Allison Bailey v Stonewall - Employment Tribunal hearing Thread 5

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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

I need coloured paper for the visual processing issues connected with autism.

Well, my manager refused me a printer and green paper so I struggle through as best I can but coloured paper would really help.

@nauticant Someone is complaining about your name in the chat box

Breaking until 11.06 as next SW witness not there yet. ffs

Well, if you can't shut down debate at least you can stall it and shorten it as mush as possible....

What happens if he just doesn't turn up?

*much -mush= my brain

In contempt? Am sure SK is coming but this won't help with anxiety about giving evidence. I'd not want to arrive and go straight into it.

@nauticant someone is objecting to your users name in the chat. Do they not know who you are?!?

Well, my manager refused me a printer and green paper so I struggle through as best I can but coloured paper would really help.

Can I ask how it helps? Would like to understand.

Wow, IdisagreeMrHochhauser, what a fascinating example of monitoring of our threads here. Do I now have a fan/stalker?

Just to be clear, that isn't me.

Well I never.

Same to CatsOperatingInGangs. How strange.

I've been diagnosed with Irlen syndrome but that's a brand name really and visual stress or visual processing disorder would better describe it.

I can barely function under fluorescent lighting and the glare from white surfaces is difficult to cope with. Black text on white paper is difficult to read. The text all has a halo around it so I find it harder to process. Green for me just dampens down the reflections off the page and makes me sigh with relief.

I'm not dyslexic and have several degrees so it isn't a problem with reading per se but a problem with coping and processing light.

The flip side is that I'm highly sensitive and have been called a 'light worker' by friends in the healing world. It makes working in an office a right old bugger but makes me a much better photographer. Swings and roundabouts.

I would make the tribunal clerk aware that you are a known regular poster on mumsnet and it isn't you and it's a bit of a coincidence that someone has chosen that name.

That’s very interesting. Why would someone who is not you, use your user name? Shenanigans indeed.

More dirty tactics. So predictable.

Thank you, I appreciate the explanation, Idisagree.

Who is Nauticant?

You make a fair point Ereshkigalangcleg but I steer hard away from linking separate Internet/real world identities I have so I'll let that game carry on unless it becomes an issue.

It looks like someone else here has posted it.

Oh - sorry.

Just realised what you meant.

As you were people. I have two poorly dogs in the house and I'm not at my sharpest at the moment.

I’m trying desperately to get into the feed for the Tribunal, it’s just bloody irritating now 😖

Let's move to the new thread!

How is the name Nauticant offensive?