DISCRIMINATION AND EQUALITY

Armstrong v The London Mathematical Society 

 

Our client, an academic at King's College London, threatened to launch legal action against the LMS for its new trans-inclusion policy, which advises that, in breach of the Equality Act, men who identify as women can use the facilities they feel most comfortable with, and members are warned against the failure to use ‘correct’ pronouns. The guidance has since been withdrawn.  CONCLUDED 

X v Girlguiding 

A discrimination case brought by a mother (who wishes to remain anonymous) who claims that the Girlguiding guidelines on inclusion of boys and men who identify as girls/women as members and volunteers is a breach of safeguarding rules and also unlawful in the light of the Supreme Court decision For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16.  Girlguiding withdrew its guidelines as a result of the pre-action protocol letter.  They no longer accept biological boys as members and any current boys and male leaders in female-only roles will be required to leave by September 2026.  CONCLUDED

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Bayswater v BBC​

 

A challenge by Bayswater Support Group, which represents over 800 parents of kids who identify as trans or non-binary, in relation to the BBC’s coverage of trans issues which it alleges is biased and does not meet statutory safeguarding standards. OFCOM has been requested to launch an independent investigation into this aspect of the BBC's coverage.  ONGOING

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X & Y v A Brighton School & Brighton & Hove City Council​​

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This is the first case to consider the lawfulness of policies regarding single sex spaces in secondary schools.  It will have national implications for the way in which schools handle their trans-identifying students and protect their female students in particular.  Our clients, who wish to remain anonymous, are bringing a judicial review claim against a school in Brighton and against Brighton & Hove City Council for its policy on use of toilets and changing rooms.  Currently the school permits, on a case-by-case basis, boys who identify as girls to use the girls’ changing rooms and toilets.  This is unlawful and the school and Council are breaching their safeguarding obligations.  We are alleging indirect discrimination against, and harassment of girls, who feel uncomfortable changing in front of biological boys.  ONGOING

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Green Women’s Declaration v The Green Party​​​

 

Ground-breaking challenge to the discriminatory policy and practice by the Green Party against long-serving members who hold gender critical views.   The Green Women Declaration was refused permission to run a ‘sex realist’ stall at the Green Party Autumn Conference and are alleging discrimination. This is against a backdrop of wider hostility including suspensions and expulsions from the Green Party of many who hold the view that biological sex is real.  ONGOING