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Garrick edges closer to admitting female members after 193 years of exclusion

Move comes after Guardian revealed names of powerful men among club’s exclusive membership

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We don’t need the Garrick. We can all club together at a pub

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Garrick Club asked to consider membership for seven leading women

A group of men at the club who hope the male-only rule will change have nominated a set of possible new members

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Protesters deliver letter to Garrick Club condemning exclusion of women

Dozens of lawyers and MP sign letter attacking club as ‘a symbol of exclusivity, a bastion of power maintained by the privileged few’

The Guardian - UK

Clubs such as Garrick can create bias in selecting judges, Bar Council warns

Membership of exclusive clubs can be ‘unfair advantage’ for some lawyers seeking to move into judiciary, says barristers’ body

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Lawyer who raised ‘boys’ club’ concerns over judgment accused of misconduct

Charlotte Proudman posted tweets critical of ruling by Sir Jonathan Cohen, a Garrick Club member

The Guardian - UK

Judges didn’t see what the fuss over Garrick Club was about – they do now

Twelve years after former supreme court president Brenda Hale criticised membership, judges seem to finally grasp what she meant

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At least four judges resign from men-only Garrick Club after backlash

Exclusive: Move comes as issue of membership of organisation that bars women is being taken seriously at highest levels of judiciary

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Garrick Club judges show that Dickens was correct

Letters: Paul Keleher KC says some lawyers fail to grasp a simple concept, while Petrina Stevens says it seems that some judges don’t understand what discrimination really is. Plus letters from Fiona MacArthur, Dr Elly Hanson and Dee Northover

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‘It’s beyond satire’: Tumultuous week at Garrick Club as members speak out

The all-male private club is seeking new legal advice, the chairman said, as he urged members not to resign

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Equality groups urge cultural elite to give up Garrick Club membership

Campaigners call for ‘outdated structures’ that undermine progress and encourage inequality to be dismantled

The Guardian - UK

Garrick revelations strike nerve given MI6 chief’s diversity push

News the MI6 head belonged to the men-only club is embarrassing to the service in light of its campaign to become less male and white

The Guardian - UK

The Garrick row is not about women getting in – it’s about the dinosaurs desperate to keep us out

Beleaguered members cite tradition, but this is an attempt to protect powerful men from society’s progress, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Friday briefing: What the Garrick Club’s men only policy says about Britain

In today’s newsletter: In today’s newsletter: The Guardian’s revelations about the male members of London’s elite institution has resulted in high-profile resignations. But will anything change?

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Lawyers call on judges in Garrick Club to give up membership

Exclusive: Letter with more than 60 signatories says membership ‘perpetuates systemic discrimination against women’

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Garrick Club: Campaigner calls for more public figures to resign membership amid storm over men-only policy

After Civil Service and MI6 heads leave club amid fresh controversy over policy, demands grow for others to follow

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‘Nothing in the language excludes admission of women’: KC issues opinion on Garrick Club rules

Opinion from David Pannick KC was sought by members who are in favour of women being admitted

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Resignations of Case and Moore prompt difficult questions for Garrick members

Both men U-turn within 24 hours of refusing to resign as colleagues and critics express dismay at club’s continuing lack of diversity

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Head of civil service and MI6 chief resign Garrick membership

Exclusive: Top civil servant Simon Case follows Richard Moore in announcing decision to quit male-only club

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UK’s top civil servant and head of MI6 urged to quit Garrick Club

Critics say Simon Case and Richard Moore’s membership of all-male club shows poor leadership and judgment

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Legal profession’s most powerful among members of London’s men-only Garrick Club

Roll-call of gentlemen’s club, which bars women, includes judges, barristers and ministers

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The Garrick expels member amid tensions over club’s men-only stance

Colin Brough had sent a series of angry emails to fellow members of London gentlemen’s club

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Most Garrick club members favour admitting women, poll reveals

Members campaigning against men-only rule say numbers opposed to change had fallen due to revised legal advise

The Guardian - UK

Amis but not a Ms? Something’s amiss

Brief letters: The Garrick Club | Cheesy memories | Ofsted’s snapshots | Ignorance of Liz Truss | Am I bothered? Not any more

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Garrick could admit women after barrister U-turns on club rules

Michael Beloff KC judged in 2011 that reference to ‘he’ excluded women but has now concluded opposite

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