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Rebecca McCurdy

UK Government blocking gender reforms was lawful, Court of Session rules

Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that the UK Government’s blocking of controversial gender reforms was lawful.

The Scottish Government mounted the legal challenge earlier in the year after Westminster issued a never-before-used Section 35 order of the Scotland Act to prevent the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from receiving royal assent.

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