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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) supported Williams, who was repeatedly sent home from school because of her afro hairstyle, to bring the case. Holbrook wrote that “the Equality Act undermines school discipline by empowering the stroppy teenager of colour”, in response to a video posted by the EHRC about the case. The chambers were made aware of concerns relating to Holbrook’s tweets as early as October, the Guardian can confirm, after he was sacked by Brighton and Hove city council over comments made online. Holbrook was representing the council in a case over whether a ...

A barrister has been expelled from his chambers for calling a black girl a 'stroppy teenager of colour'. Jon Holbrook had been commenting on the case of Ruby Williams, who won £8,500 in an out-of-court settlement from her school for alleged discrimination. Teachers had sent her home because of her Afro hair. Her case was brought by the Equality and Human Rights Commission under the Equality Act in 2018 and featured in a video. Jon Holbrook has been expelled from his chambers for calling a black girl a 'stroppy teenager of colour' Student Ruby Williams,19, pictured in Fallowfield, Manchester....

Just because you can't make it work, Jon. A barrister has been ordered by his chambers to delete a tweet calling a black teenager 'stroppy' after she and her family fought her school when it banned her afro. Jon Holbrook of Cornerstone Barristers tweeted that the Equality Act "undermines school discipline by empowering the stroppy teenager of colour". Holbrook was commenting in response to a video produced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. It described how the EHRC had assisted teenager Ruby Williams and her parents when Williams was sent home repeatedly by her school for having an...

A LAWYER who represented the city council in a High Court fight with a street-homeless ex-asylum-seeker is at the centre of a race-row. Brighton and Hove City Council said it has “immediately” withdrawn instructions from lawyer Jon Holbrook after a series of Twitter posts came to light. The senior barrister tweeted that the Equality Act was “empowering the stroppy teenager of colour” in response to the story of a pupil who was sent home from school because of her Afro hair. Jon Holbrook Credit: Unlocked YouTube A council spokesman said: “The council immediately withdrew instru...

A barrister has become embroiled in a racism row after he called a schoolgirl who won a discrimination settlement a 'stroppy teenager of colour'. Jon Holbrook commented on the case of Ruby Williams, now 18, who was awarded £8,500 following an Equality Act case against her school in east London. She was 14 when she was told by Urswick School in Hackney that her Afro hairstyle was against their uniform policy and sent home from her classes.    Mr Holbrook, who was called to the Bar 30 years ago, retweeted a post by the Equality and Human Rights Commission which referred to the case ...