Allison Bailey v Stonewall - Employment Tribunal hearing Thread 6

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The Tribunal started on 25th April at 10am. If you would like to view online you need to send a request for access as early as possible.

Send an email to

[email protected]

The subject heading of the email request should read

“MEDIA OR PUBLIC ACCESS REQUEST – Case number 2202172/2020 - Ms A Bailey – 25th April 2022.

Then ask for the pin for the online access.

You will be contacted with instructions on how to observe the hearing.

When joining the live tribunal please choose a non inflammatory/offensive name, everyone can see it in the chat - This is a court room, please behave accordingly.

The court chat function is there for official court purposes, not for observers, please don't use it unless you have a technical issue.

On the first page underneath where you put your screen name, select the video and mic that are not crossed out (top option), this is the courts vid and mic.
On the next page select NONE on the drop down windows for vid and mic, these are your own video and mic.

You must be muted so as to not disturb the hearing.

There is also live tweeting from

twitter.com/tribunaltweets
Abbreviations:

AB: Allison Bailey, claimant
BC: Ben Cooper QC, barrister for AB
SW = Stonewall Equality Limited (respondent 1)
IO = Ijeoma Omambala QC, senior counsel - barrister for SW
RW = Robin White junior counsel to SW - assisting IO
GC = Garden Court Chambers Limited (respondent 2) (GCC would be a better abbreviation)
AH = Andrew Hochhauser QC, senior counsel - barrister for GC
JR = Jane Russell junior counsel to GC - assisting AH
RM= Rajiv Menon QC & SH = Stephanie Harrison QC (jointly respondent 3 along with all members of GC except AB)
EJ = Employment Judge Goodman hearing the case
Panel = any one of the three panel members (EJ and two lay members)

Thread 1 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4529887-Allison-Bailey-v-Stonewall-Employment-Tribunal-hearing?

Thread 2 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4542466-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-2

Thread 3 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4545725-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-3

Thread 4 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4546945-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-4

Thread 5 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4548160-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-5

This on-demand service of getting new threads from ickky when requested is great.

Thanks, ickky!

Tweet from Anya Palmer
twitter.com/anyabike/status/1526139547209302021?s=20&t=L6_TYkUcUVOhLPpnL-ZlDw

😁

What a time wasting, useless, twat??

Not ickky, of course - she's the best ever!

Thank you as ever ickky - place marking x

Phew. Thanks ickky.

Any idea what special arrangments are needed for SK?

Thanks ickky.

I have come to this late. Was that evidence directly put to SSS?

Well we got the admission that SW cajole and expect those who sign up to the their schemes to go beyond the law and inclusion, safety, etc., is only for the sacred caste.

Thanks for new thread ickky!

I have come to this late. Was that evidence directly put to SSS?

tabbycatstripy did deal with that by pointing out that in SSS's witness statement he said that the complaint in Anya Palmer's tweet was sent specifically without higher authorisation and had SSS been told about it he would have attempted to stop it being sent.

Mr Knan not contactable, break until 11.20am

No Knan, into another break til 11.20

@Silly - I believe he requested coloured paper for the paperwork.

Doesn’t turn up on time and not contactable? This is a joke. How very convenient.

EJ is not going to be impressed. How unprofessional.

Ah thanks, but that is clearly a weak argument. How could we know he would not have authorised it and anyway it shows a culture of intimidation within the organisation. So SSS might well say he wouldn't have authorised it but he presided over a team who are empowered to send such emails.

Yet more unprofessional behaviour from Stonewall/their Counsel.

Garden Court Chambers must be agog and worried that these incompetents are going to drag them down. How they must rue the day.

Absolutely, Absurd - it's just embarrassing.

Obviously i don't know what his appointment was this morning, but i like to think that i would prioritise a court hearing where I was giving evidence.

Shaan Knan is now logged in.

Saying that, appointments with the NHS are like gold dust and often a year waiting. Still, they should at least be contactable.

Even if he’s not contactable now, IO said he was initially meant to be arriving between 11 and 11:30.
Did she bit think she should inform the tribunal of this in advance then? Surely they knew how long they expected sss to be in for?!? So knew there would be a gap?

They are coming across as either incompetent or doing it on purpose