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https://12ft.io/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/lord-reed-how-we-will-decide-what-constitutes-a-woman-mt7nn79hc
What is a woman? This now highly controversial issue will be decided in November by the highest court in the land. Five senior judges will sit in the quiet, restrained atmosphere of Court One in the Supreme Court in Parliament Square, impervious to the placards and banners of any protesters outside.
The justices — three men and two women — will be led by Lord Reed of Allermuir, 68, president of the court and the UK’s most senior judge. He is undaunted by the task. “When we hear cases … we are not trying to decide what social policy ought to be. That’s not our function. What we are trying to do, generally and in this particular case, is to interpret a particular statute or provision.”
This particular statute is a law aimed at improving the gender balance of women on public boards in line with the Equality Act. However, does that include transwomen with a gender-recognition certificate? The appeal is being brought by a Scottish campaign group, For Women Scotland, after Scotland’s highest court ruled in favour of a wider definition.
What is a woman? This now highly controversial issue will be decided in November by the highest court in the land. Five senior judges will sit in the quiet, restrained atmosphere of Court One in the Supreme Court in Parliament Square, impervious to the placards and banners of any protesters outside.
The justices — three men and two women — will be led by Lord Reed of Allermuir, 68, president of the court and the UK’s most senior judge. He is undaunted by the task. “When we hear cases … we are not trying to decide what social policy ought to be. That’s not our function. What we are trying to do, generally and in this particular case, is to interpret a particular statute or provision.”
This particular statute is a law aimed at improving the gender balance of women on public boards in line with the Equality Act. However, does that include transwomen with a gender-recognition certificate? The appeal is being brought by a Scottish campaign group, For Women Scotland, after Scotland’s highest court ruled in favour of a wider definition.