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Evening Standard
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Rebecca Black

Deputy First Minister criticises Equality Commission gender ruling legal action

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Wire)

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister has criticised the region’s Equality Commission for taking legal action after the Supreme Court’s ruling on biological sex.

Earlier this month the Equality Commission applied to the High Court for leave to apply for judicial review, after the Supreme Court’s ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law.

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