Tag: EHRC
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EHRC Code of Practice 2025
This is our submission to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) consultation on the update to the Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations following the Supreme Court...
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Letter to Permanent Secretary
Since our UK Supreme Court judgment in April there has been almost ten weeks of prevaricating by the Scottish Government and little, if anything, by way of action to...
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Letter to First Minister
In what The Scotsman termed a “fiery exchange” in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, John Swinney faced increasing pressure to clarify the legal position regarding provision of separate sex changing...
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EHRC Code of Practice
This is our submission to the EHRC consultation on their Code of Practice which aims to provide legally accurate and accessible information to service providers. The draft Code can...
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UK Supreme Court – the hearing
Speaking Notes Aidan O’Neill KC has kindly given permission to publish his speaking notes. It is important to understand that these are the notes of what he hoped to...
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Scotland’s Women Gather 2023
Elect Her is holding what should be a fantastic women’s event at the Scottish Parliament on 24th June to celebrate and encourage women into politics. Unfortunately, many women have...
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Sex, what’s it all about?
Rachael Hamilton MSP: “Does the Cabinet Secretary believe that a Gender Recognition Certificate is relevant under the Equality Act or is irrelevant, because two weeks ago, the Scottish Government...
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Judicial Review 2 – Substantive Hearing
BackgroundEarlier this year we won a judicial review at appeal which ruled that the definition of “woman” in the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 was unlawful...
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Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
We sent the following letter to Shirley-Anne Somerville (Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills) and Clare Haughey (Minister for Children and Young People) on 31st August 2022 regarding single-sex...
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Joint statement in response to the EHRC intervention
In response to the EHRC’s recent letter to the Scottish Government about reform of the Gender Recognition Act and their submission to the UK Government about conversion therapy, 20...