The Twitter Storm - Allison Bailey vs Stonewall and Garden Court Chambers
Twitter was a hot topic in a recent Central London Employment Tribunal. What were the key tweets in the tribunal of Allison Bailey vs Stonewall and Garden Court Chambers.
Some of Allison’s tweets during 2019 which expressed her gender critical beliefs are put forward in her claim as what are known as protected acts. These include:
a) Cotton ceiling or Morgan Page tweet
Allison Bailey attended the meeting at Conway Hall on 22 October 2019 where attendees agreed to form the LGB Alliance.
c) Tweet thanking Sunday Times journalist Nicholas Hellen, which is critical of Stonewall
The Times article: Lesbian barrister: my bosses bowed to transgender 'hate mob' | News | The Sunday Times Archive: https://archive.ph/2CjqY
Stonewall’s complaint against tweets a) and c) was upheld by GCC following investigation by Maya Sikand QC.
See detriment 4.
Garden Court Chambers’ response tweets
In response to complaints on Twitter about Allison and her support for the LGB Alliance, Garden Court’s marketing team sent the same two tweets to seven different twitter users. The response tweets can be seen here and here.
Archive: https://archive.ph/dXzNx
Example:
Tweets supportive of Allison
Supportive tweets were raised in cross examination of David De Menezes on 25 May, including those from Debbie Hayton and Helen Steel.
![Twitter avatar for @DebbieHayton](https://substackcdn.com/image/twitter_name/w_96/DebbieHayton.jpg)
Helen Steel, a core participant in the Undercover Policing Inquiry, is represented by Garden Court barristers. She is a long-time campaigner on environmental / social justice issues and protest; protest law being a core area of Garden Court business.