Akua Reindorf

Akua Reindorf is a UK barrister who specialises in employment law, discrimination and human rights law, academic freedom and freedom of speech in higher education. She was appointed King’s Counsel in 2023.

Career

Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Barrister of the Year in the Legal Business Awards 2023, Employment Junior of the Year in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022 and was one of The Lawyer’s Hot 100 for 2022.
Reindorf's work has included a number of cases regarding the defense of academic freedom and freedom of speech in universities. She is a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE Law School. She produced the “Reindorf Report” for University of Essex into alleged no-platforming of two external speakers who were accused of transphobia which was critical of Stonewall's employer Diversity Champions Scheme.
Reindorf has worked with Sex Matters intervening at the Court of Appeal in Higgs v Farmor’s School, LGB Alliance in their challenge brought by Mermaids, and for James Esses, in his Employment Tribunal claim against the Metanoia Institute and the UK Council for Psychotherapy. Reindorf championed Julie Bindel in her case against Nottingham City Council after its library service cancelled a talk she was due to give on violence against women and girls and Almut Gadow in her claim for philosophical belief discrimination against the Open University.