Ben Cooper KC has produced a detailed analysis of the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16; [2025] ICR 899 that ‘sex’, ‘man’ and ‘woman’ in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex and are not modified by the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
You can read Ben’s analysis here.
Ben appeared in For Women Scotland for the intervener and human rights charity, Sex Matters. The Supreme Court acknowledged the contribution of Sex Matters in their judgment and said that they were ‘particularly grateful to Ben Cooper KC for his written and oral submissions on behalf of Sex Matters, which gave focus and structure to the argument that “sex”, “man” and “woman” should be given a biological meaning, and who was able effectively to address the questions posed by members of the court in the hour he had to make his submissions’.
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