The ruling follows a series of legal challenges brought by the campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS), backed by Harry Potter author JK Rowling, over the definition of a “woman”. The decision ...

The case had its genesis in Scotland in 2022, where a group called 'For Women Scotland' challenged the definition of woman that the Scottish government was using in a 2018 law which was intended ...

The judges said while the word "biological" does not appear in the definition of man or woman ... stated that if the word "sex" did not only mean biological sex in the 2010 legislation, providers ...

The judges said while the word “biological” does not appear in the definition of man or woman ... that if the word “sex” did not only mean biological sex in the 2010 legislation ...

During a ruling this morning, the UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously infavour of the legal challenge brought by For Women Scotland (FWS), stating the definitions of ‘sex’ and ‘woman’ in ...

A verdict in the UK Supreme Court case on the definition of a woman is due to be given on Wednesday. This is an ongoing legal row between the campaign group For Women Scotland and the Scottish ...

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously and unambiguously backed the argument that the definition of a woman in the Equality Act should be based on biological sex. Reading out the ruling, Lord Hodge ...

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously and unambiguously backed the argument that the definition of a woman in ... So what does it all mean? The application of the law on the ground, in "real ...

The UK's highest court has delivered a landmark judgement, stating that the terms "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act refer specifically to biological definitions. Here's what the ruling means ...