A collection of emails I have received from delusional transactivists. I publish these as they are not private or confidential or legally privileged in any way, and I do so in the public interest to raise awareness of the sorts of spurious claims and harassment that people speaking up in favour of gender critical beliefs (a belief deemed worthy of respect in a democratic society) face, and how the law is misused as “lawfare” against ordinary people.

On Sunday 11 May 2025 at 3:32 PM I received an email from one Sophia Abigail Brooks. I have no idea if this is the same person that people refer to as “Tarquin” on X. I have never exchanged emails with Brooks and so it came as a surprise to see an email purporting to be from Brooks in my inbox. As you can probably guess, it was all absolute loony troony nonsense. To date, I have not received a complaint or any contact from the Information Commissioner's Office or a new court claim against me. If I receive either, I will be robustly defending it.

What was interesting, though, was that one Stephanie Hayden from “IA Legal” was CCed in to all Brooks' emails. Would that be Stephanie Hayden of the dissolved limited company Inter-Alia Legal Limited run by one Anthony Halliday, or of the “dormant” company I A Legal (SRH) Limited? A limited company (it's unclear which one) that, according to a sealed court order (see page 4 of the PDF), held out to be a firm of solicitors acting for Stephanie Hayden in Hayden v Associated Newspapers [2020]?

I am not a data controller or a processor under the Data Protection Act 2018 or UK GDPR. I do not run a law firm as a sole trader—despite the howls and protests that I do because, Brooks alleges, it says on my X profile that I am a lawyer and law firm. Shockingly enough, you can set that category to whatever you want. I identify as a lawyer but I do not run a law firm. Perhaps if I change my mind, tomorrow I might identify as a comedian and update my X profile accordingly. I'm sure you can see how embarrassing these emails are.

I was maliciously and baselessly threatened with a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office, and with the prospect of a court order against me. Good luck with that one, sir. I think you'll be hardpressed to convince a court that I am a lawyer operating a law firm as a sole trader. I warned Brooks that if a court order is sought, I will be applying for the application to be declared totally without merit and will be applying for my costs too.

On Friday 28 March 2025 at 06:44 AM my solicitor and I received an email from Stephanie Rebecca Hayden purporting to make a data subject access request under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR. Hayden claimed I am a lawyer running a law firm as a sole trader and that I collect and process Hayden's data as a result. The sole evidence for this? A screenshot of my X profile where I have selected the “lawyer and law firm” category. As you can probably guess, it was all absolute loony troony nonsense. Legal action has been threatened if I do not comply with a deadline of 28 April 2025. To date, I have not received a complaint or any contact from the Information Commissioner's Office or a new court claim against me. If I receive either, I will be robustly defending it.

I am not a data controller or a processor under the Data Protection Act 2018 or UK GDPR. I do not run a law firm as a sole trader—despite the howls and protests that I do because, Hayden alleges, it says on my X profile that I am a lawyer and law firm. Shockingly enough, you can set that category to whatever you want. I identify as a lawyer but I do not run a law firm. Perhaps if I change my mind, tomorrow I might identify as a comedian and update my X profile accordingly. I'm sure you can see how embarrassing these emails are.

I was maliciously and baselessly threatened with a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office, and with the prospect of a court order against me. Good luck with that one, sir. I think you'll be hardpressed to convince a court that I am a lawyer operating a law firm as a sole trader. I warned Hayden that if a court order is sought, I will be applying for the application to be declared totally without merit and will be applying for my costs too. That would simply add to the barrage of litigation, threats, and conduct, which I believe justify seeking a civil restraint order against Hayden.