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Exclusive: Top civil servant Simon Case follows Richard Moore in announcing decision to quit male-only club

The head of the civil service, Simon Case, and the MI6 chief, Richard Moore, have resigned their memberships of the Garrick Club after, revealing that fellow members include judges, scores of senior lawyers, the head of the civil service, leaders of publicly funded arts institutions and King Charles.

It is understood that Moore, chief of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, decided to quit the Garrick after criticism from colleagues at MI6, which has repeatedly restated itsstaff twice within the space of 24 hours.

He is also understood to feel mortified at the attention surrounding his club membership because it has detracted from MI6’s work to address the under-representation of women. The resignation followed conversations with senior female colleagues. News of Moore’s membership of a club that has refused to admit women since it was founded in 1831 came after a concerted drive by MI6 to demonstrate that it is no longer staffed exclusively by white, male Oxbridge graduates and is open to a wide range of applicants.

Helen Mountfield KC, a specialist in equality law, said: “I would not feel that a client of mine was getting a fair hearing in a case concerning sex discrimination which was heard by a judge who was a member of the Garrick Club.”

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