Oxford students have renewed their furious campaign against Magdalen College’s president, Dinah Rose QC, for representing the Cayman Islands in their legal battle to uphold a ban on gay marriage.
The university’s LGBTQ+ society, which has claimed that the top Jewish barrister’s work representing the Caribbean British overseas territory was a “stain” on the college, has now urged her to donate her fees to charity.
The Cayman authorities are fighting a challenge brought by a British woman and her partner, who argue that their ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional.
Ms Rose represented the Cayman Islands in a hearing at the Privy Council in London earlier this year.
The Privy Council has yet to announce its decision – over whether same-sex couples already have the legal right to marry in Cayman Islands or, as its government argues, this should be a matter for its parliament to agree.
The Cayman Islands approved civil partnerships for same-sex couples last year.
In a statement posted on Facebook, Oxford’s LGBTQ+ society said it was “shocked and disappointed” to learn the amount she was being paid for the case.
“Ms. Rose is already receiving a substantial salary for her primary role as president and so we implore her to donate her fee to LGBTQ+ advocacy organisations and charities in the Cayman Islands who are working tirelessly to support vulnerable LGBTQ+ people in the area,” the society said.
It also claimed there was a conflict between her role in the legal case and...
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