TransActual has criticized the court for not providing a clear definition of the terms “women’s spaces” or “biological sex.” The ruling says a biological woman is someone “who was at ...

Peta Credlin has hailed the UK court ruling on the legal definition of a woman as a "return of commonsense" and a win for "all women around the world, as our biological rights have now been upheld ...

It was to settle a legal dispute between the Scottish government and the campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) dating back to 2018, relating to the definition of a "woman". Specifically ...

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Marion Calder, center, and Susan Smith, left, from For Women Scotland, celebrate outside after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender ...

UK's top court rules legal definition of a woman refers to biological sex The UK's highest court has ruled that, according to its Equality Act, the definition of a woman applies only to biological ...

The terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex, the Supreme Court has ruled. Delivering the judgement, Judge Lord Hodge said the “central ...

It followed a years-long legal battle between campaign group For Women Scotland and the Scottish Government over the definition of a woman. Lord Hodge told the court: “The unanimous decision of ...

The judges said while the word "biological" does not appear in the definition of man or woman in the Equality Act, "the ordinary meaning of those plain and unambiguous words corresponds with the ...

The group initially challenged the definition of the term "woman" as included in Scottish legislation from 2018, which set targets to increase the proportion of women serving on public bodies.

Controversial author JK Rowling was quick to comment on the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the legal definition of a woman. The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the definition of a woman and sex ...

What was the case about? The court was asked to determine the definition of a woman under Britain’s 2010 Equality Act, which sets out protections against discrimination on the basis of sex ...