Good morning. This is @Justabaker17 live tweeting from the employment tribunal of Maya Forstater vs @CGDev and others. Today is Day 11. Proceedings are expected to begin at 10 am.
We will also be live tweeting from the Medical Practice Tribunal Service proceedings against Dr. Michael Webberley, if there is anything to report. It may be all private sessions today. It is on @tribunaltweets2 .
Abbreviations and reminders: The courtroom: BC = Ben Cooper QC, counsel for MF OD = Olivia Dobbie, counsel for the respondents EJ = Employment judge, leading the three-person panel hearing the case. Panel = any one of the three members
This session giving evidence will be Masood Ahmed. This is Masood Ahmed (MA), President of CGD
Chair of the Board of CGDE and one of the respondents. cgdev.org/expert/masood-…
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Good Afternoon. This is @katie_sok tweeting from day 12 of the #ForstaterTribunal. We are due to resume at 2pm with counsel for each side set to make their closing submissions. OD, counsel for the respondents, is expected to go first.
A reminder of abbreviations:
MF = Maya Forstater, claimant
BC = Ben Cooper QC, counsel for MF
OD = Olivia Dobbie, counsel for the respondents
EJ = Employment judge, leading the three-person panel hearing the case.
Panel = any one of the three members
Respondents are CGD, CGDE and Masood Ahmed (MA)
Respondents’ witnesses
LE = Luke Easley, Director of Finance and Administration / HR Director (based DC)
AG = Amanda Glassman, Senior Fellow and Board Secretary [DC]; Trustee of CGDE (based DC)
BC: [questioning about the history of reasons developed in CGD for ending relationship with MF]
BC: You first endorsed the reason you gave in phone call with MF - that it was her position on sex and gender? THis is the true reason
MA: Read email quickly. Read "positioning" not "position. When Ellen Mackenzie pointed out "position" could be misinterpreted, I agreed.
Good afternoon from the employment tribunal hearing the case of Maya Forstater v CGD & others. This is day 10 and the afternoon session is due to begin at 2pm.
The courtroom:
BC = Ben Cooper QC, counsel for MF
OD = Olivia Dobbie, counsel for the respondents
EJ = Employment judge, leading the three-person panel hearing the case.
Panel = any one of the three members
This session, giving evidence:
MP = Mark Plant, Development Finance, Senior Policy Fellow (CGD); COO of CGD Europe (originally from USA, based in London since September 2018)
Welcome to day 10 of the employment tribunal in the case of Maya Forstater versus CGD(Europe), CGD & Masood Ahmed. We expect to start at 10:00 am. This is @katie_sok in the chair tweeting for you today.
Abbreviations:
BC = Ben Cooper QC, counsel for Claimant
MF = Maya Forstater – Claimant
OD = Olivia Dobbie, counsel for the respondents
EJ = Employment judge, leading the three-person panel hearing the case.
Panel = any one of the three members
Good afternoon, this is @GoodyActually Jenny Smith tweeting from the employment tribunal hearing the case of Maya Forstater v CGD & others. This is day 9 and the afternoon session is due to begin at 2pm.
Abbreviations:
MF = Maya Forstater – Claimant
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
The courtroom:
BC = Ben Cooper QC, counsel for MF
AP = Anya Palmer, assisting BC
OD = Olivia Dobbie, counsel for the respondents
EJ = Employment judge, leading the three-person panel hearing the case.
Panel = any one of the three members
Welcome to day 9 of the employment tribunal in the case of Maya Forstater versus CGD(Europe), CGD & Masood Ahmed. We expect the Court to begin at 10:00 am. This is Jenny Smith @GoodyActually tweeting.
Abbreviations:
BC = Ben Cooper QC, counsel for
MF = Maya Forstater – Claimant
AP = Anya Palmer, assisting BC
OD = Olivia Dobbie, counsel for the respondents
EJ = Employment judge, leading the three-person panel hearing the case.
Panel = any one of the three members