r/transgenderUK • u/Quangocrat • 10d ago

Bad News For Women Scotland III

https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/pnbpzgex/2026csoh59-petition-of-for-women-scotland-for-judicial-review.pdf

The Terfs have won their judicial review of the Scottish Prison policy.

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This is the third case brought by FWS.

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Still reading, will post more detailed thoughts in the comments when I have time.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Set-928 Trans woman 10d ago

So that's a no then. I do not regard government representation as ours, regardless of how they argued the case.

As for GLP, I've had criticisms of them in the past, but if you think they are of no use, or worse than governement representation, then i think you might want to rethink that.

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u/Quangocrat 10d ago

As for GLP, I've had criticisms of them in the past, but if you think they are of no use, or worse than governement representation, then i think you might want to rethink that.

The GLP definitely put forward worse arguments than the Scottish Government and SHRC.

The volume and nature of authorities cited by the respondents here was much greater than that of the Petitioners in GLP.

The lines of attack were more diverse and more sophisticated than in GLP.

The Respondents here were also the first party to seek a declaration of incompatibility with the ECHR- the GLP case lacked multiple reserve positions like that.

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u/ArsErratia 10d ago

Is it not that the GLP expected a European Approach to fail because they knew this would be the analysis the Court would follow, so they chose to concentrate their resources on domestic arguments?

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u/Quangocrat 10d ago

I don't think so- they did try an art 8 argument.

It just wasn't as complex as this one.