Policing
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Police strip-searching: Sex Matters’ judicial review
On Tuesday 16th June Sex Matters will be in the High Court for a judicial-review hearing. Our claim is...
10th June 2026
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Statement of facts and grounds in R (Sex Matters) v NPCC and BTP
Claimant's statement in Sex Matters’ judicial review of guidance on searching from the National Police Chiefs’ Council and British...
9th June 2026
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Table of trans-identifying males who have committed sex crimes for R (Sex Matters) v NPCC and BTP
Exhibit MF2/1 in Sex Matters’ judicial review of guidance on searching from the National Police Chiefs’ Council and British...
9th June 2026
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Witness statement of Maya Forstater in R (Sex Matters) v NPCC and BTP
Witness statement of Maya Forstater in Sex Matters’ judicial review of the search policies of the National Police Chiefs’...
9th June 2026
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Witness statement of Catherine Larkman in R (Sex Matters) v NPCC and BTP
Witness statement of ex-police officer Cath Larkman in Sex Matters’ judicial review of the search policies of the National...
9th June 2026
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Claimant’s skeleton argument in R (Sex Matters) v NPCC and BTP
Skeleton argument in Sex Matters’ judicial review of the search policies of the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the...
9th June 2026
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Crime and Policing Bill: combatting exposure and the importance of single-sex spaces – briefing for peers
Large-print version of this briefing.
15th October 2025
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Police forces withdraw unlawful search policies
Six police forces have now folded to our legal challenge and will not be defending their unlawful policies in...
16th June 2025
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Met Police tribunal anonymity bid rejected
An employment tribunal in South London has rejected the Metropolitan Police’s application to anonymise the identity of a witness...
11th March 2025
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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...
24th November 2024
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Letter to Gavin Stephens, National Police Chiefs’ Council
From Sex Matters, Women’s Rights Network and LGB Alliance. "We will not take part in a consultation process designed...
10th June 2024
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Letter to the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire
We wrote to Chris Philp MP about the new policy of the National Police Chiefs’ Council that allows male...
14th January 2024
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“Please, please make it stop.”
On 9th November we delivered a letter to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, calling on him to act to...
15th November 2023
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Sex Matters delivers letter to Prime Minister
The Sex Matters team were joined by women’s rights activists to deliver the #DefendUs letter to 10 Downing Street...
9th November 2023
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Sex Matters welcomes review of police politicisation
The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman KC MP, has written to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Andy Cooke, to raise concerns...
2nd September 2023
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Incitement to violence at Trans Pride
At Trans Pride in London on 8th July 2023, a speaker was seen addressing the crowd using a PA...
10th July 2023
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New guidance on trivial, malicious and irrational complaints
The College of Policing has published new Authorised Professional Practice (APP) guidance on ‘Responding to hate’, which states that non-crime hate...
19th June 2023
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Letter to the College of Policing
Our detailed comments in response to to the consultation on the Authorised Professional Practice Recording and retention of non-crime...
18th April 2023
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How police forces in England and Wales record suspects’ sex in crime and incident reporting
Keep Prisons Single Sex reports that from its research it is clear that many police forces record suspects’ gender...
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College of Policing ordered to dial down the “chilling” effect on public debate
Sex Matters welcomes today’s landmark judgment from the Court of Appeal on the recording of non-crime hate incidents. It...
20th December 2021
