About BFSP

Best Free Speech Practice (“BFSP”) is owned and overseen by DAFSC Ltd (registered in England, no. 14189200), a not-for-profit company dedicated to campaigning for free speech at UK universities and more widely. Registered office: 27 Old Gloucester St, London W1N 3AX. DAFSC has a group of free-speech-loving shareholders.

BFSP’s aims and work are described on this website.

Management of universities project

The English Universities project will be managed by a Committee consisting of lawyers, academics and free speech campaigners. Its current members are:

• William Mackesy was a senior international corporate and regulatory lawyer. He helped set up the Free Speech Champions, co-founded Alumni For Free Speech, and is co-founder of BFSP.

• Andrew Neish KC is a barrister based in London. He has a long-standing interest in free speech issues, co-founded Alumni For Free Speech and is co-founder of BFSP.

• Humphrey Allen is General Manager at Alumni For Free Speech.

The English Universities project is also developing an Editorial and Advisory Board consisting of lawyers and academics, who are all UK university alumni. They are currently:

• Professor James Tooley is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham

• Lord (Nigel) Biggar has recently retired as Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford and is Chairman of the Free Speech Union.

• Professor Dennis Hayes is Professor of Education at the University of Derby and the founder and director of the campaign group Academics For Academic Freedom.

• David Palfreyman OBE is a Fellow and Bursar of New College, Oxford. He is the joint editor of the 27 volume ‘International Studies in Higher Education’ series and co-author of ‘The Law of Higher Education (2021)’.

• Professor Abhishek Saha is Professor of Mathematics at Queen Mary’s College (QMUL), London. He has been REF and Reputation Lead at School of Mathematics QMUL since June 2023. He is a leading member of the London Universities’ Council for Academic Freedom (LUCAF).

Contact us

Email us at info@bfsp.uk.