Allison Bailey v Stonewall - Employment Tribunal hearing Thread 12

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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

Thread 5 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4548160-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-5

Thread 6 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4550451-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-6

Thread 7 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4551757-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-7

Thread 8 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4552521-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-8

Thread 9 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4553181-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-9

Thread 10 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4553754-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-10

Thread 11 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4555145-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-11

Allison Bailey - claimant (4-9, 11-13 May)

Witnesses for the claimant:

Dr Nicola Williams - Fair Play for Women (29 April)
Dr Judith Green - A Woman's Place (29 April)
Kate Barker - LGB Alliance (3 May)
Lisa-Marie Taylor - FiLiA (4 May)

Witnesses for the respondents:

Stephen Lue - barrister for GCC (3-4 May)
Zainab Al-Farabi - ex Stonewall (10 May)
Kirrin Medcalf - head of trans inclusion Stonewall (10 May)
Leslie Thomas - barrister at GCC (13 May)
Sanjay Sood Smith - Stonewall (16 May)
Shaan Knan - LGBT consortium - on STAG (16 May)
Rajiv Menon - joint head of chambers (16-17 May)
Maya Sikand - barrister at GCC (17-18 May)
Mia Hakl-Law - HR senior for GCC (18 May)
Judy Khan - barrister at GCC (19-20 May)
Charlie Tennent - clerk at GCC (20 May)
Luke Harvey - clerk at GCC (20 May)
Louise Hooper - Barrister at GCC (20 May)
Marc Willers - Barrister at GCC (23 May)
Stephen Clark - Barrister at GCC (23 May)
Liz Davies - Barrister at GCC (23 May)
Katherine McGahy (24 May)
Tom Wainwright - Barrister at GCC (24 May)

To come:

Colin Cook - clerk at GCC (24 May)
David de Menezes - GCC, Head of Marketing
David Renton - barrister at GCC (20 May, to continue on 25th May)
Kathryn Cronin - barrister at GCC
Stephanie Harrison - joint head of chambers
Michelle Brewer - barrister at GCC at time, now left and a judge.

I've (coincidentally) had all meetings cancelled this week, so I can multitask like a boss while it's on.

Oh I cleared my diary for MB today grrr

Ah bugger. I'll miss MB.

To be fair, we’d combust if we had DR and MB the same day

I think the two rooms must be due to increased demand due to Michelle Brewer and she's not on now. Am very disappointed to miss her.

They must've shuffled the order by email unless Judge is going off an old timetable but no-one jumped in to correct her.

DR is much calmer today - so far.

I wondered if they would try and get MB last in the hope that they run out of time. All those delaying tactics at the start have paid off.

We're not supposed to share. But if you email the link should come quickly.

IS MB TODAY OR TOMORROW???

On CM’s conduct yesterday, I found this on the Bar Standards Council website which seems a way for the public to voice their opinion:

We are always keen to hear from anyone who has insight into how we can achieve our Equality Objectives. If you have any insight or thoughts about this area of our work, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/our-equality-and-diversity-objectives-and-strategy.html

I've joined for the first time - how to I check my camera and mic are off?

Judge said tomorrow and nobody corrected her.

Oh fuck, I have to be out tomorrow to buy sodding fence panels.

I wondered if they would try and get MB last in the hope that they run out of time. All those delaying tactics at the start have paid off.

I'm thinking that BC is aware of this possibility.

No link so far and emailed before office hours this morning.

sorry but you need to get your own PIN. It’s very easy.

Only person with camera on in my hearing room is 'Molesworth'

DR pulling a Manuel "I know nothing"

WOW DR just admitted there must have been widespread discussions about AB in chambers looking back at the emails.

Thanks for that, I'm waiting for the link. I managed to request it all by myself.

"I didn't know anything" x 10000

I think all the PINs might be the same? Certainly someone logged on with "my" PIN as their username early on in the tribunal. But I suppose that could just be a coincidence?

Important stuff here

Pins are all the same. I've PMed you WLA.

Maybe the NHS intervened for load levelling reasons. There are only so many hypertension crises they can cope with in most regions and maintain patient safety.

Failing to understand how DR understood enough to report AB's phone conversations as problematic but still needed 'education' (I paraphrase) from MB.

PM'ed you @WomensLandArmy