Story 15

15th June 2021

I signed an NDA for early settlement at a UK University in 2018 after experiencing disability and gender discrimination, in addition to bullying. They suspended me for making a formal complaint and kept me on suspension with no review/progress until I terminated my contract and signed the NDA. I broke the NDA via social media and protected disclosures. They have attacked me via various legal threats that included extensive lies. They put themselves in a legally vulnerable position by doing this, so they employed a third party to attack me legally in 2020 (one that I had made protected disclosures to and hadn’t realised at the time was a business partner of the University). They made false allegations to the police about me (evidenced), used the police to harass me (evidenced), and I am now taking them all to court as a litigant-in-person as I have no legal funds. I now have testimonies from others treated similarly, and they know I’m probably going to go public after the legal action with mine and everyone else’s stories. They are entirely vicious in their attacks, and I believe I will have to move out of the UK once the legal action is complete. NDAs are covering a lot of lawbreaking and power abuse. I am happy to speak out about that and have no fear of these people. They have tried every trick in the book to shut me down, but I have simply become louder. They now have to answer to that in court.

CBMS UPDATE NOV 2022 image

CBMS UPDATE NOV 2022

CBMS July 2022 Update  image

CBMS July 2022 Update

N.S. opposition parties call for legislation limiting NDAs for sexual assault, harassment cases image

N.S. opposition parties call for legislation limiting NDAs for sexual assault, harassment cases

Greens Take Lead to Stop NDAs from Silencing Victims image

Greens Take Lead to Stop NDAs from Silencing Victims

NY State Senate Passes Ban on Secret Deals image

NY State Senate Passes Ban on Secret Deals

Misuse of NDAs focus of Can’t Buy My Silence image

Misuse of NDAs focus of Can’t Buy My Silence

Canadian Bar Association Votes Overwhelmingly To End Abuse Of NDAs image

Canadian Bar Association Votes Overwhelmingly To End Abuse Of NDAs

Canadian Bar Association votes to advocate to end misuse of NDAS coverage image

Canadian Bar Association votes to advocate to end misuse of NDAS coverage

Regulators plan new work on lawyers’ misuse of NDAs image

Regulators plan new work on lawyers’ misuse of NDAs

 Samantha Morton Breaks Down Her Pivotal Role in ‘She Said’ and Capturing the Essence of Zelda Perkins  image

Samantha Morton Breaks Down Her Pivotal Role in ‘She Said’ and Capturing the Essence of Zelda Perkins

Tragic consequences of non-disclosure agreements image

Tragic consequences of non-disclosure agreements

A Resolution to Limit Use of NDA's up for debate at the CBA Annual Meeting in February. image

A Resolution to Limit Use of NDA's up for debate at the CBA Annual Meeting in February.

An NDA from Harvey Weinstein cost me my career – at last, banning them feels within reach image

An NDA from Harvey Weinstein cost me my career – at last, banning them feels within reach

Biden signs law curbing nondisclosure agreements that block victims of sexual harassment from speaking out image

Biden signs law curbing nondisclosure agreements that block victims of sexual harassment from speaking out

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Ontario, lawyer hails victory on university, college use of non-disclosure agreements

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Times Up UK backs campaign Cant Buy My Silence

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London (Ontario) lawyer fights university, college use of non-disclosure agreements

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Mark Stephens, Zelda Perkins discuss NDAs & Dominic Raab

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‘She Said’ Filmmakers and Weinstein Victims: An Emotional Collaboration

I knew Harvey was a monster after he tried to rape my colleague. But when I spoke out I was silenced image

I knew Harvey was a monster after he tried to rape my colleague. But when I spoke out I was silenced

Halifax Roundtable on NDAs

Has the Use of NDA's Gone Too Far? Halifax Roundtable

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Expert Panel on Abuse of NDA'S IN MOVA SCOTIA

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People silenced by non-disclosure agreements speak out at hearing for Manitoba Liberal bill

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Can’t Buy My Silence to Host Exclusive Preview Screening of “She Said” in LondonPost 130

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Banning the use of NDA' in Nova Scotia and Elsewhere

Premier says people aren't 'forced' to sign NDAs; advocates say coercion a factor image

Premier says people aren't 'forced' to sign NDAs; advocates say coercion a factor

Ontario to end secrecy behind campus sexual misconduct cases and let universities fire faculty who abuse students image

Ontario to end secrecy behind campus sexual misconduct cases and let universities fire faculty who abuse students

A man was charged with her sexual assault 3 years ago. He's never been extradited image

A man was charged with her sexual assault 3 years ago. He's never been extradited

Ontario to ban NDAs in sexual misconduct cases by staff at colleges, universities image

Ontario to ban NDAs in sexual misconduct cases by staff at colleges, universities

MLA who sponsored P.E.I.'s non-disclosure agreement bill says N.S. should act now image

MLA who sponsored P.E.I.'s non-disclosure agreement bill says N.S. should act now

BBC Radio 5 With Naga Munchetty image

BBC Radio 5 With Naga Munchetty

Trauma therapist calls for ban on NDAs for sexual assault survivors image

Trauma therapist calls for ban on NDAs for sexual assault survivors

Lawyers need to redraw ethical boundaries “or face external action” image

Lawyers need to redraw ethical boundaries “or face external action”

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Weinstein whistleblower: ‘nothing has changed’ on NDA rules

Reforming NDAs should be top of Liz Truss’s agenda image

Reforming NDAs should be top of Liz Truss’s agenda

Liberal bill targets ‘legalized hush money’ image

Liberal bill targets ‘legalized hush money’

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Watch An Animated Graphic of the NDA Story

Inquiry launched into alleged sexual harassment by union leader image

Inquiry launched into alleged sexual harassment by union leader

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Grassroots campaign wants to reform ‘dangerous’ non-disclosure agreements in Canada, abroad

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Lyons backs NI universities’ pledge to end use of Non-Disclosure Agreements

CBC HOCKEY CANADA COVERAGE image

CBC HOCKEY CANADA COVERAGE

Abuse and harassment survivors 'silenced' ... image

Abuse and harassment survivors 'silenced' ...

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CTV NEWS HOCKEY CANADA COVERAGE

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Hockey Canada comes under fire after for its handling of alleged sexual assault

The Government says it will look to model the legislation off a Bill... image

The Government says it will look to model the legislation off a Bill...

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Workplace 'gag orders' for sexual harassment could be finished

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She Said – Official Trailer Release

Victoria to restrict deals silencing sexual harassment victims image

Victoria to restrict deals silencing sexual harassment victims

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U.K. Performers’ Union Equity Fights Back Against NDA Overreach

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NHS ambulance service doctored documents to cover up truth about deaths

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Ending Gag Clauses

Victims no longer silenced as landmark legislation takes effect on P.E.I. image

Victims no longer silenced as landmark legislation takes effect on P.E.I.

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Zelda Perkins of Can’t Buy My Silence discusses 56 MPs facing claims of sexual misconduct

Lady Margaret Hall is first Oxford college to ban non-disclosure agreements image

Lady Margaret Hall is first Oxford college to ban non-disclosure agreements

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How Being Legally Silenced Prolongs Workplace Trauma and PTSD

P.E.I. could become 1st province to limit use of NDAs to silence victims of sexual misconduct image

P.E.I. could become 1st province to limit use of NDAs to silence victims of sexual misconduct

Harvey Weinstein PA says abusers still have the legal power to silence victims image

Harvey Weinstein PA says abusers still have the legal power to silence victims

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Move fast to fix NDAs if you want to avoid a ban

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‘I had to start over, alone and silenced’: the fight to end NDA abuse

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Harvey Weinstein's Former Assistant's Mission to Ban NDAs Explained

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Whistleblowers launch campaign to end misuse of NDAs

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Harvey Weinstein’s former PA: Why I want a law banning NDAs

The Campaign to End NDAs image

The Campaign to End NDAs