Shireen Shaikh quoted in The Telegraph and Personnel Today on barrister's tribunal claim against Stonewall

Senior professional support lawyer Shireen Shaikh has recently been quoted in both The Telegraph and Personnel Today discussing an employment tribunal case involving a barrister who is alleging her chambers and LGBTQ+ campaign group Stonewall tried to silence her views on gender.

Links to both pieces can be found below.

JK Rowling praises ‘resilience and courage’ of lesbian barrister suing Stonewall

JK Rowling has praised the “resilience and courage” of a lesbian barrister suing Stonewall ahead of a controversial tribunal.

The author of the Harry Potter books described Allison Bailey, 52, as “my inspirational friend” ahead of her employment tribunal in which she is suing the gay and transgender rights charity, Stonewall, and Garden Court Chambers.

Read the full piece on The Telegraph here

Philosophical belief: barrister’s tribunal claim against Stonewall begins

An employment tribunal case involving a barrister who is alleging her chambers and LGBTQ+ campaign group Stonewall tried to silence her views on gender has begun this week.

Allison Bailey, a lesbian barrister who co-founded the LGB Alliance campaign group – which opposes Stonewall’s views that transgender women are women in the eyes of the law – claims Stonewall sent a complaint about her views to her chambers, Garden Court in London.

Read the full piece on Personnel Today here