Akua Reindorf
Akua Reindorf KC | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Barrister |
| Employer(s) | Cloisters Chambers, London |
| Known for | Equality, employment law and academic freedom |
Akua Reindorf KC is a UK barrister who specialises in employment law, discrimination and human rights law, academic freedom and freedom of speech in higher education. She was appointed King’s Counsel in 2023.[1]
Career
[edit]Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission,[2] Barrister of the Year in the Legal Business Awards 2023, Employment Junior of the Year in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022 and was one of The Lawyer’s Hot 100 for 2022.[1]
Reindorf's work has included a number of cases regarding the defense of academic freedom and freedom of speech in universities.[1] She is a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE Law School. She produced the “Reindorf Report”[3][4] for University of Essex into alleged no-platforming of two external speakers ( Jo Phoenix and Rosa Freedman) who were accused of transphobia[5][6] which was critical of Stonewall's employer Diversity Champions Scheme.
Reindorf has worked with Sex Matters intervening at the Court of Appeal in Higgs v Farmor’s School,[7] LGB Alliance in their challenge brought by Mermaids,[8] and for James Esses, in his Employment Tribunal claim against the Metanoia Institute and the UK Council for Psychotherapy.[9] Reindorf championed Julie Bindel in her case against Nottingham City Council after its library service cancelled a talk she was due to give on violence against women and girls and Dr Almut Gadow in her claim for philosophical belief discrimination against the Open University.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Akua Reindorf". Cloisters. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ "Akua Reindorf KC | EHRC". www.equalityhumanrights.com. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ "Reindorf Report, and an Update in Light of the Judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the Case of Forstater V CGD". Docslib. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ "Reindorf Review on "no platforming"". Cloisters. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ McCulloch, Adam (2021-05-28). "Stonewall's diversity scheme accused of being unlawful". Personnel Today. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ Bindel, Julie (2021-05-19). "Stonewall and the silencing of feminist voices at universities". The Spectator. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ Clark, Shannon (2025-03-24). "Higgs -v- Farmor's School - Landmark judgement issued by Court of Appeal". Reading solicitors, corporate, property and family advice | Field Seymour Parkes. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ "First-Tier Tribunal dismisses Mermaids' appeal against Charity Commission's decision to register LGB Alliance as a charity". Matrix Chambers. 2023-07-06. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ "Doyle Clayton Secures Settlement For James Esses". www.doyleclayton.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-07-18.
- ^ edskids (2025-02-25). "Almut Gadow settles with Open University over unfair dismissal case". Committee For Academic Freedom. Retrieved 2025-07-18.