Birmingham’s Eva Echo announces intention to appeal High Court ruling over transgender NHS waiting times
“We disagree with the judgment, which is why we’ll be applying for the chance to appeal.”
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Mermaids appeals against LGB Alliance’s charity status
The hearing, which will run from September 9 – 16, will focus attention on debates over sex and gender identity, and the legal definitions of same-sex attraction and sexual orientation.
Government’s Conversion Therapy Bill ‘breaches Human Rights Act’, says leading QC
Top public law and human rights barrister Dan Squires QC, of Matrix Chambers, has advised that the Government’s Conversion Therapy Bill, if enacted in its current form, would likely be open to legal challenge on the grounds that it is incompatible with the Human Rights Act.
Good Law Project’s legal challenge to long-standing trans healthcare delays given permission to proceed to court hearing
Alongside trans-led organisation Gendered Intelligence and four people who have suffered life-altering and, Good Law Project argues, unlawful waits for treatment, Good Law Project applied last December for permission to bring a judicial review against NHS England on six grounds.
Good Law Project publishes expert legal advice about trans children’s rights at school
The advice is to help schools in England and Wales understand their responsibilities, and parents and children to understand their rights
Legal challenge launched against years-long wait trans people face for first appointment at NHS gender clinics
With trans young people and adults waiting years to be seen by the NHS, Good Law Project is supporting two adults, Eva and Alex, and two children who can’t be named, in cases against NHS England for failing to offer a first appointment within the legal timeframe of 18 weeks
LGB Alliance founding member resigns
Ann Sinnott, who is one of four founders of the controversial LGB Alliance, has resigned from her position.