This is @Justabaker17, live tweeting this afternoon from the Maya Forstater Tribunal. After lunch, testimony will continue from Luke Eastman. Here is a link to his witness statements.
Abbreviations used
BC = Ben Cooper QC, counsel for the claimant,
MF = Maya Forstater, claimant
AP = Anya Palmer, assisting BC
OD = Olivia Dobbie, counsel for respondents
EJ = Employment judge, leading the panel
Panel = any of the 3 panel members.
Expecting to resume at 2 pm.
CGDE (CGD Europe) – Respondent 1
CGD = Centre for Global Development – Respondent 2
MA = Masood Ahmed, President of CGD and Chair of the Board of CGDE – Respondent 3
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This afternoon's session is predicted to begin at 2pm.
We are reporting from Day 5 of the Employment Tribunal case brought by Lorna Young against her former employer Manchester City Council.
Ms Young is gender critical and Catholic and was formerly Equality Team Manager at MCC. She was dismissed from this role due to her social media content.
This is part 2 of the morning session of day 5 in the case at employment tribunal brought by Lorna Young against Manchester City Council. Part 1 of today's hearing is here
Ms Young is gender critical and Catholic and was formerly Equality Team Manager at MCC. She was dismissed from this role due to her social media content.
We're reporting the second part of this afternoon's session of the Employment Tribunal case brought by Lorna Young against her former employer Manchester City Council.
Please see our Ss page on the case (including reporting from the earlier days of the hearing) and abbreviations used. We're a collective of volunteer citizen journalists and are not paid for our work. Please support us by subscribing to our Ss (link in bio above) which funds our digital & some travel costs.
The first part of this afternoon's session is here. The pace of cross examination is fast and it has been difficult to hear the witnesses' responses when short and in agreement.
We're about to start live tweeting this pms session of day 3 of LY v Manchester City Council. She alleges discrimination due to her GC and religious beliefs.
This morning's session is here:
This is part 2 of the morning session on day 4 of Lorna Young's case at employment tribunal against Manchester City Council. Part 1 of the session is here