The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the protected characteristic of ‘sex’ as outlined in the Equality Act refers to ...

The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled the country's 2010 Equality Act defines a woman as someone born biologically female in a ...

The unanimous decision of this court is that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex. But we counsel against reading this ...

The country’s highest court has ruled that under the Equality Act, woman means “biological female.” ...

The Supreme Court today unanimously ruled that ‘woman’ in the Equality Act 2010 refers to a biological woman. Before handing down a summary of the court’s judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd ...

“The definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010 makes clear that the concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a man,” the judges said in an 88-page ruling. While the court ruled ...

A new ruling by the Supreme Court in the UK says the legal definition of a woman is rooted in biological sex, rather than ...

The legislation would disproportionately disenfranchise women, who are more likely to change their last names when they marry ...

In the 88-page ruling, Lord Hodge, Lady Rose and Lady Simler said, "The definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010 makes clear that the concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a ...

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the meaning of the terms 'sex', 'man', and 'woman' in the Equality Act 2010 refer to 'biological sex'. Lord Hodge outlined the reasons why the judges ruled as they ...

The dispute centres on whether someone with a GRC recognising their gender as female should be treated as a woman under the UK 2010 Equality Act. FWS has previously said not tying the definition ...