Mark Henderson
Media and human rights barrister at Doughty Street Chambers.
Chair of The Bar Council Disability Panel.
Board, Spinal Injuries.
Ambassador, ParaPride.
Views my own (he/him)
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- Reposted by Mark Henderson📢 NEW VACANCY 📢 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...
- Reposted by Mark Henderson𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 Full response available here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/doughty...
- Really looking forward to discussing “Making chambers accessible for all” 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
- We're one week away from our disability inclusion seminar. This year we're focusing on physical access to chambers for mobility impaired people. Find out more about our panel of expert speakers, view the programme, and book your free place today: www.barcouncil.org.uk/training-eve...
- 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.
- Reposted by Mark HendersonA statement from SIA⬇️
- The unique challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ disabled community ⬇️ Featured in @spinalinjuries.bsky.social Forward Magazine, I spoke at SIA’s 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!
- Join our team 💙 We are currently recruiting for a head of communications: ⏰ Full-time 💻 Hybrid ❗Closes 29 September Find out more, and APPLY on our website spinal.jobs.people-first.com/jobs/search #Recruitment #Communications
- As Chair of our Disability Working Group, I’ve 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
- We are delighted to announce that Doughty Street Chambers has been validated as a ‘Disability Confident Leader’. We are proud to be the first barristers chambers to achieve this status. Read here: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/doughty...
- Reposted by Mark HendersonDoughty 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
- 🏳️🌈 On Tuesday 22 July we will be hosting a FREE Disability Pride Month webinar, sharing lived experiences of being part of the LGBTQ+ community and the unique challenges of the intersectionality between disability, gender and sexuality 🌈 Register today www.spinal.co.uk/get-involved...
- Reposted by Mark HendersonMark Henderson (@markhenderson.bsky.social) acts for the Claimant, instructed by Paul Greenberg at Cohen Davis Solicitors, and led by Lorna Skinner KC. 3/3
- Reposted by Mark HendersonIt 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
- Reposted by Mark HendersonThe 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 Defendant’s Substack blog. 1/3
- Reposted by Mark HendersonMark Henderson (@markhenderson.bsky.social), instructed by Filiz Kiani of Cohen Davis, acted for Mr Kebbie. The claim ended in the Police paying £67,500 in libel and privacy damages and apologising in the High Court for the false allegations. 2/3
- Reposted by Mark Henderson📢 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
- Reposted by Mark Henderson✨Congratulations 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...
- Reposted by Mark HendersonIt'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 care🧵 [MAIN VIDEO LINK]
- Reposted by Mark HendersonOver 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 website⬇️ buff.ly/3EiRFED @hudgellsolicitors.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mark HendersonParaPride - Marking History 2025 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Join Para Pride for a big celebration of our powerful Disabled LGBTQ+ community! 📅Saturday 8th February ⏰12:00 - 17:00 📍Hoxton Hall Get your tickets now!👇https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parapride-marking-history-2025-tickets-1070437640799?aff=oddtdtcreator
- Reposted by Mark HendersonOur 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 eventbrite.co.uk/e/parapride-marking…
- 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.
- In November, we hosted 'Disability inclusion: Neurodiversity at the Bar.' The webinar was designed to help those supervising and supporting neurodivergent pupils and colleagues. If you missed it, you can watch the recording on our website now ⬇️ www.barcouncil.org.uk/training-eve...
- 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
- We're over the moon to have won Charity of the Year at the Neuro Rehab Times Awards 2024 🏆 Our amazing support sine officer Teresa also received a commendation in the Inspirational contribution category. Thank you so much! Read more: www.spinal.co.uk/news/charity... #CharityoftheYear #ThankYou
- Double your donation to @spinalinjuries.bsky.social between today and 10th Dec here: t.co/WUkrDrE37T #disability
- 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...
- Reposted by Mark HendersonRemembering Sir Frank Williams, three years on from his passing 💙 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...
- It was a great @spinalinjuries.bsky.social Board meeting. Excited to work with our brilliant new Trustees. I agree with Nik - we saw both the power of our advocacy for members battling for NHS continuing healthcare, and its overwhelming importance to their right to independent living. #disability
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- Excited to be chairing this. Panel: Helen Eaton, @ndinlaw.bsky.social's Alice de Coverley & Oliver May. Bar Council research indicates chambers may struggle to apply RAs for neurodivergent pupils, so this is for those supporting them & pupils, but valuable to anyone interested in neurodivergence
- ⏰This is your last chance to book for this evening's event: www.barcouncil.org.uk/training-eve...
- It was an absolute pleasure to host @spinalinjuries.bsky.social Gunpowder Ball in our 50th year, & a privilege to share my personal story with guests and to introduce legendary SIA nurse specialist Carol Adcock. Thanks to our event supporters & our incredible staff for making it an amazing evening
