DISCRIMINATION AND EQUALITY

We represent people who have been discriminated against or harassed because of their beliefs. This often involves issues surrounding ‘gender critical’ and orthodox religious beliefs. ‘Gender critical’, in this context, refers to someone who believes that biological sex is the determining factor in making someone a ‘man’ or a ‘woman’

rather than ‘gender identity’.

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 The guidance has since been withdrawn.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 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 announced on 2 December 2025 that the association would no longer accept biological boys as members. They are revising their inclusion policy to ensure it is lawful. CONCLUDED

Bayswater v BBC

A challenge by The Bayswater Support Group (which represents over 800 parents of trans-identified kids) to the BBC alleging that their coverage of trans issues is biased. The initial stage has been a letter to OFCOM demanding that they launch an independent investigation into this aspect of the BBC's coverage. ONGOING

X v A Brighton School

On behalf of a concerned parent we have written to a well-known Brighton school to challenge their approach to trans-identifying students, who are allowed to use bathrooms and changing rooms for the opposite sex on the basis of self-identification. This is unlawful and the school is breaching their statutory safeguarding obligations. This case will have national implications for the way in which schools handle their trans identifying students and protect female students in particular. ONGOING