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GLP are going after Sarah Philmore and are going to lose

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fromorbit · 28/08/2025 09:10

Get the popcorn folks. GLP is getting ready to lose again.

They are going after barrister Sarah Phillimore for referring to a man as a man. They think they are going to lawfare her into silence.

Her blog:

Here we are now: Entertain us
I have had now 7 years and counting of the various tactics used to 'silence' those who won't comply with prevailing orthodoxy. How are those tactics holding up?
https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/here-we-are-now-entertain-us?

The only thing is other TAs have already tried this on Phillimore multiple times. They went to the Bar Council their claims were dismissed. They all failed. More to the point this ‘Kate’ is the same guy complaining again who already failed. Sarah Phillimore knows the law and likes explaining it to TAs and making them lose. So she doesn't even resent the attempt.

As Sarah has stated "They pick on someone who not only enjoys this but has now a vast repository of knowledge about the law in this area."

Sarah Phillimore

Because I don’t tweet as a public body, an employer or provider of goods or services. I am not subject to the Equality Act. I tweet as a private individual and I will say again. You can’t change sex. A man cannot be a woman. I cannot be compelled to call a man a woman.

A trans identifying man such as ‘Kate’ who frequently takes to the public stage to urge violence against women and declare his intent to enter women’s spaces, is a dangerous man and one who will attract public comment.

Follow the fun on X
https://x.com/SVPhillimore

Here we are now: Entertain us

I have had now 7 years and counting of the various tactics used to 'silence' those who won't comply with prevailing orthodoxy. How are those tactics holding up?

https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/here-we-are-now-entertain-us

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Sammybabes16 · 27/12/2025 00:02

Then in TERF land most feminists are not feminists. Seriously you need to get out more and see what most women think are the issues. It’s not some random guy in a dress

Sammybabes16 · 27/12/2025 00:01

You too. You do realise the real danger to women is the real misogynists likeTrump, Farage and their ilk? Not some random trans woman using the bathroom right? I think TERFs are so deep into their hatred they have lost all perspective of what women are actually fighting for

murasaki · 27/12/2025 00:01

Any woman who pretends a man is a woman is not a feminist.

Sammybabes16 · 26/12/2025 23:59

your lack of self awareness is quite incredible. You do realise you are in the sane side as those lot punching down on trans people? The vast majority of real feminist groups support trans rights. I know this is an inconvenient truth for TERFs.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 26/12/2025 23:49

Happy Foxing Day to you too Sammy 😂 🦊

murasaki · 26/12/2025 23:41

Sammybabes16 · 26/12/2025 23:37

TERFs are just crazy. Their entire existence is based on punching down on the trans community. Terfs are not feminists but are on the same side as Trump, Farage and the rest of the real misogynists. Terfs will scream at this but it’s the truth.

🤣🤣🤣

Sammybabes16 · 26/12/2025 23:37

TERFs are just crazy. Their entire existence is based on punching down on the trans community. Terfs are not feminists but are on the same side as Trump, Farage and the rest of the real misogynists. Terfs will scream at this but it’s the truth.

fromorbit · 26/12/2025 18:51

Happy Foxing Day!

In which we commemorate a dead fox battered by a crazy kimono guy.

Case updates - Sarah is actually being investigated again thanks to JM's complaints.

I end the year, for the second time in only 3 years, facing investigation by my regulator for my online speech. The Good Law Project's complaint of August 2025 was not, as I hoped, rejected at first sift, but has been referred on to the Investigations and Enforcement Team at the Bar Standards Board, who will 'review' the case file in early January 2026.
was given this information after emailing twice in December to request information on progress and timescales, given that the complaint was now over 3 months old.
This potentially causes difficulties for me. The limitation period in defamation is one year. So I have until late August 2026 to issue against Jolyon Maugham. If the BSB agree with him that my conduct has brought the my profession into disrepute, then I assume this will give him a better chance to claim a defence of truth. However, the last investigation into my conduct by the BSB took about 18 months to complete so I am unlikely to know their position until after the limitation period expires.
I guess we will just have to wait and see. I will hope to speed up the process by making it clear that it will be necessary to suspend or disbar me to stop me making public comment as a barrister in this necessary and important debate. I will continue to assert that I do not accept any of my public comment crosses the line into speech which is sufficiently seriously discreditable to allow regulatory censure. The fact that some people genuinely find what I say offensive, is not sufficient to operate as a fetter my rights under article 10 ECHR - at least not on the case law as I understand it.
Mr Maugham had 14 days to respond to my LBA which pleasingly runs out on Christmas Eve. I have heard nothing at the time of writing (Sunday 21 December)
As ever, I will keep you posted.

In further news GLP has responded to the letter of action with a letter.

Response to the LBA
But sadly it doesn't say much!
The GLP claim it can't respond to my letter as I have not complied with para 3.2 of the Media Protocol which requires me to set out the alleged factual inaccuracies within any statement complained of and give a sufficient explanation to enable the defendant to appreciate why the statement is inaccurate. The GLP have asked for more details.
I am not sure what else I can say other than 'I didn't lead a campaign of harassment, I simply exercised my lawful and protected rights to speak against the public behaviour of Mr Weddell, and I think he's lying when he says this made him try to kill himself'.
https://nitter.net/SVPhillimore/status/2003452823761981558

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ArabellaScott · 12/12/2025 23:33

moto748e · 11/12/2025 20:34

The other day I saw JM described on SM as a "Remainer lawyer".

Presumably where 'Remainer' means 'good guy'.

Just a typo. It's 'remainder lawyer'.

HildegardP · 12/12/2025 23:27

It's odd how fast "Progressives" have forgotten cheering Heseltine in Parliament Square & stanning Grieves, Gawke, et al. Now they've wiped their own memories they tell themselves that hands across the aisle on sex & gender can only mean we're all in the pay of Big Evangelical & Trump. It's infantile.

BezMills · 12/12/2025 16:54

Politics makes strange bedfellows! I was on the same side as Jols re brexit but we differ on many, perhaps most, other topics.

moto748e · 11/12/2025 20:34

The other day I saw JM described on SM as a "Remainer lawyer".

Presumably where 'Remainer' means 'good guy'.

fromorbit · 11/12/2025 20:13

Fox basher has published his response to the letter on Bluesky. It is as silly as you might expect. Looks like it is going to court. We are going to need a bigger thread folks!!!

Good luck Sarah!

Details:
https://nitter.net/SVPhillimore/status/1999173448564666661

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Charabanc · 11/12/2025 12:10

Weddell's now going to have to admit that the "pills" he took were homeopathic, IIRC 🤔

Can't believe that the fox killer has tied his wagon to Sparkles. He must have been desperate for a case to bring. To keep the grift going.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 11/12/2025 12:08

IANAL but it looks impressive to me!

fromorbit · 11/12/2025 10:59

Letter is here. Will the fox basher cave?/ Not looking good for him.

Letter before Action
I publish here my letter to Jolyon Maugham. There is no freedom of speech to tell harmful lies about others.

https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/letter-before-action?

Letter before Action

I publish here my letter to Jolyon Maugham. There is no freedom of speech to tell harmful lies about others.

https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/letter-before-action

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SabrinaThwaite · 10/12/2025 23:07

Seriestwo · 08/12/2025 00:39

Waddell and Herbert of the ‘cule interviewed Baker on their little podcast. It was awful, the connection dropped out every 3 seconds but the brave lads just filled in th gaps with giggles and applause. It seeemed clear baker was further up the hierarchy than they were so him bing annoyed that GLP wouldn’t take his car make sense

Thank you for taking one for the team.

I’m not sure my blood pressure would have coped with that.

BezMills · 08/12/2025 12:41

I think the Romani have a tough reputation so that is probably one thing that is attractive for a pretender.

I remember when I was working in Provence, I was told by friends that a lot of people said they were Corsican (more than they were!) because the Corsois had a very tough reputation also. If you could get a car registered in Corsica it was less likely to be vandalised etc (so I was told).

Ereshkigalangcleg · 08/12/2025 00:40

SionnachRuadh · 07/12/2025 13:31

Just about the only time I'll lean into my Romani heritage is when I see gadje ostentatiously taking offence on behalf of a community that they really really obviously don't belong to or know anything about. You get a lot of this in certain corners of Reddit.

Sometimes I wonder if there's a thing of young women adopting fake ethnicities or baroque gender identities or chronic illnesses with fuzzy diagnostic criteria, purely for the joy of telling people off.

I think there’s definitely that thing.

Seriestwo · 08/12/2025 00:39

Waddell and Herbert of the ‘cule interviewed Baker on their little podcast. It was awful, the connection dropped out every 3 seconds but the brave lads just filled in th gaps with giggles and applause. It seeemed clear baker was further up the hierarchy than they were so him bing annoyed that GLP wouldn’t take his car make sense

Chersfrozenface · 07/12/2025 16:07

ArabellaScott · 07/12/2025 15:23

He has since changed his name, now calls himself after a fantasy vampire, iirc.

That looks like just an online name on social media.

Still using Kizzy Lavender Lee-Wimbridge e.g. in court.

ArabellaScott · 07/12/2025 15:25

'Mircalla Karnstein'

ArabellaScott · 07/12/2025 15:23

Chersfrozenface · 07/12/2025 08:26

Oh, and in the case of the pretend woman appearing in court next week, given that his profile on FetLife notes a sexual interest in BDSM and redheads, amongst other things, it seems likely that he took his new name from a red-headed female porn performer who goes by the pseudonym (presumably) “Kizzy Lee", and who has videos on FetLife which involve extreme bondage and torture scenarios.

He has since changed his name, now calls himself after a fantasy vampire, iirc.

SionnachRuadh · 07/12/2025 13:31

Just about the only time I'll lean into my Romani heritage is when I see gadje ostentatiously taking offence on behalf of a community that they really really obviously don't belong to or know anything about. You get a lot of this in certain corners of Reddit.

Sometimes I wonder if there's a thing of young women adopting fake ethnicities or baroque gender identities or chronic illnesses with fuzzy diagnostic criteria, purely for the joy of telling people off.

DrProfessorYaffle · 07/12/2025 08:45

JanesLittleGirl · 06/12/2025 22:08

Erm.. I am going to read this. Older people round my way use Diddicoy as a casual racial slur for travelling people.

The girl in tthe book is othered and treated as an outsider, hence the title.

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