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Fresh case launched after gender ruling - amid claims policies in schools and prisons are 'in clear breach of the law'

On Friday , For Women Scotland lodged a summons at the Court of Session seeking to quash policies it says contradict the UK Supreme Court judgment from April and harm vulnerable women and girls.
Having lost in Scottish courts, For Women Scotland appealed to the UK Supreme Court, which ruled in April that 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010 mean biological definitions.
For Women Scotland is focusing on two policies: Scottish government's guidance on transgender pupils in schools and Scottish Prison Service operational guidance, seeking declarator and suspension remedies.
Scottish ministers have 21 days to respond to the summons, and if policies are not withdrawn, For Women Scotland will lodge the summons for calling, requiring government defense in court; a Scottish Government spokesperson said, `It would be inappropriate to comment on live court proceedings.`
Several organisations, including the Scottish Parliament and Police Scotland, have updated guidance excluding trans people from single-sex spaces, and campaigners say the challenge could reshape policies across schools, prisons and public bodies in Scotland.

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Fresh case launched after gender ruling - amid claims policies in schools and prisons are 'in clear breach of the law'

For Women Scotland is claiming Holyrood's guidance on transgender pupils in schools and the Scottish Prison Service's policy on the management of transgender people in custody are in "clear breach of the law".

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