Live tweets from Day 9 of the Sara Morrison v Belfast Film Festival employment tribunal.
Good morning from Killymeal House in Belfast. This is the final day of Morrison v Belfast Film Festival. Closing submissions are currently being read by the judge and there will be a hearing at noon for comments on those submissions, questions and clarifications. I will…
… tweet those proceedings and, presuming I am able to get them, anything interesting from the written submissions themselves. There are a good number of people here who were expecting court to start at 1130 (as was originally scheduled). There are no lawyers here yet…
… and no one from either party, save Laurence McKeown from the Belfast Film Festival. I can’t imagine this will be a long hearing, but here are some abbreviations and a standard disclaimer before we begin…
J – Employment Judge Lisa Sturgeon
MM – panelist Michael McKeown
BFF – Belfast Film Festival – also R for Respondent
SM – Sara Morrison – also C for Claimant
SD – Sean Doherty, BFF Barrister
NC – Naomi Cunningham, SM Barrister
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[court is sitting]
J says she has read the written subs – asking if they have anything additional to add, both parties will have the opportunity now
NC the 3 July email – its status appears to be in doubt in this claim. SD does not deal with it in his subs. As a matter of fact the 3 July must be dealt with – even if SD persuades you it was not part of C’s pleaded case. It’s nevertheless of enormous relevance
the session continues in the box below: