{"id":3735,"date":"2026-06-01T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=3735"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:08:02","slug":"tribunal-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/?p=3735","title":{"rendered":"Employment Tribunal Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/21percent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0327-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3737\" style=\"width:592px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/21percent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0327-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/21percent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0327-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/21percent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0327-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/21percent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0327-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/21percent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0327-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Bury St Edmunds Employment Tribunal is currently hearing an ongoing whistleblowing case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ast.cam.ac.uk\/people\/wyn.evans\" title=\"Prof Neil Wyn Evans\">Prof Neil Wyn Evans<\/a> is bringing claims against Cambridge University, Prof Richard McMahon, Ms Emma Rampton and Prof Deborah Prentice under the Public Interest Disclosure Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cross-examination begins on Monday 8 June 2026. Prof Evans will be cross-examined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloisters.com\/barristers\/akua-reindorf\" title=\"Akua Reindorf KC\">Akua Reindorf KC<\/a>, acting for the University, followed by cross-examination of the Claimant\u2019s witnesses. The Respondents and their witnesses will then be cross-examined by  <a href=\"https:\/\/oldsquare.co.uk\/people\/stuart-brittenden-kc\/\" title=\"Stuart Brittenden KC\">Stuart Brittenden KC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tribunal Judge has confirmed that online access links should be made available to members of the public and the press wishing to observe proceedings remotely. We reproduce the standard instructions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;<em>Requests from the media and members of the public to observe a hearing remotely should be made in advance to watfordet@justice.gov.uk to allow for inclusion during the hearing set-up. The naming convention in the subject heading of the email request should read &#8220;MEDIA OR PUBLIC ACCESS REQUEST &#8211; AN Other v AN Other &#8211; Hearing Date.<\/em>&#8221; (Courtserve website)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand that some journalists are now receiving access links. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please allow up to 24 hours for a response; if issues persist, do let us know. We support the principles of open justice and will work to ensure access for all who wish to observe matters from 8 June onwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commentary on the underlying matters should be avoided until they are presented in open court. Reporting may then proceed in accordance with the principles of open justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bury St Edmunds Employment Tribunal is currently hearing an ongoing whistleblowing case. Prof Neil Wyn Evans is bringing claims against Cambridge University, Prof Richard McMahon, Ms Emma Rampton and Prof Deborah Prentice under the Public Interest Disclosure Act. Cross-examination begins on Monday 8 June 2026. Prof Evans will be cross-examined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3735"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3745,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions\/3745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/21percent.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}