Carl Gardner's Starter Pack
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@carlgardner.bsky.social
@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
jester of goodwill (journalist, author, radio person, etc) marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
@barristersecret.bsky.social
Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman. Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth• Also writes thrillers as S.J. Fleet. The Cut Throat Trial coming 28 Aug 2025.
@stevepeers.bsky.social
Professor of EU and Human Rights Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Next book: UK Trade Law after Brexit (OUP, forthcoming). Usual disclaimers.
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
Commentator on law and policy. Own blog/substack, but also Prospect, FT, elsewhere. Liberal constitutionalist; Villa supporter; sometimes ironic. Birmingham/London, England. (Account deactivated when not used.)
@helenlewis.bsky.social
Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 and Strong Message Here | Doom scroller, the internet
@jonworth.eu
EU politics and sustainable transport, especially railways. Brit who became German and lives in a village in France. When he's not escaping it on a train or a folding bicycle. Teaches at College of Europe, still writes a blog, photographs with a drone.
@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.
@seanjones.org
King’s Counsel, gobshite. General Editor of Tolley’s Employment Handbook. Trustee of FRU Member of Chelsea Pitch Owners board Co-founder of Billable Hour Appeal Pl
@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. 🇬🇧🇧🇪🇮🇱 📍LDN/BX
@cathhaddon.bsky.social
Programme Director for IFG Academy @instituteforgov.bsky.social + history, Whitehall geekiness and constitutional agony aunt Subscribe to our newsletter: http://bit.ly/3dxiJ5J
@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
@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
@colinyeo.bsky.social
Barrister, blogger and author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing Our Broken Immigration System. Fully updated paperback out now.
@rentouljohn.bsky.social
Chief political commentator, The Independent, and visiting professor, the Strand Group, King's College London
@sirjjkc.bsky.social
Senior Consultant, Linklaters. Senior Fellow, Institute for Government. Hon Senior Fellow, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. Visiting Prof, Durham Law School. Hon KC. Lay canon, Ely Cathedral Law, constitution, government, policy. Cocktails. Music
@yuanyiz.bsky.social
Assistant professor of international relations and international law | sometime political advisor | All views mine alone | find me on Twitter at @yuanyi_z
@dinahrose.bsky.social
President of Magdalen College, Oxford. Barrister. Speaking only for myself.
@hhesterm.bsky.social
Professor of Int’l & EU Law, Diplomatic Academy Vienna. Past: Prof., founding Director CIGAD at King's College London, specialist adviser House of Lords EU Select Committee, Référendaire CJEU
@profjacob.bsky.social
PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social; Professor in EU Law at @sdu.dk. EU and #brexit nerd. #Ukraine supporter. Member of @ec.europa.eu's expert group on EU Criminal Policy. Author of "Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Justice" @hartpublishing.bsky.social
@womaninhavana.bsky.social
All sorts of reluctance. From there to here. Barrister. Writer. Flâneuse. Law. Human rights. International affairs. Opinions mine.
@cjmckinney.bsky.social
Parliamentary adviser on immigration and asylum. Child of the Common Travel Area. Views, if any, are my own. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/authors/cj-mckinney/
@philipmurray.bsky.social
Law lecturer @robinsoncollege.bsky.social / @cambridgelaw.bsky.social.
@paulfscott.bsky.social
Constitutional law and national security law etc at the University of Glasgow
@syrpis.bsky.social
Professor of EU Law at the University of Bristol. On here mainly for inexpert political noodling and discussion, with occasional forays into EU law. And, puns. Sorry.
@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.
@jameschalmers.bsky.social
Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. Nothing should be inferred from the absence of unnecessary disclaimers on this profile.
@stephenkb.bsky.social
Associate editor and columnist @financialtimes.com. Post too often about culture, public policy, management, politics, nerd stuff, Arsenal, wosoc. Try my UK politics newsletter for free here: www.ft.com/tryinsidepolitics
@richardmoorhead.bsky.social
Law prof in UK, I do empirical and conceptual work on lawyers regulation and ethics. Although that seems to mainly mean I do work on the Post Office and all who billed her. Horizon Compensation Advisory Board. Plastic Geordie. Novice cello player
@publicsectorlawyer.bsky.social
25 years lawyering, in Government Departments & independent public bodies in the UK. Statutory interpretation, constitutional, regulatory & criminal law.
@profmarkelliott.bsky.social
Professor of Public Law, University of Cambridge. Fellow, St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Blog: www.publiclawforeveryone.com. Website: www.markelliott.org
@scottwortley.bsky.social
scottish law lecturer, TV viewer, accidental mental health advocate. Interested in legislative interpretation and Columbo
@commonslibrary.bsky.social
Unofficial bot account posting whenever the House of Commons Library publishes new research and analysis.
@anuragdeb.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Queen's University Belfast. Looking at legislative drafting. Interested in devolution, public law, politics and climate change. Mostly unserious takes (anything on Stormont) + a few slightly serious ones (N. Tayto > S. Tayto). He/him
@ekd.bsky.social
Academic lawyer at the University of Bristol, interested in lots, including inquests & death, social welfare, housing/homelessness, planning, administrative and constitutional law. Firm believer in nuance and context.
@bymyong.bsky.social
"Estimable" Sir Jonathan Jones KC Associate Prof in Public Law, Durham Law School. Looks at how legislatures and govt works. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/benjamin-y-yong/ Mastodon: @bymyong@mstdn.social
@spinninghugo.bsky.social
Always ask yourself, what would Lord Diplock think? https://spinninghugo.wordpress.com/
@woodstockjag.bsky.social
Constitutional pedant, Partick Thistle-supporting masochist, atrocious recreational golfer. Director and Secretary @thejagsfoundation.bsky.social
@michaelpforan.bsky.social
Lecturer in public law at Glasgow University | Interested in equality law + constitutional theory | "Equality Before the Law" Out now | “Sex, Gender Identity and the Law” coming soon. Substack: https://knowingius.org/
@arabellalaw.bsky.social
Head of Public Law, Law Society Visiting Fellow, Essex Law School & Human Rights Centre Formerly Head of Research, Public Law Project; and treaties, international law, human rights, immigration, etc, House of Commons
@jamesahand.bsky.social
Legal academic (Assoc Prof, and an Assoc Head (R&I), at University of Portsmouth School of Law) https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/persons/james-hand; Co-Editor of the Int Jrnl of Discrimination and the Law (Sage) https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JDI
@jmpsimor.bsky.social
Barrister, environment, energy, public law, human rights. Visiting Prof LSE & Goldsmiths.
@ukcla.bsky.social
The United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association.
@philosophy-law.bsky.social
Legal theorist @ University of Edinburgh. Works on law and language. Deputy Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Legal Theory and Member of the Steering Committee of the Global Justice Academy. Loves dogs! 🐶♥️ Usual caveats.
@adamwagner1.bsky.social
Barrister specialising in human rights, public law and public inquiries. Views my own https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/barristers/adam-wagner
@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.