Oxfordshire CC withdraws transgender toolkit after girl's legal challenge

I think it's hugely significant they have dodged court. They were asked to reconsider their guidance some time ago and refused. They have clearly had some firm legal advice to tell them that fighting the JR will lead to expensive and public defeat.

So while it would have been amazing to see this play out in court, I think the impact is the same. The CPS caved, Oxfordshire followed - all must fall. Jenga warfare at its finest.

EHRC are definitely captured - the Chair is David Isaac, formerly of Stonewall. But hopefully they aren't stupid.

But many are watching now. If they churn out the same old nonsense, they will be challenged.

It says the guidance will be replaced by new national guidelines soon, does anyone know what the content of these will be?

Judicial reviews dodged all round, which is unfortunate as this needs testing in court.

It shouldn't be underestimated the significance this case still has. Granting the JR shifts the dial on the risks faced by LAs using & supporting the guide in various forms as it's been determined that it's 'arguable that it is unlawful'.

As much as TRA want to think it's job done on policy capture in several domains, that doesn't count for much in the LA's legal departments risk assessing the continued support for these policies (that none of them have done due diligence on re CRIA, EQIA & PSED). The decision to withdraw the guide rather than defend it would have had input from their legal reps who will have assessed the likelihood of success in defending the guide in court. That they won't take this further means they know it's a risk & that is sobering for every other LA who thought their gold standard stonewall law was unassailable.

Seems all that diversity training they've paid handsomely for isn't much of a shield again legal challenge. Whodathunkit eh?

Buried iin that article: UK-wide guidance on transgender children being written up by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

What will be in this guidance? We know that EHRC have been captured. [checks bank balance in case more digging is needed to challenge EHRC guidance]

Good. Floodgates opened. Get the lobby groups out of schools now.

What happened to 'the council utterly refutes the claim that this put children at risk'?

If they believed any of it they'd defend it in court. It rather looks as if their bluffs been called.

Well, add that to Warwickshire and the CPS. Another domino falls. Hopefully they'll all withdraw their flawed guidance before we have to take them to court but will gendered intelligence and Stonewall change tack now?

Oxfordshire CC in the statement double down on transpupils being vulnerable and reiterate their support. No mention of girls. They resolutely do not give a shit about our daughters.

I remain extremely grateful to the girl who took this case to judicial review.

If you know guidelines are legal and you know they benefit all children then you wouldn't withdraw those guidelines. Ever.

This is great but a big splash would have been good too.

It's still dominos.

Judicial reviews dodged all round, which is unfortunate as this needs testing in court. However it's clearly proven that no one has the courage of their convictions or believes these are defensible and would stand up in court.

As usual the 'spokesman' is committed to gender questioning children, and female children aren't even mentioned, never mind considered. Whole issue demonstrated in one quote.