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Hello and welcome to day 5 of Denise Fahmy's employment tribunal against Arts Council England (ACE), with counsels' closing submissions starting at 10.30am.
Catch up with yesterday & all other live tweeting sessions at our substack. tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/denise-fahmy…
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As permission for remote access was refused, the Tribunal tweets reporters are attending this hearing in person.
It's a beautiful sunny day here.
It's a beautiful sunny day here.
Abbreviations:
EJ or J: Employment Judge Shepherd
DF or C : Denise Fahmy, claimant
AC or R: Arts Council England, respondent
AP: Anya Palmer, barrister for DF
AM: Aileen McColgan KC, barrister for AC
EJ or J: Employment Judge Shepherd
DF or C : Denise Fahmy, claimant
AC or R: Arts Council England, respondent
AP: Anya Palmer, barrister for DF
AM: Aileen McColgan KC, barrister for AC
'Hoyle said: “Parliamentarians, who have been elected to speak up for their constituents, should be able to attend their own party conference without fear of harm. Too many people have been targeted for their opinion or the office they hold. In order to...
thetimes.co.uk/article/703159…
thetimes.co.uk/article/703159…
..protect democracy, we need to ensure those participating can do so without threats of intimidation.”...(Duffield) believes we should be worried that so many young females are turning their backs on being a woman to become non-binary.
“Why are women so desperate to divorce...
“Why are women so desperate to divorce...
...themselves from everything they associate with being female?” she said. “Why are they so uncomfortable? Why is it such a terrible place to be? These are questions that need answering and need to be discussed sensibly. It certainly rings massive alarm bells for people like me..
The summary of the #Forstater judgment by discrimination law expert @akuareindorf should be essential reading on the importance of belief as a protected characteristic not just for employers but for service providers & membership organisations 1/
Such organisations should review their policies to avoid the potential sanctioning of discrimination, harassment or victimisation on the grounds of protected beliefs on sex & gender & avoid compelled speech. Also a reminder that #freedomofexpression 2/7
And the right to #FreedomOfSpeech includes ‘not only the inoffensive but the irritating, the contentious, the eccentric, the heretical, the unwelcome & the provocative provided it does not provoke violence’ 3/7
