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The undersigned are concerned about The Garrick’s ongoing policy of refusing to accept female members.

It is well known that The Garrick is a forum where senior members of the legal profession socialise and network with each other. Men are afforded an opportunity through their membership to form connections with senior legal practitioners and members of the judiciary to support their professional aspirations.  This is an opportunity expressly denied to women and contributes to the gross underrepresentation of women at the top of the legal profession.

 

When women are excluded without good reason or cast as ‘guests’ - good enough to be wined and dined but not to belong - in a forum in which professionally advantageous invisible connections are made, it undermines the position of women and feeds the conscious or unconscious bias of men. 

 

Whilst such a policy is in place, the undersigned believe that membership of the Garrick cannot be consistent with a commitment to equality and diversity. We urge the Garrick’s members to consider whether they would remain members of a club that excluded based on race, religion, or sexuality.

We invite the members of the Garrick to behave ethically, to call a vote and to vote in favour of admitting women.

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King's Counsel

Robin Allen KC

John de Waal KC

Chris Daw KC

Karim Khalil KC

Peter Carter KC

James Laddie KC

Richard Hermer KC

Tamara Oppenheimer KC

James Wood KC

Alex Bailin KC

John Bowers KC

Aileen McColgan KC

Lucy Garrett KC

Alison Morgan KC

Alexandra Healy KC

Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE KC

Michael Wolkind KC

Sarah Whitehouse KC

Lord Hendy KC 

Phillippa Kaufmann KC

Professor Jo Delahunty KC

Tom Hickman KC

Tina Cook KC

Lynne McCafferty KC

Brie Steve-Hoare KC

Gavin Millar KC

Siobhan Grey KC

Marian Gilmore KC

Clodagh Bradley KC

Jane Crowley KC

John Whitting KC

Her Honour Judge Sarah Munro KC

Marie Demetriou KC

Kate Grange KC

Sean Jones KC

Kerry Bretherton KC

Cherie Blair CBE, KC

 

Bruce Carr KC 

Paul Epstein KC

Jonathan Glasson KC

Daniel Piccinin KC

Bridget Dolan KC

Victoria Wakefield KC

Joel Donovan KC

Marcia Shekerdemian KC

George Peretz KC

Michael Mansfield KC

Rachel Crasnow KC

Sarah Clarke KC

Eleanor Laws KC

Nicola Jane Rushton KC

Patricia Hitchcock KC

Louise Sweet KC

Anthony Metzer KC

Rosemary Jackson KC

Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC

Ronit Kreisberger KC

Ben Cooper KC

Isabella Forshall KC

Miranda Moore KC

Sian Mirchandandi KC

Jessica Stephens KC

Tim Buley KC

Rebecca Trowler KC

Alison Macdonald KC

Alison Pople KC

Aswini Weereratne KC

Jenni Richards KC

Zubair Ahmad KC

David Wolfe KC

Suzanne Ornsby KC

Wayne Jordash KC

Debra Powell KC

Anne Whyte KC

Hugh Soughey KC

Schona Jolly KC

Adam Wiseman KC

Diana Ellis KC

Nicola Howard KC

Chris Henley KC

Stefan Cross KC

Nicola Shannon KC

Alison Levitt KC

Tim Otty KC

Fionnuala McCredie KC

Angus Moon KC

John De Bono KC

Tom Crowther KC

Narita Bahra KC

Kate Blackwell KC

Dijen Basu KC

PJ Kirby KC

Jonathan Laidlaw KC

Leon Kazakos KC

Christopher Johnston KC

Paul Brown KC

Nigel Edwards KC

Lexa Hilliard KC

Louis Flannery KC

Samantha Knights KC

Jolyon Maugham KC

 

Elizabeth Jones KC

Henrietta Hill KC

Helen Mountfield KC

Hannah Markham KC

Riel Karmy-Jones KC

Caroline Carberry KC

Hugh Tomlinson KC

Gemma Taylor KC

Marc Willers KC

Allison Clare KC

Ian Wise KC

Susan Rodway KC

Jason Galbraith-Marten KC

Anesta Weekes KC

Lyndsey de Mestre KC

Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC

Piers Pressdee KC

Hannah Markham KC

Poonam Melwani KC

Daphne Romney KC

Suzanne McKie KC

Judith Murray KC

Michael Glaser KC

Andrea Coomber KC

Elizabeth Isaacs KC

Members of Parliament 
& the House of Lords

Caroline Nokes, MP


Dame Caroline Dinenage, MP

Sarah Olney, MP

Laura Farris, MP

Flick Drummond, MP

Lord Wood of Anfield

Stella Creasy, MP

John McDonnell, MP

Caroline Lucas, MP

Anum Qiasar, MP

Emma Hardy, MP

Partners and Directors of Law Firms

Matthew Davies

Managing Partner, Wilson Solicitors

Elizabeth McGlone 

Partner, Bindmans LLP

John Halford 

Partner, Bindmans LLP

Emma Woolcott

Partner, Mishcon de Reya

Jules Carey

Partner, Bindmans LLP

Kate Goold

Partner, Bindmans LLP

Toby G Vallance 

Partner, DAC Beachcroft

Caroline Black

Partner, Dechert LLP

Olivia Percy

Partner, Bindmans LLP

 

Francis Ho 

Partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Sharon Moohan 

Partner, BLM

Johanna Walsh

Partner, Mischon de Reya LLP

Paula Nichols

Partner, Mercers

Clare Jennings

Director, Matthew Gold & Co Ltd

Rachel Caswell

Director, Duncan Lewis

Jonathan Sweet

Director of Legal & Compliance, The Abbeyfield Society

Fran Swaine

Managing Partner, Leigh Day

Angharad Vaughan

Partner, Leigh Day

Michael Newman

Partner, Leigh Day

Harminder Bains

Partner, Leigh Day

Jamie Beagent

Partner, Head of Human Rights & Public Law, Leigh Day

Nicola Marshall

Partner, Leigh Day

Sapna Malik

Partner, Leigh Day

Guy Pendell

Partner, Solicitor Advocate, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Jumana Rahman

Partner, Cohen & Gresser

Abby Buckland

Partner, Kingsley Napley LLP

Claire Wallace

Partner, Hickman & Rose

Gro Amdal

Partner, Arntzen de Besche

Melanie Willems

Partner, Haynes Boone LLP

Jonathan Black

Partner, BSB Solicitors

Jamie Potter

Deputy Managing Partner, Bindmans LLP

Dominic Fairclough

Partner, Russell Cooke

Sarah Houghton

Partner, Mischon de Reya LLP

Daniel Hedley

Partner, Irwin Mitchell LLP

Oliver Holland

Partner, Leigh Day

Richard Meeran

Partner, Leigh Day

Patrick Walsh

Partner, Leigh Day

Allison Millar

Partner, Leigh Day

Sanja Strkljevic

Partner, Leigh Day

Matthew Huggett

Partner, Carbon Law

Mark Stapleton

Partner, Dechert LLP

Yindi Gesinde

Partner, Baker McKenzie

Directors of Legal NGOs

Lynne Townley

Chair, Association of Women Barristers

Gemma Abbott

Legal Director, Good Law Project

Barristers

Leon Fernando Del Canto

Abigail Penny 

Alexandra Tampakopoulos

Emma Sutton 

Frances Allen

Gus Baker

Hannah Thomas

Harry Bentley

James O'Hara

John Gimlette 

Joseph Byrne

Julia Needham

Kate Parker

Katrina Charles

 

Tim Goodwin

Briony Ballard

Anastasia O'Brien

Simon Spence

Claire McCann

Richard Gregory

Sophie Connors

Sally Bradley

Tasaddat Hussain

Drea Becker

Aneurin Brewer

Jenny Wigly

Tamar Burton

Remi Reichhold

Laureen Husain

Roseanna Darcy

Anya Palmer

Harriet Williams

Andrew Colman

Ann Chavasse

Anna Medvinskaia 

Anna Tkaczynska 

Anthony Searle 

Leila Gaskin 

Lewis MacDonald

Matt Jackson

Merry Van Woodenberg 

Morayo Fagborun Bennett 

Neil Davy 

Paul Livingston

Rachel Spearing 

Reanne Mackenzie

Rebecca Erkan-Bax

Rebecca Major

Rebecca Sheldon

Jess Connors

Ailsa Mckeon

Henry King

Dr Raj Joshi

Nick Wayne

Adrienne Copithorne

Puneet Rai

Genevieve Moss

Victoria Hutton

Karlia Lykourgou

Leila Chaker

Nina Tavakoli

Samreen Akhtar

Rachel Law

 

Catherine Daly

Charlotte Proudman

Chris Gutteridge

Chris Milsom

Christopher Foulkes

Claire McCann

Declan O'Dempsey 

Eli Belegu

Elisabeth Traugott

Emma Dixon

 

Sara Anzani

Sarah Clarke 

Sarah Robson 

Sarah Simcock

Sebastian Naughton 

Shiraz Bhanji

Sophia Dower

Susanna Rickard

Lydia Pemberton

Jamila Hassan

Jan Doerfel

Nabila Mallick

Edward Craven

Desiree A A Artesi

Yvette Genn

Anya Newman

Aysha Ahmed

Jessica Clark-Jones

Benedict Tompkins

Further Solicitors and Legal Executives

Amina Brooks

Camilla Rents

Martha O'Toole

Jeinsen Lam

Sam Bell

Katherine Wilkinson

Carol Day

Yara Ali-Adib

Rebecca Swan

Andrew Gray

Katherine Swinn

Lena-Marie von Eynern

Rachel Waller

Rachel Knight

Sian Davin

Nicole Blakey

Maria Laura Izzo

Hilda Fitzcompton

Lauren Evans

Alexandra Bishop

Hatti Suvari

Sima Ganatra

Rosalind Alderman

Rosie Jewers

Ruth Barber

Anna Dawson

Harriet Collins

 

Nama Zarroug

Sinead Corrigan

Dominique Wilson

Lily Searle

Amrit Rana

Frankie Rhodes

Lucy Cadd

Charlotte Armstrong

Sophie Turner

Ella Cornish

Aleksandra Cebula

Charlotte Ray

Jackson Tree

Nicola Howlett

Mike Hunt

Genevieve Rich

Emma Satyamurti

Hannah Greene

Helen Midgley

Ayisha Akamo

Helen Greenfield

Connie Atkinson

Lily Searle

Jack Mason-Jebb

Jayne Speers

Kara Swift

Catherine Tuitt LLB MBE

Charlotte Wilk

Diana Jordan

Shauna Roberts

Matt Jackson

Eloise Preston

Lesia MacCormack

Rhiannon Bail

Lara Kennedy

Suzanne Akkawi

Anne Crowther

Benjamin Croft

Megan Hill

Zahra Nanji

Stephen Clarkson

Neave Maguire

Elliot Moore

Maria Bisila Torao

Mastane Williamson

Jessica Hunt

Mia Harrison

Sean O'Beirne

Olivia Stiles

Vitoria Nabas

Donna Clancy

Andrew Frederik Hill

Holly Mitchell 

Sally Mantell

Leon Fernando

Elirjada Belegu

Savita Sharma

In House Counsels

Lamley Sinclair

Solicitor, Sky

Bruce Breckenridge

General Counsel Corporate, BT

Susanna Speirs

Senior Legal Counsel, Unilever UK 

Andrew Jacobs 

Principal Lawyer, BT 

Fiona Harte

General Counsel, Ikon Science 

Jonathan Stanley

Legal Counsel, Berenberg

Alexa Segal

Principal Lawyer, BT

Jeff Langlands

General Counsel, Global, BT

Sian Gannon

Senior Legal Counsel, DHL Supply Chain

Catherine Soar

Principal Lawyer, BT 

Truda Agostino

Senior Legal Director, Equinix

Christina Hemmings

Principal Lawyer, BT

Belinda Bagge

Legal Director, BT

Richard Reid

Principal Legal Adviser

Russelll Johnstone

General Counsel, BT

Liz Slade

Senior Legal Counsel, Sky

Campaigners & Other Allies

Jude Kelly CBE

Founder, Women of the World Festival

 

Laura Bates BEM FRSL

Founder, Everyday Sexism Project

Polly McMaster 

CEO, The Fold

Gem Misa​

CEO, Fullgreen

Lemon Fuller

CEO, Lemonde

Sara Murray

CEO, Buddi

Vanita Parti

Founder, Blink

Emilie Vanpoperinghe

CEO, Oddbox

Harriet Inglis

Director, VHP Ltd

Maxine Laceby

Founder, Absolute Collagen

Wendy Hartle

 

Pinky Leilani CBE DL

Founder and Chairman, Women of the Future

Nigel Allen Havers

Joanna Santinon

Non Exec Director, Octopus Future Generations VCT Plc

Tajinder Banwait 

Founder & MD, Urban Apothecary London

Nicci Clark

CEO, Nourish

Thea Green

Founder, Nails Inc 

Sarah Orecchia

Director, Unbelievable Health Ltd 

Suzie Owen

Co Founder, Jimmy's Iced Coffee

Christina Keogh

Co Founder & Co CEO Warner's Distillery 

Pip Murray

CEO, Pip & Nut

Jill Timms

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