Tuesday 9th March - could be a big day

[Xanthangum]

1. Helen Staniland and Glinner giving evidence to the Commons

1. Fair Play For Women VS UK Statistics Authority at Royal Courts of Justice at 10am

1. The Court of Appeal and Harry/ We Are Fair Cop - The Court of Appeal will examine the validity of the College of Police Hate Crimes Guidance

I wanted to start a thread where any major decisions or outcomes and links to anyone live tweeting or online footage. See you back here tomorrow!

Thanks OP.

Court of Appeal live stream link:

www.judiciary.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/going-to-court/court-of-appeal-home/the-court-of-appeal-civil-division-live-streaming-of-court-hearings/

Starts at 2pm.

Thank you! Placemarking.

These legal challenges are so important.

Are the HOL hearings recorded in Hansard? I would love for the Staniland question to be entered into the public record for future generations. 😀

Not sure about Hansard but I'm pretty sure all the evidence is published @BettyFilous

ONS Challenge - FPFW have tweeted a summary, if anyone wants a refresher of what it's all about.

twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1369174084186161153?s=20

Place marking. I'm off out n an hour or so, will be well off line, but will come back later and catch up!

Thanks!

And Wednesday Scottish govt debates stage 3 of the hate crime bill.

Thank you! Missed this.

Good idea to have a thread like this for updates and links to the more detailed threads for all of the events. I will be following threads here & any live tweeting.

Anybody going to be there and livetweeting or similar?

Oh I might have to turn my camera off on teams to check this thread save on bandwidth.

I'll have Zoom, Google Meet/GoWebinar on 2 devices on the broadband and will be checking MN from a mobile.

@AdHominemNonSequitur

Follow #FPFWvONS on twitter for live tweets. Starts at 2pm. I'll try and transcribe for peeps with no Twitter

Follow #FPFWvONS for live twitter updates throughout the day. Proceedings start 10am Tuesday 9th March /1

Is it the general stuff in the morning and the nub in the afternoon?

Thanks for this!

Ah crap. I got them infused. You are correct 10am. I'll delete my post to avoid confusion .

Interested Party, the Minister for The Cabinet Office? Does that mean Michael Gove will be in attendance, does anyone know?

Thanks, AdHom.

If a claimant considers that any person is directly affected by the claim, they must identify that person as an interested party and serve the Claim Form on that person.A defendant must also identify in its Acknowledgement of Service a person whom the defendant considers is an interested party because the person is directly affected by the decision challenged and the Court will consider making that person an interested party when considering the application for permission to apply for judicial review. Where a person who is a potential defendant or interested party has not been named or served with the Claim Form, the Court may direct that they be added as a party, that the claim be served on that person, and the person may make representations or lodge an Acknowledgement of Service if the person so wishes.

It seems to be that the cabinet office has to be an interested party because any decision will directly affect policy. Perhaps? Any better ideas?
I think a bold fail might happen

ooh lucky. Forgot to say, this is from The Administrative Court: Judicial Review Guide

I'm actually pretty optimistic about this, even if we don't get the results we want. There are so many cases at the moment, and so many more coming. It feels like sunlight is flooding in at a rate of knots.

Standing at the back of the virtual courtroom.

Indeed. FPFW: "Win or lose we have secured a victory today. Against the odds and under immense time pressure we have succeeded in getting this issue heard in court before Census Day.

ONS will be held to account today. They ignored women and data experts but they cannot ignore the court."

Is there a way to watch FPFW proceedings? I have googled, but can't find it.

It'd be a lot more interesting than whatever is going on at GMTV.

Judge: Mr Justice Swift
Defence Counsel: Sir James Edie QC
Claimant Counsel: Mr Jason Coppel QC

/1

Permission for live tweeting granted by the Judge.
Some IT technical issues delaying the start of the hearing /2

Will be an interesting day for sure. Planting myself here to keep up, thanks for starting xanthangum