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Ministers pay out nearly £400k after losing Supreme Court gender case
The Scottish Government settled £392,500 for legal costs after losing a Supreme Court case defining 'woman' by biological sex, funding further legal challenges, campaigners said.
- On Tuesday, the Scottish Government paid For Women Scotland a £392,500 settlement following the UK Supreme Court case, with the group confirming it received the full and final settlement.
- After a legal challenge over the 2017 Gender Representation on Public Boards Act, For Women Scotland argued the guidance unlawfully expanded the definition of 'woman', leading to a Supreme Court ruling and a £392,500 settlement.
- Official totals list at least £766,498.80, including at least £550,316.30 for the UK Supreme Court case and £216,182.50 for the Court of Session legal bill, FOI data revealed last year.
- The group said it will use the payment to fund an ongoing judicial review of Scottish prison guidance, with solicitors Balfour+Manson holding funds as the Court of Session case called last week.
- First Minister John Swinney said the ruling clarified single-sex spaces guidance, while Tess White MSP criticized ministers for delayed payment and ministers and the Scottish Prison Service warned prison bans could breach human-rights law.
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Humiliated SNP Government finally hand over money to gender court case victors as £1m bill racked up defending men in female spaces - Scottish Daily Express
The Scottish Government took 10 months to pay out court case losses to For Women Scotland who will use this money to ensure that women's rights and laws are respected by the SNP.
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