Mermaids vs LGB Alliance and Charity Commissioner - First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chameber) Thread 2

[nauticant]

The Tribunal started on 9 September, witness testimony started on 12 September.

There is also live tweeting from twitter.com/tribunaltweets.

To obtain access to view the proceedings, send a request email to [email protected] about case CA/2021/0013 - Mermaids vs Charity Commissioner and LGB Alliance and ask for permission to join. You then have to provide certain information and agree to a judge's direction in order to be able to join.

Abbreviations:

J or judge: Presiding Judge, Judge Lynn Griffin
AJ or Judge: Assisted by Judge Joe Neville
MG: Mermaids counsel is Michael Gibbon KC
KM: LGB Alliance counsel is Karon Monaghan KC
AR: Karon is assisted by Akua Reindorf
IS: Charity Commission counsel is Iain Steele

Thread 1: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4629679-mermaids-versus-lgb-alliance-in-court-today
Thread 2: ongoing

Witnesses for the applicant (Mermaids):

Paul Roberts - CEO of LGBT Consortium (12 September)
John Nicolson MP - Deputy Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT+ Rights (13 September)
Dr Belinda Bell - Chair of trustees of Mermaids (?? September)

Witnesses for the respondent (LGB Alliance):

Beverley Jackson - Co-founder and trustee of LGB Alliance (?? September)
Kate Harris - Co-founder and trustee of LGB Alliance (?? September)
Eileen Gallagher OBE - Chair of trustees of LGB Alliance (?? September)

Witness Statements:

Paul Roberts: lgballiance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Paul-Roberts-Witness-Statement-Exhibits.pdf
John Nicolson MP - Not yet available
Dr Belinda Bell: Not yet available
Beverley Jackson: Not yet available
Kate Harris: Not yet available
Eileen Gallagher: Not yet available

Submissions:

lgballiance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Volume-4-Submissions-CA.2021.0013.pdf

(Header format follows the gold standard established by @ickky)

Did I miss a link to the new thread?

Having a new thread is waiting on @MNHQ agreeing to close this one.

Oh do tell!

Yes, don't be shy.

@nauticant Post the new thread and I will lay in wait keep this tab open and vigorously chastise anyone who dares make a post and direct them to the new thread.

Wouldn't not using their own barristers be absolutely shameful in the case that they lost? Their credibility in their 'community' be dashed...

Wouldn't using, rather

<pokes a toe in and wiggles it to see what ickky does>

I'm happy to join ickky filling up the thread - but I have to go out in half an hour.
Shall we get started ickky ?

How very dare you @ImNotAnExpert The the thread is....... hang on

Thanks for the links @TheClogLady. Watching SG made my blood boil. ALL medications are restricted to those with diagnosed medical issues - drs don’t just hand them out on patients say so! Not in the UK anyway. FFS impeding on the kids’ autonomy.

Over 200 posts!

Ok
I'm not a vet but I know what a dog is

I'm not an arboriculturist but I know what a tree is!

200 hundred - that's probably less than half a mile

<sticks tongue out>

I'm not a tree but I still keep away from chain saws

I just posted this on another thread - may as well share if here for the the thread filling:

’Everyone I don’t like is literally Hitler by Rusty Cage:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ToEvz-7trY

<moons in thread's general direction>

where's ickky ?

She has run away.

x post with nobody

I'm not a cactus but I know what a prick is.

Oi ickky get back over here

I'm not a vet but I'll never be over Macho Grande