In For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, the Supreme Court held that the words ‘sex’, ‘woman’ and ‘man’ in sections 11 and 212(1) of the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010) mean biological sex, biological woman and biological man, with the effect that:
• a trans man with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) (a biological female but legally male for those purposes to which section 9(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA 2004) applies) is a woman for the purposes of EqA 2010, s 11; and
• a trans woman with a GRC (biologically male but legally female for those purposes to which GRA 2004, s 9(1) applies), is a man and not entitled to be treated as a woman under EqA 2010.
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Policy statement PS25/23: Tackling non‑financial misconduct in financial services, following amendment of the Code of Conduct (COCON) and the Fit and Proper test for Employees and Senior Personnel (FIT) sourcebooks. The policy statement contains final guidance on serious non-financial misconduct (NFM) in the financial services sector, and aims… >>
The President of Employment Tribunals (England & Wales), Judge Barry Clarke, has announced the launch of 18 explainer videos on YouTube aimed at improving access to justice by clarifying tribunal procedures and complex employment law for unrepresented parties. The initiative also seeks to help litigants present focused claims and responses, reducing case management time. This… >>
In Lockwood v Cheshire and Wirral NHS Foundation Trust (ET case numbers: 2401211/2024, 2407178/2024), an employment tribunal has rejected a non-binary National Health Service (NHS) worker’s complaint over repeated misgendering at work, ruling that protections under equality laws did not apply. Judge Nicky Benson ruled that Haech Lockwood, a Cheshire and Wirral NHS Foundation Trust… >>