I want to apply yesterday’s dazzling insight that peanuts have to be left out of peanut-free meals to the words of the Equality Act and the specific question before the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, to be heard later this month. This is another fairly short point, though a little more … Continue reading "Discrimination law and the experimental method" The post Discrimination law and the experimental method first appeared on .|
There’s an aspect of the FWS case (For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers) due to be heard later this month in the Supreme Court that is so childishly simple that one worries that the cleverest judges in the land may be too clever for it. This isn’t about the legal arguments that the Court will … Continue reading "Sex, peanuts and statutory interpretation" The post Sex, peanuts and statutory interpretation first appeared on .|
So, we now have not one, not two, but three separate crowdfunders in support of proposed legal challenges to the draft revised Code of Practice issued by the Equality & Human Rights Commission on 20 May, in response to the … Continue reading →| Labour Pains
Par cette seule décision, les droits des femmes ont été réaffirmés. Désormais, au Royaume-Uni, un homme ne peut plus se prévaloir d’un certificat de reconnaissance de genre pour exiger d̵…| Debbie Hayton
There are two sexes, male and female, and sex cannot be changed. Trans women certainly exist – I’m one of them. But trans women, however loudly the slogans blare, are not women.| Debbie Hayton
No longer can the Scottish government try and expand the definition of the word woman| Debbie Hayton
As noted on this blog last month, it was always going to be fun watching Jolyon Maugham KC and his Good Law Project try to re-invent themselves, following the demise on 4 July last year of the Tory…| Labour Pains
The Supreme Court is comprised of very able and mature minds, aware of the law and of their duties. The case brought by For Women Scotland concerns a pure and straightforward matter of statutory reading and I have no doubt … Continue reading →| Labour Pains
Le parole “donna” e “sesso” dell’Equality Act, legge antidiscriminazione del 2010, si riferiscono alle donne biologiche e al sesso. Le attiviste di For| FeministPost