UK Supreme Court
Ahead of our appeal being heard in the UK Supreme Court on 26 – 27th November 2024 we are now able to publish our written submission to the court.
Written Case – For Women Scotland
Aidan O’Neill KC and Spencer Keen, Barrister
Submitted: 30 September 2024
Supplementary documents: Statement of Facts and Issues, Appendix to the Appeal
Decision under appeal: FWS v Scottish Ministers [2023] CSIH 37
Briefing: 2 page overview of the background and main legal arguments of our case
Written cases have now also been submitted to the court by the Scottish Ministers and the following four interveners:
- Sex Matters (published here)
- Scottish Lesbians/Lesbian Project/LGB Alliance (published here)
- Equality and Human Rights Commission (refused to publish, see FOI response)
- Amnesty International UK
We hope the Supreme Court will publish all submissions on its website in due course.
Our CrowdJustice fundraiser to cover the legal costs of this case is still open and we would very much appreciate your support.
Media:
09 November 2024, Michael Foran: UK Supreme Court to decide “what is a woman?”
07 November 2024, Legal Feminist: Discrimination law and the experimental method
06 November 2024, Legal Feminist: Sex, peanuts and statutory interpretation
06 November 2024, Double Jeopardy podcast: discussing the UK Supreme Court case with Karon Monaghan KC
04 November 2024, Scottish Legal News: Scottish Lesbians publish written submission ahead of For Women Scotland’s Supreme Court case
22 October 2024, Scottish Legal News: For Women Scotland publishes Equality Act arguments ahead of landmark Supreme Court case
20 October 2024, BlackBeltBarrister on Youtube: UK Supreme Court to decide if Equality Act means Biological Sex
19 October 2024, Michael Foran: For Women Scotland and Female-only services
17 October 2024, Michael Foran: For Women Scotland and “Pregnant Men”
12 October 2024, Michael Foran: For Women Scotland and “Legal Lesbians”
11 October 2024, The Times: Will Labour show it’s learnt a biology lesson?
11 October 2024, Scottish Legal News: Scottish Lesbians to intervene in For Women Scotland’s Supreme Court appeal
09 October 2024, Michael Foran: For Women Scotland and Lesbian Associations
09 October 2024, Labour Heartlands: Gender and the Law: The Vitruvian Woman on Trial
08 October 2024, The Herald: Amnesty joins landmark Supreme Court case on definition of woman
17 June 2024, Michael Foran: Sex in the Supreme Court
28 March 2024, Michael Foran, Law Quarterly Review: Defining Sex in Law
18 February 2024, Daily Mail: JK Rowling donates £70,000 to Scottish feminist campaigners to help their Supreme Court appeal against the definition of ‘woman’
18 February 2024, The Telegraph: JK Rowling donates £70k to challenge ruling that men can become women
17 February 2024, The Times: JK Rowling donates £70k for legal challenge on defining a woman
16 February 2024, The Herald: Supreme Court to hear appeal over definition of ‘woman’
16 February 2024, The National: Scottish row over definition of ‘woman’ to head to Supreme Court
16 February 2024 The Times: Supreme Court to rule on legal definition of ‘woman’ in Scotland