Allison Bailey v Stonewall - Employment Tribunal hearing Thread 13

[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

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The subject heading of the email request should read

“MEDIA OR PUBLIC ACCESS REQUEST – Case number 2202172/2020 - Ms A Bailey – 25th April 2022.

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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

Thread 12 www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4555687-allison-bailey-v-stonewall-employment-tribunal-hearing-thread-12

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 - Bar Council Ethics Committee's VC (24 May)
Tom Wainwright - Barrister at GCC (24 May)
Colin Cook - clerk at GCC (24 May
David Renton - barrister at GCC (20 May, to concluded on 25th May)
David de Menezes - GCC, Head of Marketing

To come:

Michelle Brewer - barrister at GCC at time, now left and a judge.
Kathryn Cronin - barrister at GCC
Stephanie Harrison - joint head of chambers

Own-goal for Hochhauser 😂

First time watching online. I had to take a lunchtime nap after Menezzzz-es performance this morning😴

Thank you @ickky and all for threads and posts, support items, and of course most of all Allison.

Yes he did, too funny.

That's how it appeared. His Faux Outrage went into overdrive. Quite funny.

BC: "You caused damage to the reputation of Garden Court Chambers by giving credence to unimportant twitter trolls"

🙌

"If you're going to do a thoughtful analysis of reputational harm you should really look at the people complaining carefully"

oh Ben, you hero

Oh AH shakes head, you should really let Ben finish his questions. Then you'd look less of a tool.

Well. There were 24 different twitter accounts. A storm worth. Can’t know them all.

Personally I'd like DdM to be over now he's sending me to sleep

I know Debbie generates mixed opinions but she's done sterling work in this area. I met her at LGB Alliance conference and had a photo.

Then had one with James Dreyfus

It's all coming out now. DDM sided with a disreputable twitter troll against demonstrably reputable support for AB.

DdM has just undermined his point about "anonymous twitter accounts can be SO influential" by being unable to recognise actual influential accounts of well-known people.

first time listening in today - this is painful

This bloke is like Russ in Friends. ' It takes him like, what, a week, to get a sentence out?!'

This episode is going to be the most boring episode in the Allison Bailey Versus mini series.

The previous episode would have given a in the next episode teaser of MB about to give evidence only to discover in the opening segment that that had gone to pot and it's now a while episode of Ben trying to get DDM to answer a simple yes or no on at least , for the love of god, one single solitary question.

Is it time for HE'S DEAD BEN yet?

I just laughed out loud, @Appalonia 😂

Did BC put him right? Tribunal Tweets doesn't say!

So GCC was the victim of bullies and bullying.
And they caved right in to the bullies, throwing AB to the bullies to protect themselves. Rather than stand up for their own colleague who did nothing wrong except defend women's and homosexuals' especially lesbians' rights.
Disgraceful.

Honestly, what barrister would choose this chambers if this is their director of communications and marketing

DM at the wheel of slow-motion car crash when AH chucks a grenade over his shoulder into the back seat! 😂

😂😂😂

DDM looks like he's about to cry.

Oh please let that be it

Think this might be Ben done? Please.

So when GCC say their motto is 'Do right and fear no one' they actually mean....?