Anya Palmer

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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.