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UK Supreme Court rules 'woman' means biological female (news.stv.tv)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Olap@lemmy.world to c/scotland@lemmy.world

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I know it's a hot topic in both the real world, and online, but I suspect not a huge shock to those learned individuals. I doubt the Scottish Government will be appealing, I suspect Swinney keen to put it behind the SNP. A sad day for trans women. I'm sure they, and their allies, will campaign on to try to persuade the UK government to amend the various acts next.

Edit: locking this post to stop fly-bys. As a mod I don't want to see the discourse descend further than what has already been posted

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Where does one appeal a Supreme Court decision?

[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 4 days ago

The Thunderdome

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I am not a lawyer. But the supreme court isn't the highest court in Scotland for criminal cases for instance, so it isn't acually supreme. I think this is however civil and hence nowhere in the UK after doing some more reading. However the European Court of Human Rights does in theory allow a route to overrule the supreme court yet afaiu too

And I can't see the SNP doing it as things stand