Anya Palmer

Anya Palmer
OccupationBarrister
EmployerOld Square Chambers

Anya Palmer is a British barrister specializing in employment law.[1]

Career

She has worked on a number of high profile employment tribunals and appeals.

Palmer worked for Stonewall, on high-profile test cases to establish equal rights for lesbians and gay men.[2][3]

She acted for Maya Forstater in Forstater vs Centre for Global Development,[4] a case which won discrimination protections for those who hold gender critical feminist beliefs.[5]

Palmer acted for NHS whistleblower Sonia Appleby in her successful claim against the Tavistock clinic.[6][7][8]

Palmer is a trustee of Sex Matters, an advocacy organisation.[9] As a legal scholar she writes about issues which impact employers in relation to the 2010 UK Equality Act.[10][11][12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Anya Palmer". Old Square Chambers. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  2. ^ "Anya Palmer". The Lawyer | Legal insight, benchmarking data and jobs. 2023-01-19. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  3. ^ "Queer bashing : a national survey of hate crimes against lesbians and gay men / Anglea Mason, Anya Palmer". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  4. ^ Earl, Sarah (2019-05-20). "Old Square acting in two prominent cases involving transgender issues". Old Square Chambers. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  5. ^ "Gender Critical Beliefs Case Win - Discrimination Solicitor Wins Landmark Case - Peter Daly". www.doyleclayton.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  6. ^ irwingham (2021-11-22). "NHS trust ordered to pay social worker £20000 over whistleblowing on gender identity service | James & West Law | The Whistleblowing Experts". James & West Law. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  7. ^ "NHS child gender identity clinic whistleblower wins tribunal". BBC News. 2021-09-05. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  8. ^ Desmondez, Phil (2023-01-24). "Anya Palmer named in The Lawyer's Hot 100 2023". Old Square Chambers. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  9. ^ "Sex Matters appoints new trustees". Sex Matters. 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  10. ^ "Why employers should reconsider Trans Day of Remembrance | Anya Palmer". The Critic Magazine. 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  11. ^ "Anya Palmer -". 2022-08-07. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  12. ^ "Brexit: The LGBT Impact Assessment" (PDF).
  13. ^ Palmer, Anya (1993). Less equal than others: a survey of lesbians and gay men at work. London: Stonewall.