This blog considers two recent rulings by the Inner House of the Court of Session. These are the ruling in the Appeal case brought by For Women Scotland (FWS), which sought to overturn an earlier judgment in favour of the Scottish…
Month: February 2022
MBM response to the Fair Play for Women census appeal outcome
We share the surprise and disappointment at this decision expressed by FPFW. This was an important case to pursue. The ruling means that the category of 'sex' will now measure something different in Scotland’s census outputs, compared to other parts…
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“By the summer” Will the GRA Bill be denied proper parliamentary scrutiny?
On 26 January 2022, the EHRC wrote to the Scottish Government setting out its position on GRA reform. The letter followed on from a meeting between the Commission and Ministers a few days earlier. The Commission raised a number of…
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The room where it happens
Drawing on a recent Freedom of Information (FOI) response, this blog looks at the pattern and substance of Scottish Government meetings on gender recognition reform between May and December 2021. We describe what meetings took place, at whose initiative, what…
Gender recognition reform and unanswered questions
This blog records our meetings with the Scottish Government about reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and our associated correspondence. It shows that despite two public consultations, both of which received an unusually large number of responses, the Scottish…
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