For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers

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For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16 is a leading UK Supreme Court decision on the statutory interpretation of the terms man and woman in the Equality Act 2010 and the application of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. The case was brought by For Women Scotland (FWS), an anti-transgender, gender-critical feminist, Scottish campaign group. From 2018 to 2023, FWS brought judicial review challenges against the Scottish government's definition of man and woman. In 2023, the Inner House of the Court of Session found that the definitions under the Equality Act 2010 included transgender persons who had obtained a gender recognition certificate under the Gender Recognition Act 2004. On a further appeal to the Supreme Court, FWS argued that the Equality Act's definitions referred to "biological sex" and that the Scottish government's issued guidance was invalid. The Court heard submissions in 2024, with four intervenors, including the Equality and Human Rights Commission...

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