FWS: Definition of "WOMAN"

• PETITION OF FOR WOMEN SCOTLAND LTD FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE DEFINITION OF "WOMAN" CONTAINED IN THE GENDER REPRESENTATION ON PUBLIC BOARDS (SCOTLAND) ACT 2018 AND DECISIONS OF THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS RELATED THERETO (FIRST) THE LORD ADVOCATE AND (SECOND) THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS AND FOR PUBLIC INTEREST INTERVENTION THE EQUALITY NETWORK (INTERVENOR) [2021] ScotCS CSOH_31 (23 March 2021)

  11 Jul, 2002 · s.7 Equality Act 2010 s.11 Equality Act 2010 gender recognition act  ·

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  Now overturned FWS judgment on the term women. This judgment explicitly excluded trans women in scotland from equal opportunity measures related to Gender Representation on Public Boards.

  As a common theme in many anti-trans legal cases, they attempt to argue that equality laws should be used to discriminate against trans individuals.

  Case number: P697/20

  Cite as: [2021] ScotCS CSOH_31, 2021 GWD 12-161, [2021] CSOH 31, 2021 SLT 639

  (24) [...] The final general point was that the exclusion from the reserved matter of equal opportunities contained within L2 related to the inclusion of persons with protected characteristics. It was specifically designed to allow the Scottish Parliament to include various persons rather than to be exclusive.

  
  

  • http://www.bailii.org/scot/cases/ScotCS/2021/2021_CSOH_31.html

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  Added: 10 Apr, 2023