Legal systems
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Good Law Project’s failed legal challenge against the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Court: High Court, King's Bench Division (Administrative Court) Judge: Mr Justice Swift Date: 13th February 2026
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The CPS: keeping sex secret
Sex Matters is bringing a judicial review against the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for its unlawful guidance on sex...
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We’re taking the CPS to court over sex by deception
This week, the High Court will hear Sex Matters’ challenge to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance on deception...
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Conversion Practices Bill targets parents
Draft bill threatens families, free speech and religious rights.
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Males no longer allowed in Scottish women’s prisons: the law is clear
For Women Scotland has won another important victory against the Scottish Government, forcing it to finally remove all trans-identifying...
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Getting back on track: a new report
How UK law provides for separate sport for women and girls.
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Sex matters in sport
Sport and physical recreation are one of the most obvious places where women and girls need dedicated provision and...
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Sex is not “special category” data
The new Code of practice for services, public functions and associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC),...
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The state of free speech on campus
OfS judgment’s Equality Act-shaped hole.
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One year later – part 2
Reflections on the FWS anniversary
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Updated EHRC code to be published in May
The Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson, has made a statement to Parliament saying that she intends to...
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FWS one year later
Why are women waiting?
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Sex and the law
UPDATED after the Supreme Court judgment on 16th April 2025
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EHRC vindicated in High Court
Good Law Project legal challenge fails
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Sex-based rights in 2026: Maya and Fiona look ahead
9th January 2026
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A disappointing judgment in defiance of the Supreme Court
The judgment in the case of Kelly v Leonardo has been published, and it is bad news. This case involves...
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The government is “trying to rewrite For Women Scotland”
On 12th November 2025 the Prime Minister responded to a question in Parliament about the For Women Scotland case,...
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It’s time to ACT to sort out the code of practice
We’re calling on the government to take the three steps that are urgently needed to protect everyone who uses...
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Sex Matters intervenes on single-sex services guidance
Sex Matters has been given permission to intervene in the judicial review being brought by the Good Law Project...
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What is the real cost to business of ignoring equality law?
The government is stalling on laying the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s updated code of practice for service providers...
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Cracking the Code
Naomi Cunningham explains why, if government ministers have demanded a regulatory impact assessment of the Equality and Human Rights...
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The law is clear – providing single-sex services with confidence
On 16th April 2025 the Supreme Court concluded in relation to provisions enabling single-sex services that: “The plain intention...
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Combatting exposure and voyeurism
The Crime and Policing Bill is currently going through the House of Lords. It includes a clause that amends...
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The Scottish Government has dropped its unlawful toilets policy
On 30th September, Sex Matters lodged a petition for judicial review of the failure by the Scottish Government to...
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A new initiative for sex-based rights and political courage in Europe
Sex Matters is proud to have supported the foundation of Athena Forum, a much-needed European initiative to fight for...
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Removing unlawful toilet policies from workplaces – briefing
A summary of the legal arguments, relevant to other service providers and employers in the public and private sectors....
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Beneath the Surface: How gender identity is reshaping Europe
A report that maps how contested activist demands have been written into European law and policy through soft-law mechanisms,...
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EHRC consultation: justification
This is the fourth in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
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EHRC consultation: sport
This is the third in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
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The next EHRC chair must uphold the law
Sex Matters has written to two Parliamentary committees, the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women and Equalities...
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Letter to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women and Equalities Committee
We wrote to express our dismay at the questioning of Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson during her appointment hearing for the...
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Ben Cooper KC’s analysis of FWS Supreme Court judgment – briefing for Parliamentarians
Five key points in a summary of the analysis by the lawyer who represented Sex Matters in our intervention...