The blanket ban on any service person speaking publicly about such matters as sexual assault & harassment is unlawful. Congratulations to our brave clients who stood up to the MoD. Huge thanks to ⁦⁦@1CrownOfficeRow⁩ and@LawforChangeUK⁩

Army base death puts spotlight on history of bullying allegations.

Our client Kerry-Ann Knight and Richard Stokes, from our advisory board, have recorded a podcast about their experiences as Black British soldiers. It’s important, powerful and ultimately hopeful. Thank you ⁦@BFBSCreative⁩ for making this happen.

A coroner has returned an open verdict today, more than 5 years after the death of Bernie Mongan. Bernie was left undiscovered in his room for 3 weeks, so no medical cause of death could be established.

RT @cmjhq: The blanket ban on any service person speaking publicly about such matters as sexual assault & harassment is unlawful. Congratul….

RT @stephfinnon: You can hear my interview with Jaysley Beck's mum on @BBC_Cumbria from 10. Leighann talks about the changes needed to stop….

So many bereaved people find themselves in the position of having to become advocates & campaigners after losing their loved one, to try & ensure no-one has to go through what they have suffered. Here is wonderful Leighann McCready, mum to Jaysley Beck:

The family and friends of Jaysley Beck are taking part in a skydive to raise funds for us. What a wonderful generous thing to do! Please do support if you can.

Rape survivors take the MoD to court to get service personnel access to the press and to Parliament

A very critical judgment from the High Court. 2 survivors of rape are challenging MoD’s policies that prevent them from communicating with the media or Parliament. The policies gag them from speaking about behaviours that have no place in any workplace.

A very powerful documentary from the BBC about women in the military.

If true, this would amount to the criminal offence of misconduct in public office at the very least. Has the Civilian Police been invited to open an investigation? ⁦@BBCPanorama⁩

RT @BoltBurdonKemp: The latest BBK Free Speech Podcast is now available! In this episode, @militaryclaims and @EmmaNorton10, founder of the….

Our Director and Sarah Atherton speaking on Committee Corridor about current issues affecting women in the armed forces.

MoD/Army need to engage with the issues and stop gaslighting the family by pretending the issue can be addressed in any other way. Putting more women on court martial boards was something they started doing from 2023, isn’t a new thing and has no relevance at all to this case.

The family is calling for both with particular focus on the latter, which has been recommended by 2 independent reviews.

The issues are 1) sexual assaults should always go to police (that was clear in policy at the time, they just didn’t do it) and 2) (in this case, more importantly), serious complaints of sexual harassment like those she was experiencing should be handled by an independent body.

Jaysley’s first “incident” was not even treated as a sexual assault when it should have been; and the second, the extensive sexual harassment she suffered for months, she did not even report, because the Army messed the first one up so badly.

The official response of @DefenceHQ @BritishArmy to the Jaysley Beck case appears to be “we will put more women on court martial boards”. This has absolutely no relevance to that case and just gives the impression they are desperately scrambling for something to say.