Maya Forstater vs CGD et al
Remedies hearing
Art credit to Nina Paley who is developing a set of playing cards based on participants in the gender debate.
This is a remedy hearing for Maya Forstater to determine compensation after prevailing in her employment tribunal against CGD et al. For a full breakdown of this case including live tweeting sessions, visit our substack page here:
Maya Forstater vs CGD et al: the case that gave us 'that tweet' & 'WORIADS'
Status
Two day hearing, 21 & 22 March to determine compensation. Evidence and submissions were completed in the time scheduled. Deliberations scheduled for 14 & 17 April, judgement will after that date.
UPDATE: On 30th June, CGD were ordered to pay Maya forstater £106,404 compensation. Read the judgment here.
Response from maya on her WORIADS website
Overview
Maya Forstater did not have her contract renewed at the think tank Center for Global Development (CGD) in March 2019. She had posted several tweets questioning government plans for gender self ID. Maya took CGD to an employment tribunal and eventually prevailed after an initial loss, an appeal that gave us ‘worthy of respect in a democratic society (WORIADS) and a complete merits hearing (essentially a retrial of fact).
Having prevailed, the current hearing is for compensation or injury to feelings, aggravated damages, lost earnings and future earnings. The panel is the same as the previous hearing.
Documents from the Remedy Hearing from Maya Forstater
Previous coverage
Merits hearing - 7 March - 23 March 2022
Live tweet threads
21 March morning Panel will be reading, asked counsel to deal with names etc in bundle.
21 March afternoon - Olivia Dobbie, counsel for Respondent, cross examines Maya Forstarter
22 March morning - Olivia Dobbie, counsel for Respondent, concludes examination of Maya Forstater, and Ben Cooper KC, counsel for the Claimant, begins his cross examination of Patsy Mills
22 March afternoon - Ben Cooper KC completed his cross examination of the Patsy Mills, submissions from both Olivia Dobbie for Respondent and Ben Cooper for Claimant.
Abbreviations
EJ = Employment Judge Glennie, leading the three-person panel hearing the case.
Panel = any one of the three members
BC = Ben Cooper QC, counsel for
MF = Maya Forstater – Claimant
AP = Anya Palmer, assisting BC
OD = Olivia Dobbie, counsel for the respondents
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
Witnesses
MF or C = Claimant, Maya Forstater
PM = For Respondent, Patsy Mills, Director of HR & Operations - CGD Europe
Press coverage
Here are links to a selection of relevant press coverage about this case. These links are included without comment and are not endorsed by Tribunal Tweets. This is a sample of coverage only, with most recent first - it is not comprehensive. Please DM our main Twitter account to submit coverage from an established news outlet. Any paywalled article must be archived.
2 July 2023
PM Nigerian News - Story of Maya Forstater winning £100k for being victimised over tweet
Evening Standard - Maya Forstater wins £100,000 compensation after employment tribunal
[VIDEO] Talk TV - Forstarter compensation has 'exposed institutionalised discrimination'
The Times - Maya Forstater: gender-critical campaigner wins £100,000
The Independent - Maya Forstater wins £100,000 compensation after employment tribunal
1 July 2023
The Guardian - Woman who lost job after tweeting view on biological sex awarded £100,000
BBC News - Maya Forstater: Woman gets payout for discrimination over trans tweets
Sky News - Maya Forstater: Woman who lost her job over transgender views awarded £100k compensation