Political editor of The Observer. Email: Rachel.sylvester@observer.co.uk
Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Analysis of Crown Court usage in England & Wales.
A mouseinthecourt project
www.courtstats.co.uk
A place where folks can keep up on the intellectual life of the CrimProf Blog, as managed by Stephen E. Henderson.
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/
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 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/
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
Criminal barrister at Great James Street Chambers. Lover of literature, nature, canines, corvids, poetry, purple things and Chelsea FC. Views my own. Interaction ≠ endorsement.
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.
King's Counsel. Serious crime and professional discipline. Park Square Barristers (Leeds), Lincoln House Chambers (Manchester) & Libertas Chambers (London).
Criminal barrister & Sky News paper reviewer (when I have the time!)
Former MP, TV Presenter & Reporter
East Midlander born n bred
King’s Counsel at 2BR (@2brchambers.bsky.social), specialising in criminal, fraud & regulatory work.
https://www.2br.co.uk/barrister/simon-baker-kc/
…joined the police. Pig in a wig: full time criminal barrister, part time response cop. Once described as 'quite personable'.
Criminal law, politics, science
He/him
Nerd
Ex-care kid. State school oik
Legal 500 Barrister (chambers in Manchester and London)
Politics snarker
Cat dad
🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇫🇷
Music maker
Podcaster/Writer
Joined October 2023r
1st UK Law podcaster
Unexpected Paul Heaton impersonator
centralchambers.co.uk
Rights, wrongs & Talking Heads songs. Barrister @matrixchambers, phd @KCL_Law Views mine, not a burning building’s.
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 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/
Specialist criminal defence and regulatory law firm | Top tier firm in Legal 500 2026 and Chambers Guide 2026 | Times Best Law Firm 2025 | Manchester Legal Awards Crime Team of the Year 2025
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.
Connecting police & catching criminals in 196 countries for more than a century. 🕵️
Follow our success stories here. 👮♂️🚔👮♀️
✍️ Report crimes to your local police.
Hacked off criminal barrister, aviation lawyer
Cats. And more cats. And a few other things.
All opinions my own etc etc.
Senior Lecturer in Law and grumpy old man. Views my own. I wasn't allowed to borrow anyone else's.
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
Journalist for BBC News North West. Formerly crime reporter at Liverpool Echo. jonny.m.humphries@bbc.co.uk. Views my own
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
Barrister with financial crime specialism. Exchange Chambers. NEC Silk Rep on Bar Council. Roots in London and Kent, home in Yorkshire.
Criminal barrister. Theatre and Theme Park obsessive.
Barrister, adopted Yorkshireman and geek. “Do right, fear no one”. All views my own.
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
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
London living criminal barrister
Barrister
https://furnivalchambers.co.uk/barrister/nicholas-mather/
King's Counsel, 23ES and Trinity Chambers (Newcastle), criminal advocate, once a classicist, occasional LRB contributor, mostly human.
Criminal barrister fond of cats, books and food. Ultramarathon runner, holds a FKT.
A country solicitor in Norfolk
Have wig, will travel
Criminal Barrister 5KBW
Author of Banks on Sentence
Formerly Law Commission and KCL
Account of the Inner Temple Library. Open to members of the Inns of Court.
Reposts are not endorsements.
https://linktr.ee/innertemplelibrary
Criminal Solicitor with probably more time in than you have lived. Very grumpy. Remembers when cases were prepared properly. @omemiserum@mstdn.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.
Criminologist, runner, musician.
Criminal defence solicitor based in Manchester.
Still enthusiastic about criminal law despite the current challenges in the criminal justice system.
Criminal barrister, gymnastics fan, weirdo
Barrister. I defend people.
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
Lawyer & pedant (1 King’s Bench Walk)
Political Editor of Byline Times and Online Editor of BylineTimes.com. Lobby journalist in the House of Commons. 📩Adam@bylinetimes.com
Subscribe to my Substack ⬇️
https://www.adambienkov.co.uk
a criminal practice that takes up most of my time
We are a network of 200+ organisations and academics working towards a fair and effective criminal justice system.
Charity No. 1143038 / Company No. 06331413
Mum of 2 uni students and adored dog. Barrister, criminal law. ❤️ Science ❤️NHS ✊🏾🌈 Free Iran 🇮🇷
Barrister at 33 Bedford Row Chambers | Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council | Int’l Criminal Law & Human Rights | Views my own
Criminal barrister, campaigner, usually on a train. 👩⚖️🌹
Criminal barrister, Tranmere fan, father of two. Obviously not in that order.
Criminal Law Barrister - prosecution and defence. NE circuit.
Views my own. Retweets are not an endorsement.
Hacking on at the last remnants of the criminal bar
Director @crimeandjustice | Law and justice | Materialist not idealist | Facts not feelings | My views, not my employer’s
🏴 🇪🇺 Ridiculously proud to be the crime and court reporter on my hometown newspaper, the South Wales Evening Post. Biscuits, tea, and Neath RFC.
Has wig. Will travel.
Barrister at Exchange Chambers, Leeds
Member of the Criminal Bar.
www.mountfordchambers.com
Views all my own and mostly wrong.
Barrister Exchange Chambers and 23 Essex Street. Golfer and Liverpool FC fan. My views are my own. 🇮🇪
Barrister
(exclusively criminal defence)
Liverpool
eXiteer
www.7hs.co.uk/personnel/jonathan-duffy/
Covering #Arsenal for @TheAthleticFC. #ArsecastExtra with @arseblog.com. Real name @jamesmcnicholas. LEZ DOO DIS 💥
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
Writer, essayist, adviser | cofounder Pivot Point CulturAll | City AM i Paper Telegraph The Hill CapX Worth Spears | former House of Commons clerk
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.
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/
Helping GMs run great TTRPGs.
Read: https://slyflourish.com
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Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
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
Author of Galactic Keegan. Relentless worrier. Be Traist. Keep passing the open windows.
Mixing up a spot of bewigged law with some quality lounging, #pvfc, awkward puns and tireless pedantry.
President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
Writer about law, lore, and policy at The Empty City blog and elsewhere.
Birmingham/London.
www.theemptycity.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
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
UK based criminal defence lawyer
I’m that guy that looks just like this that did that tweet that made you laugh that one time. UK based.
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)
All sorts of reluctance. From there to here. Barrister. Writer. Flâneuse.
Law. Human rights. International affairs. Opinions mine.
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
Criminal Solicitor - DJMS Gateshead
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)
Barrister & IC member wittering on the splendours and miseries of life at the junior Bar or war waffling.
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.
Author | Cat Fight coming May 🇬🇧 June 🇺🇸 2025 🐆
