Naomi Cunningham Published in ELA Briefing

Outer Temple Chambers’ Naomi Cunningham‘s article ‘The Equal Treatment Bench Book: pronouns and principle’, published in ELA Briefing.

ELA Briefing is the monthly magazine published by the Employment Lawyers Association, bringing together articles, updates and cases across employment law. Naomi has also been published in the magazine in the past.

The Equal Treatment Bench Book, first produced by the Judicial College in the early years of this century, has the commendable aim of assisting judges ensure that they manage hearings in a manner that is sensitive to the diversity of parties and witnesses. In this article, Naomi first outlines the changes between 2003 and 2026 and then draws some conclusions for practitioners in this area.

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Naomi Cunningham has developed a particular interest in the interaction between the Equality Act and the Gender Recognition Act, gender reassignment discrimination, the single-sex exceptions in the Equality Act, and the public sector equality duty and the Human Rights Act 1998. Her public law work in the area includes Fair Play For Women’s successful judicial review of ONS guidance on the sex question in the 2021 Census, a challenge to the lawfulness of the EHRC’s Code of Practice in AEA v EHRC, FOIA appeals involving information held by the Judicial College and the Crown Prosecution Service, and several substantial pieces of advice for government and public bodies engaging education law and police law and human rights.

External Publications 3 Jun, 2026