Allison Bailey v Stonewall - Employment Tribunal hearing Thread 5

[ickky]

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

Yep, me too.

Ditto ickky, assuming this means issue raised in case management is complex?

Wait. What?

I thought it was recorded and/or transcribed? Is that not the case?

The GCC barrister said it was very serious but also that it would take ten minutes.

No, no audio/video record and no transcription. It was the same as the Maya Forstater case which also was an Employment Tribunal.

From experience, never trust a barrister’s ‘ten minutes’!

Back in.

We're in. And Guest3 is on a bus with his video on... 🙄

Guy in car 😂

😂😂😂Just got in and At Last by Etta James was blasting out from someone.

Well the accidental musical intro was apt!

There is a note on the joining page (I think) which said that only the judge is permitted to make an audio recording, but nobody else is allowed to record video/audio.

There’s a guy combing his beard who is perfect.

That taxi driver! 😂

What a beard. Is that Stonewall's Head of Lesbianism?

Guest 3 making himself at home!

Combing his beard
Is that some sort of coded message? 😂

There's about 230 people in the hearing, so maybe around 220 observers.

Long time lurker - I'm just getting a clack screen and no-one is presenting message. Is this right?

EJ gives the cause of the closed case management hearing: One of next week's witnesses has been the subject of abuse and a physical threat on twitter.

working now.

I'm in and listening to the judge

Witness has been threatened on Twitter. Judge reminds everyone that intimidating witnesses is wrong, and action should be taken against anyone who does. No suggestion that they will close tribunal to public in response, though.

3... 2 ... 1 ... and you're back in the room

Guest3 has left his phone in a taxi!