Case law
Cases in the UK and European courts about sex, identity and single sex services, and related freedom of speech and belief.
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Roz Adams v Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre
An employment tribunal ruled that caseworker Roz Adams was subjected to unlawful discrimination and constructive dismissal by Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre.
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Bailey v Stonewall, Garden Court Chambers and others
2022 Employment Tribunal
2023 Costs hearing22nd July 2022
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Goodwin v United Kingdom
2002 European Court of Human Rights
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Bellinger v Bellinger
2003 High Court
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A v West Yorkshire Police
1999 Employment Tribunal second ruling
1999 Employment Appeal Tribunal – Restricted Reporting Order
2001 Employment Appeal Tribunal
2002 Court of Appeal
2004 House of Lords
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Croft v Royal Mail
2003 Court of Appeal, 2002 Employment Appeal Tribunal, 2001? Employment Tribunal (not on file)
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Moything v Barts and London NHS Trust
2006 Employment Tribunal
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Kaur and Shah v London Borough of Ealing
2008 High Court
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C v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2017 Supreme Court
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Garcon and Nicot v France
2017 European Court of Human Rights
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Jay v Secretary of State for Justice
2018 High Court
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Forstater v Center for Global Development Europe
Judgment from 13th to 21st November 2019 Employment Appeal Tribunal on 27th to 28th April 2021, handed down on 10th June 2021 Commentaries Employment Tribunal judgment, 6th July 2022 For commentaries, see the press cuttings section.
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Miller v College of Policing
2020 High Court
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YT v Bulgaria
2020 European Court of Human Rights
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McConnell v Registrar General of the UK
2020 Court of Appeal
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Bell v Tavistock
2020 High Court
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Kate Scottow v CPS
2020 High Court
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Elan-Cane v Secretary of State for the Home Department
2020 Court of Appeal and 2018 High Court
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Regina WA (Palestinian Territories) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
2021 Court of Appeal (Civil Division) on appeal from the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber
This case was precedent setting13th January 2021
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Fortnum v Suffolk County Council
1999 Employment Tribunal
This is a first-instance Employment Tribunal decision so is not a legal precedent.22nd December 1999
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Corbett v Corbett
1970 Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
Precedent setting. This was the first time an English court had been asked to decide the sex of an individual in the context of medical procedures designed to alter genitalia to mimic those of the opposite sex. The court held that birth chromosomes,...2nd February 1970
