Author: Adventures in Evidence
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Consultation on adding sex to the characteristics protected under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021
The Scottish Government has opened a consultation on adding sex as a characteristic protected under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021. The closing date for comments...
29th August 2025
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Who is responsible for the cost to the public purse of Peggie v NHS Fife and Dr Upton?
Introduction In this blog we try to answer the question of who is responsible for the decisions and costs to the public purse incurred in the case of Peggie...
30th July 2025
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Pre-appointment scrutiny of the EHRC Chair: putting current events in context
Update 18 July: the Committees have today published their letter. We will now undertake an analysis of that. On 1 July Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee and Joint Committee...
14th July 2025
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Prisons in Scotland: who is responsible?
On 25 April, following the judgment in the UK Supreme Court, we wrote to Angela Constance MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, asking the Scottish Government to withdraw the Scottish...
11th July 2025
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Response to the EHRC consultation: addressing confusion around the Code of practice for services, public functions and associations
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s consultation on its Code of practice for services, public functions and associations closes later today. The EHRC is only seeking comments on those...
30th June 2025
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Acting now on the Supreme Court judgment: Scottish Government premises as a case study
Introduction Following the clarification of the law by the Supreme Court, the Scottish Government has repeatedly stressed the need for the EHRC to issue a revised Code of Practice...
30th April 2025
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Supreme Court judgment: a round-up of recent events
Introduction Last Thursday (24 April), we published this blog, arguing that the Scottish Government should take action now to make sure that Scottish public bodies, including itself, are acting...
28th April 2025
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Waiting for Guidance: how the Scottish Government should act now in response to the Supreme Court
Introduction Today, the Scottish Government is meeting the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), following the judgment in the Supreme Court on 16 April, that ‘sex’ in the Equality...
24th April 2025
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Statement on For Women Scotland’s win in the Supreme Court
We welcome the unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court this morning that sex in the Equality Act is a lifelong, fixed biological characteristic. The decision by the UK’s highest...
16th April 2025
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Scottish Government staff networks: whose voice is heard?
Introduction On 18 March, the outgoing Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Government, John Paul Marks, gave evidence to the Finance and Public Administration Committee of the Scottish Parliament, with...
13th April 2025