Anthony Grabiner, Lord Grabiner KC, is Head of Chambers at One Essex Court, a leading set of commercial barristers in London.   He was Chair of the Governors of the London School of Economics from 1998 to 2007 and Master of Clare College, Cambridge University, from 2014 to 2021.  He has been President of the University of Law since 2015.  In 1999, he was made a life peer as Lord Grabiner and now sits in the House of Lords as a cross bench peer. For over 40 years he has been involved in many of the highest profile commercial disputes that have been fought in London, particularly in the fields of banking & finance, oil & gas, civil fraud, competition and shareholder disputes.

Lady Cosgrove was the first female sheriff of Glasgow and Strathkelvin, from 1979 to 1983, and Sheriff of Lothian and Borders from 1983 to 1996. From 1992 to 1996 she was a temporary judge in the High Court and Court of Session. In 1996 she became the first woman to be appointed to a permanent seat on the Court of Session bench taking the judicial title Lady Cosgrove. She was Chair of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland and Deputy Chair of the Boundary Commission for Scotland. She was awarded a CBE in 2004 for services to the criminal justice system in Scotland. She studied Law at the University of Glasgow.

Baroness Deech held many senior positions during her career including as a Governor of the BBC. She was a tutorial fellow in law at St Anne’s College, Oxford from 1970 to 1991 after which she was elected principal of the college. She was made DBE in 2002 in recognition of her work at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. She was made a life peer sitting as a Crossbencher in 2005. She has argued strongly that Jewish students are subjected to increasing antisemitism on UK campuses and has fought for proper compensation for Jewish-owned property stolen under Nazi occupation in Poland. She graduated from St Anne’s College with a first in law.

In 2016 Lord Pannick represented Gina Miller establishing that Parliamentary approval was required before the Prime Minister could initiate proceedings under Article 50 to take the UK out of the EU. He also represented Gina Miller in 2019 to establish that the Prime Minister’s prorogation of Parliament had been unlawful. In 2007 he represented Debbie Purdy in the appeal court of the House of Lords to establish the duty of the DPP to publish guidelines when prosecuting for assisted suicide. He became a QC in 1992 (now KC) and a deputy High Court judge in 1998. In 2008 he became a life peer as a Crossbencher. He studied law at Hertford College, Oxford and was called to the bar in 1979.

Lord Dyson was Master of the Rolls (President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice) for four years until he retired in October 2016. He was made a QC in 1982, was a Recorder from 1986 to 1993 and was a High Court Judge from 1993 to 2001. He was in charge of the Technology and Construction Court from 1998 to 2001 and was a Justice of the Supreme Court from 2010 to 2012. He studied Classics at Wadham College, Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1968. He is currently an arbitrator/mediator at 39 Essex Chambers.

Richard Susskind is an author, speaker and independent adviser to major professional firms and national governments. His main area of expertise is the way in which IT and the internet are changing the work of lawyers. He was awarded an OBE in the Millennium New Year’s Honours List for services to IT in the Law and to the administration of justice. He advises on the modernisation of the practice of law and the administration of justice. He has a first class honours degree in Law from the University of Glasgow and a Doctorate in Law and Computers from Balliol College, Oxford.

Jeff Blackett served as the Judge Advocate General of the UK Armed Forces from 2004 - 2020 during which period he also sat as a Senior Circuit Judge and latterly as a Deputy High Court Judge.  He was appointed OBE in 2024 for services to justice and charitable causes.  He was a non executive on the Council of the Rugby Football Union from 2000 and was the President of England rugby from 2020 - 2022.  He served in the Royal Navy for 31 years during which time he read law at UCL and obtained an MSt from St Anthony's College Oxford.  He spent his early career at sea in destroyers and frigates as a logistics officer before being called to the Bar in 1983.  Thereafter he served as a Naval barrister and his final appointment was as the Chief Naval Judge Advocate and Director of Naval Legal Services from which he retired in the rank of Commodore in 2004.

Lady Fiorella Massey is a committed advocate and philanthropist, and has supported leading organisations combating antisemitism and defending Jewish communities, including CFI, CST, StandWithUs and the Holocaust Educational Trust. She is on the Board of the Chimo Trust, which helps young people experiencing mental distress.  As Chair of the Friends of the National Holocaust Museum, she helped to widen the reach of Holocaust education. Fiorella was Chair of the Friends of the Mental Health Foundation and a past trustee of Doctors in Distress.  She was appointed MBE in 2020 for services to teenage mental health and education.  A trilingual graduate of Bristol University, she went onto a career with Burberry, and turned to public service in 2013.  Fiorella is passionate about combating lawfare and delighted to continue her longstanding relationship with UKLFI as Patron.

John Bowers KC is former Principal at Brasenose College Oxvord, and Associate Tenant at Littleton Chambers. He has practised primarily in employment law and human rights, and has been described as "an employment law rock star". He has acted in most of the major industrial disputes over the past decades including a European Court of Human Rights application on the employment of gay servicemen and the largest ever Employment Tribunal application by 12,000 firefighters.  A frequent lecturer on employment law, he has written 16 books. He is a CEDR mediator and since 2005 a bencher of Middle Temple. After attending Clee Grammar School, Cleethorpes, he studied at Linclon College Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1979 and took silk in 1998.