specialising in criminal, regulatory & disciplinary law. Ranked in Legal500 and Chambers and Partners.
TP Blakewell @tpblakewell.bsky.social This is an old account from 2025 when the 1st edition of Light Up The Darkness was published. The posts herein are associated with that edition only and have nothing to do with the completely different 2026 2nd edition on LightUpTheDarknessBook.com
Hodge Jones & Allen Criminal Defence @hjacriminaldefence.bsky.social Award winning specialist practitioners in criminal litigation, financial crime and regulatory. Top ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners.
Tel: 0330 822 5788
https://www.hja.net/legal-services/general-crime/
Mark K @mdkpro.uk IT Professional.. with an interest in music, cooking, politics, Cuban cigars, coffee, and whisky (not necessarily in that order) … Stourbridge 🇬🇧🇪🇺
EU Court of Justice @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social Official account of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Please see our social media policy here: https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/P_91153/
Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
I tend to tweet at night ....mostly
Follows Back Like Buffalo Bill With A Tub Of Lotion
@mjshilliday.bsky.social @mjshilliday.bsky.social
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
Prison blog, UK @prisonblog.bsky.social What is the UK prison system like from the inside?
How do you survive prison... and thrive in prison?
Prison reform
Criminal justice reform
How to survive prison
Surviving prison
Criminal rehabilitation
Prisoner rehabilitation
Laura Hibberd @lhvhibberd.bsky.social
Cassie Edmiston @cassieedmiston.bsky.social Head of Fundraising and External Affairs at Prisoners' Education Trust
Emily Pennink @emilypennink.bsky.social PA Old Bailey Correspondent
Jess Glass @jesspglass.bsky.social Press Association Law Editor by day | GDL student by night | probably asking for a skeleton argument or talking about DnD | NUJ rep | they/them | stories and docs to jess.glass@pa.media
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com
🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
Matt Creigh @mattcreigh.bsky.social Existentially fatigued - Studying law at the University of Glasgow - Authoritas, non veritas, facit legumen...
Dr Rachel Gimson @rachelgimson.bsky.social Lecturer Exeter Law School. PhD Sussex Uni. Research criminal law and perceptions of justice. Dabble in legal history. Has a spaniel. Don't expect coherency or perfection.
JD Xerri-Martin @xerrij13.bsky.social Lawyer (Crim. | Civ. Rights)
Adjunct Professor (Evidence | Civ. Pro.)
North Carolina – Cymro 🏴 – Musician
“JD makes a decent point if you ignore all the points he’s ignored.” He/him
Amanda Abbington @amandaabbington.bsky.social Actress, mama, lover of all the animals (not like that). 💜
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Christa Richmond @christav-r.bsky.social Immigrant with Settled Status. Director of Education at Middle Temple.
Catherine Russell @catherinerussell.bsky.social Actress & Van Lover
http://independenttalent.com
https://www.tiktok.com/@realcatherinerussell?_t=8rRlHH2olg8&_r=1
https://www.youtube.com/@catherinerussell6226/videos
https://twitter.com/catherinerusse2
#TheVan
Stuart Fuller @stufuller.bsky.social Husband, father, Yorkshireman (in exile), child law barrister, left-leaning, cat servant, interested in many things but expert in none. “Meanwhile, I’m still thinking.”
David Burgess @davidburgess.bsky.social
Elizabeth Acheson @eacheson.bsky.social Maven and a firm believer in reasoned discussion as the solution to all things (unless the other side is just wrong!).
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.
Chris Callender @chrisc67.bsky.social A children rights solicitor at Just for Kids Law. All posts are made in my own right.
Carl Gardner @carlgardner.bsky.social Backroom legal obsessive. Former law lecturer and government lawyer. https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlgardner/ Also books, beer, films, and a bit of politics. London and Warrington.
Francis FitzGibbon @ffkc.bsky.social King's Counsel, 23ES and Trinity Chambers (Newcastle), criminal advocate, once a classicist, occasional LRB contributor, mostly human.
Danny Smith @dssmith-lawyer.bsky.social Employment Barrister at Broadway House Chambers. Blade & video game addict. Enjoys 🏎️, 🏋🏼♂️& 🏃
@blacklaws.bsky.social @blacklaws.bsky.social
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social Law and (sky)larks
Brie (she/her) @briekc.bsky.social Barrister @ Gatehouse Chambers, mediator and realistic optimist (views are my own). Happy when around people & baking. Bit of a thrill seeker.
Dan Berke @danberke.bsky.social Defence lawyer, director of UKLFI.
Author of Captured Behind Japanese Lines
We will dance again 🇮🇱
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.
@crimecounsel.bsky.social @crimecounsel.bsky.social Has wig. Will travel.
Barrister at Exchange Chambers, Leeds
PJ Kirby @pjkkc.bsky.social KC at Gatehouse Chambers but as likely to be found in the Alps or Stamford Bridge. Warden at STwSS
Tom Hickman KC @tomrhickman.bsky.social Professor of Public Law and a barrister, who posts on public law, the constitution and national security. Reposts are not endorsements.
David Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social Lord Anderson of Ipswich KBE KC: barrister, cross-bench peer; HL Justice & Home Aff Cttee; Chair Inter Mediate, @uclei.bsky.social; Vis Prof KCL; ex-Indept Reviewer Terrorism, Prevent Commr, AFPS; history, nature, sea kayaking, Suffolk
Lizzie Barmes @lizziebarmes.bsky.social QMUL academic; employment and equality law, judges and the legal profession, positive/affirmative action, socio-legal empirical research; otherwise flowers, running and walking (in ⛰️ if pos), cooking, friends/family, and def pottering
Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
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.
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
CJFMoss @cjfmoss.bsky.social Cartoons, satire, cats and law. Highly responsive house servant to demanding felines. Company and securities laws fascinate, too.
Emma Ahmed @employmentpsl.bsky.social Legal Director/PSL with 20+yrs #ukemplaw experience. In X-ile.
All views my own / do not necessarily represent the views of my firm.
Sharing a post does not = agreement
Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social Academic law person at King’s College London. Working on feminist, disability & gender things, also medical ethics. Held hostage by my beagle. All views my own & not peer reviewed.
Rebecca Thomas @rebeccathomas.bsky.social Head of the Employment team at 42BR Barristers. Www.42BR.com Loves to bake. https://www.instagram.com/baking_barrister?igsh=MXU2aG4wemlzOWdvcg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
Jerome @st-ivo.bsky.social Housing and Property Litigation Solicitor somewhere in England
Tim ADR Wallis @timwallisadr.bsky.social Mediator 30 years, pi, clin neg, commercial, agricultural. ADR geek - Ch 14 White Book. ODR and lawtech geek. Walk. Ski. Bike. NFFC COYR Lakes Lincs
Gatehouse Chambers @gatehouse.bsky.social Barristers' chambers specialising in Commercial, Construction, Insurance and Property. Accredited mediators and arbitrators. #barristers #chambers
Nick Dunmur @nickdunmur.com Professional photographer all my working life. Also Business & Legal adviser to @assocphoto members. Posts on photography, creative practice, politics and (de)generative-AI. Views my own. https://www.nickdunmur.com
Lydia Bleasdale @parkendlydia.bsky.social Professor of Legal Education. Mum of two small humans and one (slightly) bigger one. Everton STH. Advocate of pockets for women. Own views.
Alastair Lawless @alastairlawless.bsky.social Chronically fatigued quondam actor, milonguero, law reformer. SVQ in furniture-making. Will answer to “Hi!” or to any loud cry.
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.'
Robert Zara @robertzara.bsky.social Retired District Judge, now a trustee Centre for Justice Innovation; bridge player, crossword solver, allotment gardener and dog owner.
Law and Religion UK @lawandreligionuk.bsky.social Frank Cranmer (Quaker), blogging with David Pocklington (Anglican) at www.lawandreligionuk.com about – yes, you've guessed it...
Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn88.bsky.social Solicitor Advocate. I specialise in criminal law. Also player of games and baker of goods, when time allows.
Simon Boyes @somewhatawkward.bsky.social Academic lawyer at Nottingham Trent University (sports, public and EU law). Broader interests in law, politics and sport. Often in combination. Scarborough Athletic, Cas Tigers, Yorkshire CCC, Miami Dolphins. Northerner.
Mark Tarran @marktarran.bsky.social Employment lawyer, Senior Editor at Practical Law. Own views.
Rachel Hepworth @rachelhepworth.bsky.social A country solicitor in Norfolk
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.
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
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
Resolution How to resolve Family Disputes @resolution-family.bsky.social Whether it is mediation, early neutral evaluation, Arbitration, private judging, collaborative practice. We have solutions that will work for you and your separating family. Resolution is better than litigation.
Family Mediation at Anthony Gold @family-mediation.bsky.social Mediation helps you make decisions together about how you co-parent & sort out the finances when separating. We help you find solutions in a better, quicker & cost effective way than the courts. https://anthonygold.co.uk/services/family-and-relationships
Lorna Curry @lornacurry.bsky.social Wine bar revolutionary. Comment on law (finance, energy, legal ops/tech), politics (enthusiastic amateur), pugs (willing servant to Shirlie, Pickle & Pepsi) and Crystal Palace (cradle fan).
Peter Collier @wcpcqc.bsky.social After a lifetime practising and judging the law as it is, now looking at where it all came from.
Sal Robertson @sal-robertson.bsky.social Barrister at Cloisters, discrimination, equality, employment & social security law; Orient supporter; opinions mine but cats rule
Class Legal @classlegal.bsky.social Class Legal are industry leading experts in Family Law. We provide a range of tools and books, written and edited by experts. Creators of
@frjournal.bsky.social
Zander Goss @zandergoss.bsky.social Barrister at @5EssexChambers.bsky.social specialising in police and public law | originally from Chicagoland | interests: legal history, constitutional theory, philosophy, & whisky.
Matt Pollard @mpollard.bsky.social Legal Adviser, International Committee of the Red Cross (@ICRC.org). Updating Geneva Convention commentaries & thematic legal adviser on food security, private military & security companies, detention, and torture & ill-treatment.
Jeff Swales @jeffs63.bsky.social Yorkshire based regulatory solicitor. Progessive. Likes dogs, real ale and rugby league (Hull FC). Treat others as you would wish to be treated. Personal account. Views are my own. No DMs please.
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.
Alex @alexlaw.bsky.social Yorkshireman. Trainee solicitor (intl disputes) in the big smoke. Views my own etc.
Guy Baldwin @guyjbaldwin.bsky.social 🇦🇺📚🎹📷🐕 @theviewsnovel.bsky.social guyjbaldwin.com
David Foster @david-foster.bsky.social Associate Professor, UCL Laws. Legal History, Trusts & Property Law
Tooting Beck @beckysbelly.bsky.social Criminal barrister, gymnastics fan, weirdo
Gemma Buckland @doitjustice.bsky.social Director Do It Justice and Justice Futures. Criminal justice geek. Former adviser to Justice Select Committee. One time Clarice Starling wannabe. Views own. RTs not endorsement.
Kerry Underwood @kerryunderwood.bsky.social Hemel Hempstead Adoptee.Socialist. Ex-Judge. V Ch. Hemel Hempstead Town FC, Chair Bovingdon CC. Trustee Cape Town Opera.Nelson Mandela. Elvis. TS Eliot.
Professor Polly Morgan @pollyemorgan.bsky.social Professor of Family Law at UEA and Director of UEA Law Clinic. Solicitor, former law firm cofounder. Author Morgan's Family Law (2nd ed, OUP 2024). Cases Editor at Financial Remedies Journal and Trustee, Transparency Project.
Jacob Zbos @jacobzbos.bsky.social Aspiring Barrister | Inner Temple Scholar | BTC (Master’s) Student
Daniel Rourke @danlrourke.bsky.social Legal aid lawyer, runner and access to justice fan.
Nick Hanna @nickhanna.bsky.social Belfast KC. Spends a lot of time in Ramelton enjoying nature and the countryside.
NED Edwards KC @nedbar.bsky.social KC working @ Crown Chambers & Lamb Building. Mainly Crime and regulatory, a little commercial.
James Grant @jagrant.bsky.social Academic lawyer @kcl.ac.uk. Writing a book about the British constitution.
Amos Waldman @amosw.bsky.social Husband, dad, Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. Co-Founder and Chair The Dan Kay Foundation 💜, member CBFFJ, Trustee Brookvale Care and amateur runner.
Simon Murray @ssjmurray.bsky.social By day: barrister - clinical negligence, personal injury, travel law and coronial inquests
By any remaining time: questionable woodworker and occasional photographer
Clare Patton @clarepatton.bsky.social Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds.
Research: Commercial Determinants of Health | Business & Human Rights | Corporate Social Responsibility | Corporate Governance
Irish immigrant in Yorkshire
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Paul Statham @divinglawyer.bsky.social I am an employment lawyer who also dances and dives. I am a Consultant at the charity Your Employment Settlement Service but all posts are in a personal capacity
The Bar Council @thebarcouncil.bsky.social Representing and supporting the 18,000 practising barristers in England and Wales.
www.barcouncil.org.uk
Dr Tahaney Alghrani @drtahaneyalghrani.bsky.social Lecturer #Criminology ⚖
Author-Wayward Girls (2024) 📕YouthJustice|CrimeHistory|Pathways|SocialJustice *views my own
#Liverpool #YNWA 🇵🇸🇾🇪
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wayward-girls-in-victorian-and-edwardian-england-9781350407114/
Leon Kazakos @leonkazakos.bsky.social Friendly neighbourhood silk
KC, 2 Hare Court.
https://www.2harecourt.com/barrister/leon-kazakos-kc/
Vice Chair, Kalisher Trust.
Jane Crowley @janecrowleykc.bsky.social Family silk. Proud Welshwoman. Cricket fan and not just for the picnic!