As many of you will know, our claim against UCU was recently dismissed by the employment tribunal. You can read the tribunal’s reasons here. We and our legal team have been considering our next steps carefully. We know that there are many deserving gender critical cases out there and that appeals are difficult. We would not feel comfortable asking for further donations unless we believed there was a real chance of success on appeal.

Our legal team’s preliminary view is that there is a real chance of success. There are many aspects of the judgment that we could criticise, but perhaps the most implausible is the tribunal’s finding that UCU would have tried to cancel the screening of a documentary film arguing against gender critical beliefs.

We have until 16 July to lodge our appeal with the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We need to raise £6,600 to cover our legal costs of doing so. A judge will then decide whether we have reasonable grounds that should be allowed to proceed to a full appeal hearing.

Thank you for your continued support.