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Forstater v Center for Global Development Europe

Dieu et mon droit; Honi soit qui mal y pense
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Forstater v Center for Global Development Europe

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Judgment from 13th to 21st November 2019

Employment Appeal Tribunal on 27th to 28th April 2021, handed down on 10th June 2021

Commentaries

  • Karon Monaghan QC, The Forstater Employment Tribunal judgment: a critical appraisal in light of Miller 
  • Paul Johnson, Why “gender critical” beliefs are not protected in the workplace: the role of the European Convention on Human Rights 
  • Alice Irving, Twitter, trans rights and the role of the police — an extended look
  • Kathleen Stock, This is not a drill  
  • Jane Clare Jones, Bad judgement 
  • Davina Cooper, Against withdrawal: Extending responsibility to “philosophical beliefs”  (UK Labour Law Blog)
  • Paz-Fuchs, Principles into Practice: Protecting Offensive Beliefs in the Workplace Amir (UK Labour Law Blog)
  • Benn and Cormac Devlin, The Maya Forstater case and so-called ‘gender critical’ feminism: what was actually decided and what does it reveal about UK discrimination law? 

Employment Tribunal judgment, 6th July 2022

For commentaries, see the press cuttings section.

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