Kirsty Brimelow KC
@kirstybrimelow.bsky.social
Human rights, criminal & international law barrister Doughty Street Chambers. Vice Chair Bar Council. Chair Criminal Bar Association 2022-2023. Chair Bar Human Rights Committee 2012-2018. Bencher Gray’s Inn. Trustee of WWF-UK.
I love meeting new people across the global profession & discussing my law passions.
Thank u Berlin Law Assoc.Excellent chat at our table,from universal jurisdiction to protest law to trial by media.At the 23rd Berlin Conference of European Legal Professions.Top speech by Prof Dr Matthias Jahn.
Thank u Berlin Law Assoc.Excellent chat at our table,from universal jurisdiction to protest law to trial by media.At the 23rd Berlin Conference of European Legal Professions.Top speech by Prof Dr Matthias Jahn.
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I love meeting new people across the global profession & discussing my law passions.
Thank u Berlin Law Assoc.Excellent chat at our table,from universal jurisdiction to protest law to trial by media.At the 23rd Berlin Conference of European Legal Professions.Top speech by Prof Dr Matthias Jahn.
Thank u Berlin Law Assoc.Excellent chat at our table,from universal jurisdiction to protest law to trial by media.At the 23rd Berlin Conference of European Legal Professions.Top speech by Prof Dr Matthias Jahn.
Brilliant panel on migration.
Impressive command of material by all - with a particular shout out to fantastic analysis by @berryadrianc.bsky.social
#europeancircuit
Impressive command of material by all - with a particular shout out to fantastic analysis by @berryadrianc.bsky.social
#europeancircuit
September 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Brilliant panel on migration.
Impressive command of material by all - with a particular shout out to fantastic analysis by @berryadrianc.bsky.social
#europeancircuit
Impressive command of material by all - with a particular shout out to fantastic analysis by @berryadrianc.bsky.social
#europeancircuit
Commenting on the new “democratic lock” -why it’s unnecessary, wouldn’t have prevented the earlier sentencing guidelines spat(they were approved by LC reps at the meetings) & risks political overreach into the independent judiciary; maybe not now but in the future.
www.thetimes.com/article/bf22...
www.thetimes.com/article/bf22...
September 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Commenting on the new “democratic lock” -why it’s unnecessary, wouldn’t have prevented the earlier sentencing guidelines spat(they were approved by LC reps at the meetings) & risks political overreach into the independent judiciary; maybe not now but in the future.
www.thetimes.com/article/bf22...
www.thetimes.com/article/bf22...
Will do my utmost.
July 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Will do my utmost.
July 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thank you,Institute of Barristers’ Clerks! Great speeches by IBC Chair Dave Scothern & BC Chair Barbara Mills KC. Finally made it to the top table (a big thing coming from clerks!)With CPS Ade Olojo, legendary Colin Cook. & outside beautiful Lincoln’s Inn with Chair of BC Employed Bar,Sara George.
June 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Thank you,Institute of Barristers’ Clerks! Great speeches by IBC Chair Dave Scothern & BC Chair Barbara Mills KC. Finally made it to the top table (a big thing coming from clerks!)With CPS Ade Olojo, legendary Colin Cook. & outside beautiful Lincoln’s Inn with Chair of BC Employed Bar,Sara George.
Excellent to be back in Birmingham for #barconf2025
Chair Barbara Mills KC making closing remarks.
Thank you to the Midland Circuit for hosting the conference.
Chair Barbara Mills KC making closing remarks.
Thank you to the Midland Circuit for hosting the conference.
June 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Excellent to be back in Birmingham for #barconf2025
Chair Barbara Mills KC making closing remarks.
Thank you to the Midland Circuit for hosting the conference.
Chair Barbara Mills KC making closing remarks.
Thank you to the Midland Circuit for hosting the conference.
Reduce stigma of the bystander calling out poor behaviour by a barrister to another.
Lachlan Stewart Chair Young Bar.
#barconf2025
Lachlan Stewart Chair Young Bar.
#barconf2025
June 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reduce stigma of the bystander calling out poor behaviour by a barrister to another.
Lachlan Stewart Chair Young Bar.
#barconf2025
Lachlan Stewart Chair Young Bar.
#barconf2025
Thanks the Bar for protecting the rule of law.
She speaks of the
Importance of working together whilst respecting the boundaries of independence.
#barconference2025
She speaks of the
Importance of working together whilst respecting the boundaries of independence.
#barconference2025
June 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Thanks the Bar for protecting the rule of law.
She speaks of the
Importance of working together whilst respecting the boundaries of independence.
#barconference2025
She speaks of the
Importance of working together whilst respecting the boundaries of independence.
#barconference2025
A delight to celebrate 20 years of Young Legal Aid Lawyers AND
the well- deserved Hon K.C appointment for brilliant @LauraJanes_UK
Listening to young lawyers - barristers and solicitors-representing the most vulnerable in society & strengthening access to justice.
@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social
the well- deserved Hon K.C appointment for brilliant @LauraJanes_UK
Listening to young lawyers - barristers and solicitors-representing the most vulnerable in society & strengthening access to justice.
@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A delight to celebrate 20 years of Young Legal Aid Lawyers AND
the well- deserved Hon K.C appointment for brilliant @LauraJanes_UK
Listening to young lawyers - barristers and solicitors-representing the most vulnerable in society & strengthening access to justice.
@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social
the well- deserved Hon K.C appointment for brilliant @LauraJanes_UK
Listening to young lawyers - barristers and solicitors-representing the most vulnerable in society & strengthening access to justice.
@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social
In celebration of Naina Patel K.C.’s appointment to silk!
I first met Naina through the Bar Human Rights Committee & years later we were on the same fact finding on human rights violations in Nepal. She always was brilliant.
And so great to meet twitter friend @joanneclementkc.bsky.social
I first met Naina through the Bar Human Rights Committee & years later we were on the same fact finding on human rights violations in Nepal. She always was brilliant.
And so great to meet twitter friend @joanneclementkc.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In celebration of Naina Patel K.C.’s appointment to silk!
I first met Naina through the Bar Human Rights Committee & years later we were on the same fact finding on human rights violations in Nepal. She always was brilliant.
And so great to meet twitter friend @joanneclementkc.bsky.social
I first met Naina through the Bar Human Rights Committee & years later we were on the same fact finding on human rights violations in Nepal. She always was brilliant.
And so great to meet twitter friend @joanneclementkc.bsky.social
All before 10 am.
Just a journey to court.
Jessie J is lovely - she was filming a music video. Never to old for a fangirl selfie!
#jessieJ #barristerlife
Just a journey to court.
Jessie J is lovely - she was filming a music video. Never to old for a fangirl selfie!
#jessieJ #barristerlife
May 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
All before 10 am.
Just a journey to court.
Jessie J is lovely - she was filming a music video. Never to old for a fangirl selfie!
#jessieJ #barristerlife
Just a journey to court.
Jessie J is lovely - she was filming a music video. Never to old for a fangirl selfie!
#jessieJ #barristerlife
Good visitor photo, no?
Slightly smudged mascara maybe?
Slightly smudged mascara maybe?
April 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Good visitor photo, no?
Slightly smudged mascara maybe?
Slightly smudged mascara maybe?
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901 people were reported to have been executed in 2024.
This is the highest number in 9 year; a 6% increase on the already high figures of 2023.
Most were related to drug offences, with others linked to actions by the protests of 2022.190 reported executions so far in January/February 2025.850.
901 people were reported to have been executed in 2024.
This is the highest number in 9 year; a 6% increase on the already high figures of 2023.
Most were related to drug offences, with others linked to actions by the protests of 2022.190 reported executions so far in January/February 2025.850.
March 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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901 people were reported to have been executed in 2024.
This is the highest number in 9 year; a 6% increase on the already high figures of 2023.
Most were related to drug offences, with others linked to actions by the protests of 2022.190 reported executions so far in January/February 2025.850.
901 people were reported to have been executed in 2024.
This is the highest number in 9 year; a 6% increase on the already high figures of 2023.
Most were related to drug offences, with others linked to actions by the protests of 2022.190 reported executions so far in January/February 2025.850.
Speaking on the mass executions in Iran in 1988 & the impunity link to increased executions in 2025.
Focused on women & their protests from 2022.
Focused on women & their protests from 2022.
March 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Speaking on the mass executions in Iran in 1988 & the impunity link to increased executions in 2025.
Focused on women & their protests from 2022.
Focused on women & their protests from 2022.
March 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
To all the wonderful women.
My friends, family, colleagues and those I have yet to meet.
Let’s keep enhancing women’s voices and engagement.
Always keep the ladder down and the hand outstretched.
With friend Gráinne Mellon, after the must-see The Years at Harold Pinter theatre.
#IWD2025
My friends, family, colleagues and those I have yet to meet.
Let’s keep enhancing women’s voices and engagement.
Always keep the ladder down and the hand outstretched.
With friend Gráinne Mellon, after the must-see The Years at Harold Pinter theatre.
#IWD2025
March 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
To all the wonderful women.
My friends, family, colleagues and those I have yet to meet.
Let’s keep enhancing women’s voices and engagement.
Always keep the ladder down and the hand outstretched.
With friend Gráinne Mellon, after the must-see The Years at Harold Pinter theatre.
#IWD2025
My friends, family, colleagues and those I have yet to meet.
Let’s keep enhancing women’s voices and engagement.
Always keep the ladder down and the hand outstretched.
With friend Gráinne Mellon, after the must-see The Years at Harold Pinter theatre.
#IWD2025
Congratulations brilliant commercial silk turned author @guymorpuss.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Congratulations brilliant commercial silk turned author @guymorpuss.bsky.social
Strength and wisdom.
Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo.
Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo.
March 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Strength and wisdom.
Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo.
Great Sphinx of Giza, Cairo.
Interesting to hear about legal personalities for rivers on @bbcradio4.bsky.social
My article in 2020.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
My article in 2020.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
February 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Interesting to hear about legal personalities for rivers on @bbcradio4.bsky.social
My article in 2020.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
My article in 2020.
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
Spring/summer is on its way according to black headed gulls along the Thames.
Here is the changing of plumage from a white head with black dots behind the eyes to the return of the dark head.
Cute.
Here is the changing of plumage from a white head with black dots behind the eyes to the return of the dark head.
Cute.
February 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Spring/summer is on its way according to black headed gulls along the Thames.
Here is the changing of plumage from a white head with black dots behind the eyes to the return of the dark head.
Cute.
Here is the changing of plumage from a white head with black dots behind the eyes to the return of the dark head.
Cute.
As a child I read and re-read Anne Frank’s diary as I struggled to comprehend the hunting, persecution and murder of Jewish people.
In remembrance of the holocaust victims.
Remembering the Anne Franks.
In remembrance of the holocaust victims.
Remembering the Anne Franks.
January 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
As a child I read and re-read Anne Frank’s diary as I struggled to comprehend the hunting, persecution and murder of Jewish people.
In remembrance of the holocaust victims.
Remembering the Anne Franks.
In remembrance of the holocaust victims.
Remembering the Anne Franks.
This is a substantial victory driven by a courageous and determined litigant- #PrinceHarry
It is an admission by NGN for the first time of “incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators working for The Sun”.
I have a close interest as I was hacked by News of the World.
It is an admission by NGN for the first time of “incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators working for The Sun”.
I have a close interest as I was hacked by News of the World.
January 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is a substantial victory driven by a courageous and determined litigant- #PrinceHarry
It is an admission by NGN for the first time of “incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators working for The Sun”.
I have a close interest as I was hacked by News of the World.
It is an admission by NGN for the first time of “incidents of unlawful activities carried out by private investigators working for The Sun”.
I have a close interest as I was hacked by News of the World.
Barbara Mills KC giving her inaugural speech as Chair of the Bar Council.
In full support as her Vice Chair.
@innertemple.org.uk
In full support as her Vice Chair.
@innertemple.org.uk
January 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Barbara Mills KC giving her inaugural speech as Chair of the Bar Council.
In full support as her Vice Chair.
@innertemple.org.uk
In full support as her Vice Chair.
@innertemple.org.uk
Wishing all a happy and healthy 2025.
Thank you to those who follow my legal musings.
Thank you to those who take the time to engage.
Huge thanks to those who are kind and supportive.
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And - obviously- I’m very lucky and - of course- feeling just a bit smug!
Thank you to those who follow my legal musings.
Thank you to those who take the time to engage.
Huge thanks to those who are kind and supportive.
A
And - obviously- I’m very lucky and - of course- feeling just a bit smug!
December 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Wishing all a happy and healthy 2025.
Thank you to those who follow my legal musings.
Thank you to those who take the time to engage.
Huge thanks to those who are kind and supportive.
A
And - obviously- I’m very lucky and - of course- feeling just a bit smug!
Thank you to those who follow my legal musings.
Thank you to those who take the time to engage.
Huge thanks to those who are kind and supportive.
A
And - obviously- I’m very lucky and - of course- feeling just a bit smug!