Our parliamentary & public affairs coordinator Glyn was interviewed on the Accessible Housing Matters UK Podcast ๐๏ธ Topics included: being discharged from hospital with nowhere suitable or safe to live and how 400,000 wheelchair users are living in inadequate housing open.spotify.com/episode/6i6k...
Gary with guests at the Cornflower Ball
Guests at the Cornflower Ball
Sau with guests at the Cornflower Ball
Guests at the Cornflower Ball
All we can say is wow ๐คฉ last week's Cornflower Ball was such an incredible reminder of the love and support we receive from our supporters
Check out more photos here
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Get your table for 2027 booked now - email events@spinal.co.uk
๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ โ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ
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๐ข NEW VACANCY ๐ข
DSC Media Team is inviting applications for tenancy from individuals at around 10 years call or above.
Deadline for applications: 5pm on 13 January 2026.
For more information and to apply click here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/join-us/tena...
๐๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐โ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ ๐ท๐๐ฟ๐
Full response available here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/doughty...
Really looking forward to discussing โMaking chambers accessible for allโ with an expert panel at the @thebarcouncil.bsky.social online event this evening.
It is aimed at improving physical access into/around chambers for mobility impaired Disabled people.
You can register up to the start at 17.30
Proud of my team members for this twin shortlisting of @doughtystreet.bsky.social for Media, Privacy and Information Set of the Year and Human Rights and Public Law Set of the Year. With particular congratulations and thanks to our amazing clerks.
A statement from SIAโฌ๏ธ
'In many ways their SCI puts them back in the closet...suddenly the apartment's not accessible, they need care, they may have to go back to their family where they're not fully out and where there's no gay scene...'
A magazine page titled โCelebrating Disability Pride Month.โ The headline uses bright, bold fonts in pink, teal, and yellow, with colourful abstract shapes and diagonal stripes in the top-right corner. Below, text describes the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA)โs first Disability Pride Month webinar, held in July, focusing on the experiences of LGBTQ+ disabled people and the intersection of disability, gender, and sexuality. The article highlights speakers Kerryn Pratt, Stuart Miles, and Mark Henderson (an ambassador for ParaPride). Topics discussed include resilience, inclusion, accessible spaces, and the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ+ disabled people. A photo in the bottom-left corner shows a webinar slide reading โDisability Pride Webinar.โ The layout uses playful icons (arrows, swirls, dots) in teal, pink, and yellow alongside blocks of text.
The unique challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ disabled community โฌ๏ธ Featured in @spinalinjuries.bsky.social Forward Magazine, I spoke at SIAโs first Disability Pride Month webinar on amplifying LGBTQ+ disabled voices, working with orgs such as #ParaPride. #SpinalCordInjury #DisabilityPride #Disability
Brilliant opportunity at a brilliant organisation!
It was a team effort and we could not have done it without you Evelyn!
As Chair of our Disability Working Group, Iโve seen the hard work of a committed and inclusive group of staff and barristers take us from a standing start in 2021 to becoming the first chambers accredited as a Disability Confident Leader in 2025. A milestone, not an endpoint. #DisabilityConfident
Doughty Street Chambers is delighted to have been shortlisted at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2025 for Human Rights and Public Law - Set of the Year and Media, Privacy, Information Law - Set of the Year!
Really looking forward to being part of a great team talking about Disabled LGBTQ+ intersections
Mark Henderson (@markhenderson.bsky.social) acts for the Claimant, instructed by Paul Greenberg at Cohen Davis Solicitors, and led by Lorna Skinner KC. 3/3
It held that all three were defamatory of the Claimant at common law: the first two conveyed that the Claimant was a paedophile and the third that the Claimant was party to a co-ordinated effort by child molesters who had adopted LGBT causes. 2/3
The High Court has handed down a preliminary trial judgment in Paisley v Linehan dealing with three statements published as comments written by subscribers on the Defendantโs Substack blog. 1/3
Mark Henderson (@markhenderson.bsky.social), instructed by Filiz Kiani of Cohen Davis, acted for Mr Kebbie. The claim ended in the Police paying ยฃ67,500 in libel and privacy damages and apologising in the High Court for the false allegations. 2/3
A promotional image for The Bar Council featuring the slogan 'BE PART OF IT' in large central text. Collage of diverse legal professionals in various settings such as courtrooms, offices, and public spaces. The Bar Council logo is visible in the top left with the text 'The Bar Representation Fee gives you more' at the bottom.
๐ข ATP closes on Monday 31 March.
If you're still to renew your practising certificate please consider subscribing to the BRF when you do so.
The BRF is vital funding for our work, and gives you access to exclusive discounts: lnkd.in/eM2chgur
Graphic image with a black background and gold and white writing. The text reads: Winner. Legal500 UK ESH Awards 2025. Ethnicity Champion 2025
โจCongratulations to our fantastic Laurie-Anne Power KC and Simon Regis CBE - winners of the #L500ESGawards ethnicity champions 2025. Laurie-Anne and Simon co-chaired our race panel when we launched the Race at the Bar: 3 years on report. Read more: www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/rac...
It's Paralysed Bowel Awareness Day!
It's not only mobility; SCI means bowels can be paralysed too. Only 37% of NHS trusts have nurses that are trained to undertake essential bowel care๐งต
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Over half of NHS trusts don't have a bowel care policy. We want to help HCPs challlenge their trust's bowel care policy - if it isn't good enough, then let's change it. Together.
To find out more about our work, visit our websiteโฌ๏ธ
https://buff.ly/3EiRFED
@hudgellsolicitors.bsky.social
ParaPride - Marking History 2025 ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Join Para Pride for a big celebration of our powerful Disabled LGBTQ+ community!
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Saturday 8th February
โฐ12:00 - 17:00
๐Hoxton Hall
Get your tickets now!๐www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parapride-marking-hist...
Text says: ParaPride Pride in Everybody. Marking history! Join us for a big celebration of our powerful disabled LGBTQ+ community. Saturday 8 February 2025, Hoxton Hall from 12pm. Tickets available now. Link in bio. Around the edges of the graphic are different coloured curvy blobs and shapes.
Our friends at ParaPride are once again celebrating LGBT+ History Month in style with their Marking History 2025 event. It's this Saturday 8th Feb, 12noon until 5pm at Hoxton Hall in London. You can buy your tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parapride-marking-hist...
On this #InternationalDayofDisabledPeople the UN theme is amplifying disabled leadership.
Doughty Street Chambers celebrates its Disability Working Group, which I chair. It has led change to embed disability rights & accessibility for workforce and clients shorturl.at/Qhjdj
#IDPWD2024 #Disability
It was a pleasure to chair this event: a great expert panel hugely enhanced by the questions and insights of such an engaged and large audience!
Research indicates chambers struggle to apply RAs for disabled/neurodivergent pupils. Watch if interested in #neurodiversity & #disability at the Bar.
Double your donation to @spinalinjuries.bsky.social between today and 10th Dec here: t.co/WUkrDrE37T #disability
Winning Charity of the Year is a testament to the work of @spinalinjuries.bsky.social in supporting, advocating and campaigning for 100,000 people living with paralysis: our volunteers in all capacities & esp. our amazing staff team led by @nikhartley.bsky.social. Double your donation: now - 10 Dec
The High Court has handed down a defamation preliminary trial judgment in David Paisley v Graham Linehan.
I act for the Claimant, instructed by Cohen Davis. The Preliminary Issues were meaning, whether defamatory, and whether fact and/or opinion.
More here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/high-co...
Remembering Sir Frank Williams, three years on from his passing ๐ with @williamsracingf1.bsky.social. An amazing man who will forever be in our hearts here at SIA, and whose legacy lives on through our Frank Williams Academy www.spinal.co.uk/welcome-fran...
