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For Women Scotland in the Supreme Court
What was the case about? For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers was heard by the Supreme Court on 26th and 27th November 2024. It concerned the effect of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 on the definition of “woman” and “man” for the purposes of the Equality Act...
3rd December 2024
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There’s still a fatal flaw in the government’s digital trust framework
The Office for Digital Identities and Attributes last week published the latest version of the UK digital identity and attributes trust framework (0.4). But it has still not recognised the problem of inaccurate sex data provided by the public authorities that underpin the system. The trust framework is a...
2nd December 2024
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The legal status of women-only sport
British law is on our side. The Gender Recognition Act says that a person who gets a gender-recognition certificate (GRC) becomes their acquired gender “for all purposes” – though it also states exceptions. There is legal uncertainty about how this interacts with the Equality Act. This will be tested...
26th November 2024
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Sex matters at the Supreme Court!
An important legal case will be heard in the UK Supreme Court this week (on Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th November) about the meaning of woman (and man) in the Equality Act. This is the third round in an ongoing legal fight by the campaign group For Women Scotland...
25th November 2024
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Sex Matters threatens British Transport Police with legal action
At the end of last week Sex Matters sent a pre-action letter to the British Transport Police (BTP) challenging its new Transgender Search policy. The pre-action letter (which also names the National Police Chiefs’ Council as an interested party) is the first step towards taking the BTP to court...
24th November 2024
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A new scandal on the horizon?
Yesterday the Data (Use and Access) Bill had its second reading in the House of Lords. Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom, parliamentary hero of the Post Office scandal, mentioned our report Sex and the Data Bill: beware of building digital identities on sand after talking about how people’s lives were...
20th November 2024
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The Data Bill will fail if the government can’t be clear about sex
The Data Use and Access Bill is being debated in the House of Lords on Tuesday 19th November. The government promises that it will boost the UK economy by £10 billion across 10 years and free up millions of staff hours in the police and NHS, saving hundreds of...
18th November 2024