Peter Daly is an employment solicitor who has become the operational coordinator of gender-critical (GC) litigation in the UK.
Education: LSE (BA Geography), BPP Law School (GDL & LPC) [2:3]
The foundational case establishing gender-critical beliefs as protected under the Equality Act 2010. [3]
Daly acted as instructing solicitor, with Ben Cooper QC and Anya Palmer as counsel. [3:1]
The EHRC intervened on Forstater's side after Alasdair Henderson actively sought the case for intervention. [4]
Advised Allison Bailey, former Garden Court Chambers barrister and LGB Alliance founder, in her case against Stonewall. [1:1]
At Bindmans, Daly successfully represented Jordi Casamitjana Costa in establishing ethical veganism as a protected philosophical belief [1:2] — a precedent later used in GC cases.
From The Lawyer (December 2022):
"Since Forstater, Daly has seen an upsurge of work, particularly from claimants in the charitable or arts sectors" [1:3]
"Daly has also developed a canny understanding of how to run crowdfunded legal cases – an important new skill for claimant lawyers." [1:4]
Per TransLucent's investigation, Daly is connected to Alasdair Henderson, EHRC commissioner, who "instigated" the EHRC's intervention in Forstater. [4:1]
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