McAllister Olivarius comments on Everyone’s Invited report showing the full extent of rape culture in university campuses across the UK.
“These are issues we see across the board at many universities. The people in charge don’t seem to realise the long-term damage this can cause.” – Georgina Calvert-Lee on the problems at Warwick and many other universities whose students are coming to us for help.
Kelsey Murrell explains the key legislative differences in reporting sexual assault at university in the UK versus the US; and why she’s holding universities accountable when they derail students’ lives.
Georgina Calvert-Lee speaks to the Tab about how Warwick university’s recent failure to exclude another sexual harasser shows it ‘hasn’t learned’ from its mistakes in the Warwick rape chat case.
Dr Olivarius and Georgina Calvert-Lee’s op-ed on how universities are still dragging their feet when dealing with student sexual harassment and abuse.
The Tab interviews Dr Ann Olivarius on universities’ inappropriate fining systems for sexual assault.
With our clients’ cases as examples, this piece evaluates how the US and the UK legal frameworks approach sexual harassment on campus very differently.
In an interview with the BBC, Warwick University’s vice chancellor apologised for not supporting and communicating enough with female students targeted with rape threats. The uni has been sued by two women we represent, for allegations of discrimination and negligence.
The vice chancellor of Warwick University apologises to our clients after an independent report criticises the uni’s existing procedures for dealing with sexual violence and misconduct.
Two female students targeted by a “rape chat” group established by their male friends on WhatsApp, are suing Warwick University for its poor handling of their complaints. We are representing the plaintiffs.
The female students who reported the WhatsApp group chat, which involved anti-Semitic, sexist comments, and rape threats, felt like they were being “punished” by the uni’s procedures.
We’re representing students traumatised by how the university mishandled their reports of threats of sexual violence. “The university caused so much pain and so much damage…I don’t want to go to my graduation. I just can’t wait to never have to go to Warwick ever again” said one plaintiff.