Update from Allison Bailey

I've only just seen this! How frustrating, but yet not disheartening.

It means there are gold nuggets to be found, though ...

Aah. Thanks Harriet :)

Frustrating. But maybe more time for stonewall to get some stronger glasses in order to read the writing on the wall.

Perfectly put, Datun!

Is 6,000 pages of evidence usual for this sort of case, anyone know? Seems excessive...makes me think there's a lot more to the case than first realised.

It's good news today that the LGB Alliance have been formally approved as a charity by the Charity Commission, with full reasons given about why, and objections rejected, again with full reasons.

This gives Stonewall time to apologise to Allison. Writing that letter was appalling. The author completely overstepped the line there and I think defending their action is shameful. Where they going to say? That it is part of the Stonewall Champions scheme that employers have to be willing to damage careers if people say things that Stonewall employees dislike?

They have already tried to wriggle off the hook by claiming there's no relationship.

They should simply apologise, instead they are going to spend 20 days trying to justify their mud slinging with a litany of contortions.

Just apologise. It was indefensible.

Does there come a point where the court can appount Bailiffs to search out and receive information Stonewall refuse to disclose and hold them in contempt of court?

It must be disappointing not to be able to get it all heard, but I should be able to dig 2 or 3 more times in the next 12 months.

I will look at it as extra time for fundraising and publicity.

Thanks for the update. It must be horribly frustrating and hard to have this hanging over her for 2.5 years. And of course by that point the people responsible will have moved into other roles on the charity circuit

Frustrating. But maybe more time for stonewall to get some stronger glasses in order to read the writing on the wall.

Thanks for the update. That's a long delay, it must be really disappointing for alison. But a 20 day trial! There must be loads of evidence to go through.

Wow, sounds like the ducks are lining up but bad having to wait till next year, a really important case for sure. Thank you for the update .we will all be watching

Thank you for the update.

Thanks for sharing this.

Was wondering if it should be a new thread. I can understand wanting to keep the info together but many may not bother to check.

Or is it possible to ask MNHQ to edit the title and add today's date?

Another update. The trial has been delayed, it won't be heard until 2022, and has been extended from 8 days to 20.

allisonbailey.co.uk/updates/update-6-trial-moved-back/

Following the Preliminary Hearing on 11 – 12 February, a further case management discussion was held today 19th April before Employment Judge Stout.

The disclosure process (which was supposed to have been completed by 12 March) has not gone smoothly. I have provided all of my documents as and when directed by the Tribunal, but although I have received in excess of 6,000 pages from the other parties, I am still awaiting receipt of a number of categories of documents that have not yet been provided to me. My lawyers are continuing to pursue this.

I cannot give any detail of what I have received in disclosure, but suffice to say there is nothing that has given me or my lawyers any cause for concern at all about my prospects of success.

The main point arising from today is that the Full Merits Hearing (Trial) has now been extended from 8 days to 20 days. The Tribunal (and the lawyers’ diaries) could not accommodate this until April 2022, so the trial has been moved back until then, and is now running from 25 April to 23 May 2022. This means that the hearing on 1-10 June is no longer going ahead. There is another preliminary hearing listed later in June, which may or may not be in public, depending on what happens between now and then.

It is frustrating that the hearing cannot proceed as quickly as I would have liked; by the time of its conclusion, it will be over 2 ½ years from the date of the launch of the LGB Alliance and the Stonewall Complaint against me.

However, the extension from 8 to 20 days will mean that the evidence will be ventilated more extensively. This is therefore some consolation for the delay.

You may have missed the updates.

One for the evening crowd

Bumping again.

Oh I missed that one. Thanks for the heads up, all. Definitely time to start gardening. It feels like spring is coming in more ways than one.

bump this case. When this case starts, it's going to get really interesting

A young disabled girl would like to grow a garden.

Let's show her some support