Joanna Hardy-Susskind
@joannahs.bsky.social
Barrister. I defend people.
These are exceptionally generous words from my professional colleagues in the year I took time off to have and raise my baby.
Thank you, you lovely people - I adore working with you all 🥹
Thank you, you lovely people - I adore working with you all 🥹
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
These are exceptionally generous words from my professional colleagues in the year I took time off to have and raise my baby.
Thank you, you lovely people - I adore working with you all 🥹
Thank you, you lovely people - I adore working with you all 🥹
When defendant four realises, mid-trial, that he’s toast and decides to raise the temperature a bit by dropping the cutthroat in cross-examination :
June 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
When defendant four realises, mid-trial, that he’s toast and decides to raise the temperature a bit by dropping the cutthroat in cross-examination :
The BBC are airing a lovely little omnibus of ‘You Do Not Have To Say Anything’ this weekend.
Saturday at 9pm ❤️ 🎧 🎙️
Saturday at 9pm ❤️ 🎧 🎙️
May 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The BBC are airing a lovely little omnibus of ‘You Do Not Have To Say Anything’ this weekend.
Saturday at 9pm ❤️ 🎧 🎙️
Saturday at 9pm ❤️ 🎧 🎙️
Meanwhile, in the other place, two hot topics have finally, inevitably, collided:
April 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Meanwhile, in the other place, two hot topics have finally, inevitably, collided:
Swastikas in a children’s playground?
You pathetic racists.
You complete cowards.
You pathetic racists.
You complete cowards.
April 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Swastikas in a children’s playground?
You pathetic racists.
You complete cowards.
You pathetic racists.
You complete cowards.
We might have to respectfully agree to disagree, Iain. Lord Justice Davis is unlikely to phrase it in the way I have - unless he, too, enjoys slamming his head into the table when someone messes up their PSR - but his remarks below are a much more judicial way of making the point:
March 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We might have to respectfully agree to disagree, Iain. Lord Justice Davis is unlikely to phrase it in the way I have - unless he, too, enjoys slamming his head into the table when someone messes up their PSR - but his remarks below are a much more judicial way of making the point:
Life over on Twitter continues going from strength to strength
March 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Life over on Twitter continues going from strength to strength
When you lied on your Doggy Daycare application about your level of agility:
March 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When you lied on your Doggy Daycare application about your level of agility:
It’s time for my *favourite* episode so far of ‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’.
Come inside the barristers’ robing room.
Episode 5 is called:
‘My Learned Friends’ 🧡
Come inside the barristers’ robing room.
Episode 5 is called:
‘My Learned Friends’ 🧡
February 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It’s time for my *favourite* episode so far of ‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’.
Come inside the barristers’ robing room.
Episode 5 is called:
‘My Learned Friends’ 🧡
Come inside the barristers’ robing room.
Episode 5 is called:
‘My Learned Friends’ 🧡
Thanks to the FT for such a lovely review of ‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’ 📻 ❤️
Sorry about the cat sitting on the review. My Producer couldn’t move it. I don’t have a cat. I understand they’re tricky.
Join us all next week at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 🫶 🎙️
Sorry about the cat sitting on the review. My Producer couldn’t move it. I don’t have a cat. I understand they’re tricky.
Join us all next week at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 🫶 🎙️
February 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Thanks to the FT for such a lovely review of ‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’ 📻 ❤️
Sorry about the cat sitting on the review. My Producer couldn’t move it. I don’t have a cat. I understand they’re tricky.
Join us all next week at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 🫶 🎙️
Sorry about the cat sitting on the review. My Producer couldn’t move it. I don’t have a cat. I understand they’re tricky.
Join us all next week at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 🫶 🎙️
Some news, team! 🎙️
I’m so excited to make my broadcasting debut for BBC Radio 4 next week.
‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’ is a 10 episode behind-the-scenes peek at (and love letter to) the criminal justice system.
Join me, Mon-Fri at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds 🧡
I’m so excited to make my broadcasting debut for BBC Radio 4 next week.
‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’ is a 10 episode behind-the-scenes peek at (and love letter to) the criminal justice system.
Join me, Mon-Fri at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds 🧡
February 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Some news, team! 🎙️
I’m so excited to make my broadcasting debut for BBC Radio 4 next week.
‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’ is a 10 episode behind-the-scenes peek at (and love letter to) the criminal justice system.
Join me, Mon-Fri at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds 🧡
I’m so excited to make my broadcasting debut for BBC Radio 4 next week.
‘You Do Not Have to Say Anything’ is a 10 episode behind-the-scenes peek at (and love letter to) the criminal justice system.
Join me, Mon-Fri at 13:45 on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds 🧡
I get photo updates from the dog at doggy daycare and today’s is a CRACKER.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
February 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I get photo updates from the dog at doggy daycare and today’s is a CRACKER.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
For the love of god, the overweight squirrels of North London are now eating Viennese Whirls.
February 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
For the love of god, the overweight squirrels of North London are now eating Viennese Whirls.
Husband was making dinner while I fed the baby - and he sent me a poll regarding dinner 😂
January 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Husband was making dinner while I fed the baby - and he sent me a poll regarding dinner 😂
If I see Bob Jenrick outside the Old Bailey filming little promo videos asking ‘how on earth did we end up in this situation?’ about the court backlog then please know I’m crashing his video with the answer:
You lot were in power for 14 years, Bob. Your party were at the wheel.
You lot were in power for 14 years, Bob. Your party were at the wheel.
January 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If I see Bob Jenrick outside the Old Bailey filming little promo videos asking ‘how on earth did we end up in this situation?’ about the court backlog then please know I’m crashing his video with the answer:
You lot were in power for 14 years, Bob. Your party were at the wheel.
You lot were in power for 14 years, Bob. Your party were at the wheel.
Tried to explain the law on the twitter and it went really rather well thanks
January 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Tried to explain the law on the twitter and it went really rather well thanks
Bought baby some flashcards to learn the names of fruit.
It started off fairly easily.
And then rapidly became quite advanced.
It started off fairly easily.
And then rapidly became quite advanced.
January 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Bought baby some flashcards to learn the names of fruit.
It started off fairly easily.
And then rapidly became quite advanced.
It started off fairly easily.
And then rapidly became quite advanced.
You’ve all left me in the Other Place so I’m literally spending my Friday night pointing out the blindingly obvious to Robert Jenrick and it’s sub optimal:
January 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
You’ve all left me in the Other Place so I’m literally spending my Friday night pointing out the blindingly obvious to Robert Jenrick and it’s sub optimal:
As you read the newspapers and see serious people seriously suggesting we should abolish jury trial for ‘less’ serious offences please know this:
Those offences wouldn’t feel on ‘the lower end on the scale of seriousness’ if they (or you) were wrongly accused of them.
And you’d want a jury trial.
Those offences wouldn’t feel on ‘the lower end on the scale of seriousness’ if they (or you) were wrongly accused of them.
And you’d want a jury trial.
January 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
As you read the newspapers and see serious people seriously suggesting we should abolish jury trial for ‘less’ serious offences please know this:
Those offences wouldn’t feel on ‘the lower end on the scale of seriousness’ if they (or you) were wrongly accused of them.
And you’d want a jury trial.
Those offences wouldn’t feel on ‘the lower end on the scale of seriousness’ if they (or you) were wrongly accused of them.
And you’d want a jury trial.
I get updates on what the dog is up to at daycare and today’s is an absolute corker:
December 17, 2024 at 1:55 PM
I get updates on what the dog is up to at daycare and today’s is an absolute corker:
Ohmygod. I know how this movie ends. I sit on the bench and sip the flask right? And then a mysterious stranger will sit next to me, open a broadsheet newspaper and explain the plan, right?
December 16, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Ohmygod. I know how this movie ends. I sit on the bench and sip the flask right? And then a mysterious stranger will sit next to me, open a broadsheet newspaper and explain the plan, right?
Everyone else: The best thing about Christmas is the goodwill and festive community cheer.
Me, a criminal lawyer: I’ve embedded a location tracker in my Christmas wreath in case anyone tries to nick it.
Me, a criminal lawyer: I’ve embedded a location tracker in my Christmas wreath in case anyone tries to nick it.
December 7, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Everyone else: The best thing about Christmas is the goodwill and festive community cheer.
Me, a criminal lawyer: I’ve embedded a location tracker in my Christmas wreath in case anyone tries to nick it.
Me, a criminal lawyer: I’ve embedded a location tracker in my Christmas wreath in case anyone tries to nick it.
Ah yes. The four British viruses. Which have you got?
* Forgetting Bin-Day itis
* You need planning permission for that fluenza
* Sorry-but-there’s-a-queue disease
* Traffic warden’s on his way syndrome
* Forgetting Bin-Day itis
* You need planning permission for that fluenza
* Sorry-but-there’s-a-queue disease
* Traffic warden’s on his way syndrome
December 6, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Ah yes. The four British viruses. Which have you got?
* Forgetting Bin-Day itis
* You need planning permission for that fluenza
* Sorry-but-there’s-a-queue disease
* Traffic warden’s on his way syndrome
* Forgetting Bin-Day itis
* You need planning permission for that fluenza
* Sorry-but-there’s-a-queue disease
* Traffic warden’s on his way syndrome
Gromit update! Still sad.
November 26, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Gromit update! Still sad.
The council, perhaps understandably, ignore me. And to be fair, they are the experts.
So here I am. Still visiting a lonely goat. Still googling ‘can you donate a goat and not be liable for its upkeep’. Still wondering and hoping.
My lovely pal Gromit. I’ll always be your friend 🥹
So here I am. Still visiting a lonely goat. Still googling ‘can you donate a goat and not be liable for its upkeep’. Still wondering and hoping.
My lovely pal Gromit. I’ll always be your friend 🥹
November 16, 2024 at 8:53 PM
The council, perhaps understandably, ignore me. And to be fair, they are the experts.
So here I am. Still visiting a lonely goat. Still googling ‘can you donate a goat and not be liable for its upkeep’. Still wondering and hoping.
My lovely pal Gromit. I’ll always be your friend 🥹
So here I am. Still visiting a lonely goat. Still googling ‘can you donate a goat and not be liable for its upkeep’. Still wondering and hoping.
My lovely pal Gromit. I’ll always be your friend 🥹