Category: Supreme Court
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Sex and Gender Law Association is Go
Fair play to Simon Cheetham KC. He opened his talk by thanking the chair Dr Julius Grower for listing the gender cases he’d been involved with, adding “what that flattering biography failed to mention is that in terms of the cases involving these issues, I’ve lost them all.” There was laughter, compounded by his pay…
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NHS Doctor Attacks Videographer
On Saturday 11 April various women’s groups around the country got together for a series of events under the One Year On banner, marking the first anniversary of the For Women Scotland Supreme Court ruling. The 2025 ruling essentially established that in law, the word “woman” definitely means biological female. The One Year On event…
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Enemies of free speech
On 21 May 2024 the Spectator published a piece by the writer Gareth Roberts called “The sad truth about ‘saint’ Nicola Sturgeon“. It described the former Scottish First Minister’s appearance at a literary festival, during which she was interviewed by Juno Dawson. Dawson is a natal male who has publicly stated he (I am relating…
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For Women Scotland vs Scottish Govt
I am sitting in the media room at the Supreme Court – we have about 30 mins before Day 2 of this two day hearing starts so forgive me if this is brief. It’s a test post if anything. Yesterday was extraordinary. I got to live-tweet for the first time from the Supreme Court and…