The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has opened a public consultation on updates to its statutory Code of Practice for services, public functions, and associations under the Equality Act 2010, following the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment on April 16,…
The recent UK Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v the Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, handed down on April 16, 2025, has sparked significant debate about the definition of “sex” under the Equality Act 2010. The court…
In April 2025, the UK Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling clarifying that the term “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex, not gender identity or certificated sex via a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). This decision has…
The National Health Service (NHS) faces pressure to overhaul its policies on “transgender” patients’ access to single-sex wards after a landmark Supreme Court ruling clarified the legal definition of “woman” under the Equality Act 2010. The Equality and Human Rights…
