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Appeal lodged against High Court ruling on trans access at Hampstead Heath swimming ponds

Sex Matters argued that allowing trans people into the ponds would amount to sex discrimination

Evening Standard

Protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical legal battles, Starmer told after Hampstead ladies pond row

Exclusive: Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson have been urged by more than 140 feminist and LGBT+ organisations to protect trans-inclusive spaces

The Independent UK

Judge blocks charity’s challenge over trans people’s use of Hampstead ponds single-sex facilities

Judge says claim brought by Sex Matters should be made instead by individual who says they have faced discrimination

The Guardian - UK

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High Court challenge against trans access to Hampstead Ponds dismissed

Campaign group Sex Matters had claimed allowing trans people to use the facilities for the gender with which they identify amounts to sex discrimination

Evening Standard

Rights group challenges trans-inclusive swimming policy at Hampstead Heath

Allowing entry on the basis of self-identification of gender rather than biological sex is unlawful, high court told

The Guardian - UK

Campaign group at High Court in fight over Hampstead Heath ponds rules for trans people

Sex Matters is bringing a High Court claim over the arrangements for trans bathers on Hampstead Heath

Evening Standard

Sandie Peggie vows to continue legal fight after tribunal ruling

The announcement came on the same day part of the original tribunal ruling was amended, amid claims it contained a “completely made up” quote.

Evening Standard

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Decision on trans swimmers at Hampstead Heath ponds to be made next year

A consultation is underway on how the north London ponds should be run

Evening Standard

Inside the bitter battle for Hampstead Ladies Pond

The row over whether trans women should be allowed at this female-only bathing spot is boiling. Katie Glass takes a dip with the pond’s swimmers

Evening Standard

‘A class act’: Tim Allan, the former Blair ‘smoother’ recalled to Downing Street

Described as inscrutable and smart, the PR man has a job on his hands to turn around No 10’s communications effort

The Guardian - UK

NHS nurse’s tribunal over trans doctor’s use of changing room hears final evidence

Last-minute application from NHS Fife’s lawyers to amend their pleadings means could delay case by months

The Guardian - UK

Hampstead Heath Ladies' Pond trans rules case brought to High Court by charity

The claim has been brought after the City of London Corporation erected signs which said the ponds are open to trans women despite the Supreme Court’s judgement on the issue earlier this year

Evening Standard

UK’s first transgender judge seeks rehearing of supreme court case on biological sex

Exclusive: Victoria McCloud says court undermined her rights to a fair trial when it refused to hear her evidence

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour silent on support for Sandie Peggie after racist jokes made public

SCOTTISH Labour have fallen completely silent on the tribunal of NHS Fife nurse Sandie Peggie ...

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Evening Standard

Tory leader calls for resignations at NHS Fife over Sandie Peggie tribunal

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has urged NHS Fife’s boss and board to quit.

The National (Scotland)

NHS Fife staff 'faced violent threats' amid Sandie Peggie tribunal

NHS Fife has said police had to be called after staff faced threats of “physical harm and sexual violence”, as the health board sought to defend…

Evening Standard

NHS Fife says staff have faced violent threats as it defends tribunal actions

The update from NHS Fife also revealed that legal costs have increased by £38,000 in just one month.

The Independent UK

Can Hampstead Heath’s ladies’ pond win the fight for trans inclusion?

IN FOCUS: An advocacy charity is launching a legal bid that could ban trans women from the Hampstead Heath ladies’ pond, citing the recent Supreme Court ruling that redefined legal sex under the Equality Act. Olivia Petter speaks to lawyers to find out if the beloved inclusive space can remain…

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The National (Scotland)

Scottish Government to meet with gender-critical campaigners threatening legal action

The Scottish Government has agreed to meet with gender critical campaigners who have threatened legal action

Evening Standard

Row over transgender women swimming at Hampstead Heath ladies' pond set to reach High Court

A series of judicial proceedings against other public bodies may also be on the cards following the landmark Supreme Court ruling on women

Evening Standard

Who are Sex Matters? The group fighting to ban trans women from Hampstead Heath's 'ladies only' pond

The controversial organisation does not recognise transgender identities

Evening Standard

Gender critical campaigners demand action from government on toilet access

Sex Matters have threatened legal action and demanded action by next Wednesday.

The National (Scotland)

JK Rowling called our newspaper 'anti-woman'. Here's my response

THIS week JK Rowling launched an attack on The National, describing us as an "anti-woman newspaper" ...

The Guardian - UK

Scottish government faces legal action over failure to implement biological sex ruling

Campaign group accuses Holyrood of ‘intolerable’ delays to new policies required after landmark case

Evening Standard

Supreme Court ruling has ‘changed landscape’ of Peggie tribunal – campaigner

Sex Matters chief executive Maya Forstater and nurse Sandie Peggie met politicians during a visit to Holyrood on Wednesday.

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