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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katrine Bussey

Scotland’s highest court to hear gender recognition reform legal challenge

The Scottish Government will go to court in September as it seeks to challenge the UK Government’s decision to block controversial gender recognition reforms.

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf confirmed in April that his government would mount a legal challenge to the use of Section 35 powers – which prevented the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from gaining royal assent.

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