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Good morning, we are at the Employment Tribunal today for day 1 of Denise Fahmy v Arts Council England (ACE). Denise claims she was victimised and harassed due to her gender critical beliefs.
The alleged detriments occurred after Denise spoke in support of ACE awarding a grant to the LGB Alliance @AllianceLGB
We have been told there will be no remote access to the hearing, observers must attend in person. We have made a formal application for permission to live tweet proceedings. We understand this request will be addressed by the Judge when the hearing starts #OpenJustice
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We are reporting for the first time from a Disciplinary Tribunal Panel of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) this morning at 10am.

The independent panel will hear submissions & decide if the IFoA has the legal right to discipline former member, Patrick Lee.
#OpenJustice
The substantive issues on freedom of speech relating to complaints about social media posts Patrick Lee made whilst he was an member will not be considered today.
The issue today is whether IFoA Rule 4.4 of the Disciplinary Scheme is invalidated by Bye-Laws 27 (any Rule “contrary to, or different from” the Bye-Laws shall be “invalid"), & 59, which does not refer to former members. The Rules and the Regulatio...Disciplinary procedures 59....4.4 References to the Respo...
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We are waiting for a decision from the Judge on access to report a freedom of expression and belief case, a criminal conviction appeal, R v David McConnell at Leeds Crown Court today and tomorrow.

#OpenJustice
leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-new…
David McConnell, a street preacher convicted of harrassment last year, is appealing against his conviction. He was also reported to Prevent the counter-terrorism body.

We will report if we are granted access.

christianconcern.com/cccases/dave-m…
. @CPSUK's barrister last year said “People have the right to hold opinions and express their views. But when words cross the line between a legitimate expression of religious views, and become distressing & threatening, the CPS will prosecute offenders if our legal test is met."
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A thread in praise of people who do their thing....

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@helenstaniland was so dogged in asking this question it was named after her. Image
@LilyLilyMaynard writes the first draft of history, documenting protests and events lilymaynard.com

She also sews a mean banner Image
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The concluding day of the Article 2 inquest into the death of Christopher Nota, Day 16, will be starting at 2pm

Area Coroner for Essex Mr Sean Horstead is sitting without a jury

This inquest discusses suicide and self-harm

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I report on twitter contemporaneously, and as accurately as I am able.

At times, especially on concluding days, it is simply impossible to catch anything but snippets of dialogue.

I always do my best to share as much with you as I can.

I am attending court remotely.

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Usually when reporting, I indicate where I [missed chunks] or I've used [paraphrase].

While reporting today I will use the convention of ... to indicate missed speech, to save me having to take the time to type [missed] because I anticipate it will happen a lot

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Day 15 of the Article 2 compliant inquest touching on the death of Christopher Nota will begin shortly.

Area Coroner for Essex Mr Sean Horstead sits without a jury

This inquest discusses suicide and self-harm

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I report contemporaneously, as accurately as I am able. This is not a transcript.

I was pleasantly surprised at how twitter held up yesterday, and hope to finish this inquest by live tweeting.

This is the penultimate day

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5 Interested Persons represented by counsel

Chris's family by @TomStoate of @DoughtyStreet

@EPUTNHS by Briony Ballard of @serjeantsinn

Hart House by Laura Nash of @SJBnews

@SouthendCityC by Alex Denton of @ropewalklaw

Southend CCG, now @MSEssex_ICS by Nageena Khalique KC

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The resumed inquest into the death of Christopher Nota is due to start shortly. It was adjourned after 3 wks back in September. This is Day 14 of this Article 2 inquest.

Area Coroner for Essex Mr Sean Horstead sits without a jury

This inquest discusses suicide and self-harm

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I report contemporaneously, as accurately as I am able. This is not a transcript.

I am concerned about recent changes to twitter and its stability. If once I start I find it is not possible to tweet fully and accurately due to technical glitches then I'll stop and blog later

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5 Interested Persons represented by counsel

Chris's family by @TomStoate of @DoughtyStreet

@EPUTNHS by Briony Ballard of @serjeantsinn

Hart House by Laura Nash of @SJBnews

@SouthendCityC by Alex Denton of @ropewalklaw

Southend CCG, now @MSEssex_ICS by Nageena Khalique KC

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Welcome to the Judicial Review brought by claimants:

Good Law Project (GLP)
2 adults,
2 children
Gendered Intelligence (GDI)

Vs

NHS England & several Trusts

regarding adults & children accessing gender identity/dysphoria services.

10.30 Start

tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/good-law-pro…
The Claimants argue on 6 Grounds:
archive.ph/4Py4L

The case is being heard at High Court in London, before Judge Mr. Justice Chamberlain, with 10 attendees, including Tribunal Tweets, accessing remotely. We have been given permission to live tweet the proceedings.
Abbrevs:

J - Judge Mr. Justice Chamberlain

Claimants:

C1 - a child, acting by her father
C2 - a child, acting by her mother
C3 - Alexander Harvey
C4 - Eva Echo
C5 - Gendered Intelligence, a 'trans led' charity
C6 - Good Law Project Ltd

DL - David Locke KC, counsel of GLP
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Good morning and welcome to DAY 2 of the Judicial Review (JR), brought by Public Child Protection Wales (PCPW) v Welsh Government (WG).
The review is of WG's new mandatory curriculum of Relationships & Sexuality Education (RSE) for primary schools in Wales

Further details and information about this action can be found on our substack:

#OpenJustice

tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/judicial-rev…
We expect to start at 10.30am

Abbreviations

J: Judge, the Honourable Mrs Justice Steyn

Petitioner -

PCPW: Public Child Protection (Wales), the petitioner. (four mothers and one father)

PD: Paul Diamond, Barrister for PCPW

C: the claimants: four mothers and one father
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Every six weeks or so, we step back and take a look at how the Court of Protection is doing in relation to open justice and transparency. Here's our assessment for 14th November listings and the last six weeks of observation. @HMCTSgovuk Slide:  Assessing the performance of the Court of Protection
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We've added another 2 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) since last time.

They still represent a fairly modest collection of requirements for us to be able to support the judicial commitment to #openjustice and transparency in the Court of Protection. Our first 7 key performance indicators for Open Justice in t
@HMCTSgovuk 3/

So how well did the Court of Protection do in meeting the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) today?

Spoiler: Not very well at all. But there's room for optimism. The pattern of success and failure makes clear there's one obvious solution! @HMCTSgovuk

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Catch up on our reporting on this week's judicial review in Edinburgh and check out our new feature - links to articles in the press.

The rolled up threads make reading our daily court reports on twitter easy.

Sign up to stay in touch.

#OpenJustice
tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/for-women-sc…
For media coverage on the Gender Reform Act in Scotland, take a look at articles here. tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/press-covera…
Sign up to our substack to stay in touch. It's free and run by our volunteers.

Our last periodic newsletter was on Mermaids case against the @ChtyCommission re the @ALLIANCELGB registration, and press coverage.

#OpenJustice
tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/sentinel-vol…
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Today we hope to be reporting on a permissions application for a judicial review in Birmingham. A teacher raised safeguarding concerns about social transition of a primary school child to her school, the governing body, local authority and diocese.
tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/primary-teac…
Proceedings scheduled to start at 10:30. A permissions hearing is a process hearing. These can be difficult to live tweet, so the format of reporting may be different. At this point, none of the parties have been publicly named.
#openjustice
We will be applying to the judge at the beginning of proceedings for permission to live tweet. This is customary and the judge will probably impose some restrictions on our reporting, usually names of the parties and other details.
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Good Morning and welcome to DAY 1 of the two-day discontinuance hearing of Social Work England (SWE) and Westminster Council (WC) against a social worker, who we refer to as RM.

The tribunal is fully remote and we expect to start at 9.30AM.

#OpenJustice
Originally this was a fitness to practice tribunal for RM, but on 13th Oct, SWE changed course and 'the allegations are now subject to an application to be discontinued in full'.

Further details on this here: ebswa.org/post/social-wo…
Once the hearing has begun, the submissions by Sarah Phillimore Counsel for RM will be made available at:
ebswa.org/post/social-wo…
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A Medical Practitioners Tribunal found cosmetic surgeon Dr Christopher Inglefield misled a serious incident review meeting.

His actions were dishonest.

#OpenJustice #Surgery #MedTwitter lbps.co.uk/plastic-surger…
At a serious incident review meeting with the Phoenix Hospital Group on 16/11/18, Dr Inglefield lied about his practice, London Bridge Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Clinic informing the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of a serious clinical incident on 7/8/18
mpts-uk.org/hearings-and-d…
The tribunal has found Dr Inglefield’s fitness to practise to be impaired by reason of his misconduct. We requested the finding of facts that were handed down last week and will post on our substack when received. tribunaltweets.substack.com

#OpenJustice #Surgery #MedTwitter
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We’ll report on Monday, if given permission, on a hearing of potential significance for all professional regulators and the social work profession.

It's the fitness to practice review hearing concerning the appeal by a gender critical social worker against SWE.

#OpenJustice
Following a disciplinary hearing, the social worker was issued a warning by @SocialWorkEng for “offensive” Facebook posts about Mermaids and “gender identity” policies on her private FB page.

SWE will not defend its position so the hearing has been reduced from 5 to 2 days.
See more in this statement from @ebswa.

"The official warning followed a complaint by a single person that posts by the social worker on her private Facebook page were ‘offensive’ and ‘disgusting’ because they criticised the concept of gender identity." ebswa.org/post/social-wo…
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Day 11 of Christopher Nota's Article 2 inquest will shortly be starting.

Area Coroner for Essex Mr Sean Horstead sits without a jury.

This inquest discusses suicide and self-harm.

I report contemporaneously, as accurately as I am able. This is not a transcript.

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5 Interested Persons represented by counsel

Chris's family by @TomStoate of @DoughtyStreet

@EPUTNHS by Briony Ballard of @serjeantsinn

Hart House by Laura Nash of @SJBnews

@SouthendCityC by Alex Denton of @ropewalklaw

Southend CCG, now @MSEssex_ICS by Nageena Khalique KC

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I attend court remotely

I report as much as I am able, however speech is fast, and *this is not* a full or complete transcript of proceedings.

My tweets are rarely exactly in real time as I try to capture as much as I can, and tweet them once a thread is full/ time permits

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Day 10 of Christopher Nota's Article 2 inquest is due to start shortly.

Area Coroner for Essex Mr Sean Horstead sits without a jury.

This inquest discusses suicide and self-harm.

I report contemporaneously, as accurately as I am able. This is not a transcript.

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5 Interested Persons represented by counsel

Chris's family by @TomStoate of @DoughtyStreet

@EPUTNHS by Briony Ballard of @serjeantsinn

Hart House by Laura Nash of @SJBnews

@SouthendCityC by Alex Denton of @ropewalklaw

Southend CCG, now @MSEssex_ICS by Nageena Khalique KC

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I am attending court remotely

I report as much as I am able, however speech is fast, and *this is not* a full or complete transcript of proceedings.

My tweets are rarely in real time as I try to capture as much as I can, and tweet them once a thread is full/I have time

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Day 9 of Christopher Nota's Article 2 inquest will start shortly.

Area Coroner for Essex Mr Sean Horstead sits without a jury.

This inquest discusses suicide and self-harm.

I report contemporaneously, as accurately as I am able. This is not a transcript.

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5 Interested Persons represented by counsel

Chris's family by @TomStoate of @DoughtyStreet

@EPUTNHS by Briony Ballard of @serjeantsinn

Hart House by Laura Nash of @SJBnews

@SouthendCityC by Alex Denton of @ropewalklaw

Southend CCG, now @MSEssex_ICS by Nageena Khalique KC

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I attend court remotely

I report as much as I am able, however speech is fast, and *this is not* a full or complete transcript of proceedings.

My tweets are often not exactly in real time as I try to capture as much as I can, and tweet them once a thread is full/I have time

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Day 8 of Christopher Nota's Article 2 inquest will start shortly.

Area Coroner for Essex Mr Sean Horstead sits without a jury.

This inquest discusses suicide and self-harm.

I report contemporaneously, as accurately as I am able. This is not a transcript.

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There are 5 IPs represented by counsel

Chris's family by @TomStoate of @DoughtyStreet

@EPUTNHS by Briony Ballard of @serjeantsinn

Hart House by Laura Nash of @SJBnews

@SouthendCityC by Alex Denton of @ropewalklaw

Southend CCG, now @MSEssex_ICS by Nageena Khalique KC

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I'm attending remotely.

I report as much as I am able, however speech is fast, and *this is not* a full or complete transcript of proceedings.

My tweets will often not be exactly in real time as I try to capture as much as I can, and then tweet them once a thread is full.

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Good afternoon & welcome to DAY 10, of Bernard Randell v Trent College. We expect Neil Finlay, a governor, to continue giving evidence, followed by Deborah Evans, Chair of Board of Governors.

2PM start

Catch up with this morning here:
archive.ph/CkCM6

#OpenJustice
Abbrevs:
BR - Bernard Randall

TC - Trent College

RO - Richard O’Dair, barrister for BR

PW - Paul Wilson, barrister for TC

EJ - Employment Judge

Panel - other members of the tribunal
E&C - Educate & Celebrate, providers of diversity & inclusion training to schools, also an ‘awards scheme’ for participating schools.

PC - Protected Characteristic

WS - Witness Statement

C - Claimant

D - Defendant
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The seventh day of Christopher Nota's Article 2 inquest will start shortly.

Area Coroner for Essex Mr Sean Horstead sits without a jury.

This inquest discusses suicide and self-harm.

I report contemporaneously, as accurately as I am able. This is not a transcript.

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There are 5 IPs represented by counsel

Chris's family by @TomStoate of @DoughtyStreet

@EPUTNHS by Briony Ballard of @serjeantsinn

Hart House by Laura Nash of @SJBnews

@SouthendCityC by Alex Denton of @ropewalklaw

Southend CCG, now @MSEssex_ICS by Nageena Khalique KC

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I attend remotely.

I report as much as I am able, however speech is fast, and *this is not* a full or complete transcript of proceedings.

Where possible I indicate where I have [missed chunks] or where it's [my paraphrase] or I'm uncertain [?]

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Good Morning & welcome to DAY 10, (Wednesday 21st Sept) of Bernard Randell v Trent College.

10am start.

Catch up with yesterday and the rest of the case here:

archive.ph/n6TR4

#OpenJustice
After a schedule change requested by the Judge, today we expect William Penty, Head of Trent College, to conclude giving evidence, followed by Deborah Evans, Chair of Board of Govenors and Neil Finlay, a governor - both also concluding today.
Abbrevs:
BR - Bernard Randall

TC - Trent College

RO - Richard O’Dair, barrister for BR

PW - Paul Wilson, barrister for TC

EJ - Employment Judge

Panel - other members of the tribunal
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Good Morning & welcome to DAY 5 of Mermaids v Charity Commission & LGB Alliance. Catch up with previous days here:

tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/mermaids-vs-…

Today we expect Kate Harris of LGBA to continue giving evidence followed by Ellen Gallagher of LGBA.

10AM start
#OpenJustice
Abbrevs:

J or Judge - Judge Lynn Griffin, Presiding Judge,
AJ - Judge Joe Neville, Assistant to Judge
MM - Mermaids, the appellant
MG - Michael Gibbon KC, Counsel for Mermaids 

CC - Charity Commission, the first respondent
IS - Iain Steele, Charity Commission counsel
LGBA - LGB Alliance, the second respondent
KM - Karon Monaghan KC - Counsel for LGBA
AR - Akua Reindorf, Assistant to KM
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We're shortly going to be starting Day 3 of Chris Nota's Article 2 inquest which is being heard by Mr Sean Horstead at Essex Coroner's Court.

It's a hybrid hearing, with some witnesses attending remotely.

We're due to hear from two live witnesses today.

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A reminder that this is contemporaneous reporting, it is not a transcript and should not be relied upon as such.

Reporting is as accurate as I can manage and I will flag when I am uncertain of spelling [?] or when substantial chunks of discussion are missed.

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Chris's inquest discusses suicide and I will be intentionally withholding some detail of what is discussed in court, in line with the @samaritans guidance on reporting inquests.

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