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Court cases/Judicial Reviews/ET/ETAs

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ArabellaScott · 02/10/2023 12:07

A thread of court cases involving people with 'gender critical' beliefs. So they are all in one place. I'll try and add links to court judgements where I can find them.

I'll add cases as I have time but please feel free to add others and/or remind me of any I've missed!

  1. Maria McLachlan, Tara Wolf. Assault by beating/battery.

https://www.feministcurrent.com/2018/04/27/trans-identified-male-tara-wolf-charged-assault-hyde-park-attack/

'Tara Wolf (also known as Tara Flik Wood), a trans-identified male, stood trial for striking 60-year-old Maria MacLachlan three times in Hyde Park on September 13th 2017, where women had gathered to attend a meeting called “We Need to Talk About Gender” at a yet-to-be-disclosed location. Wolf was found guilty of “assault by beating,” more commonly known as “battery.”'

Trans-identified male, Tara Wolf, convicted of assault after Hyde Park attack

Jen Izaakson reports from the courtroom, as Tara Wolf is tried for assaulting Maria MacLachlan.

https://www.feministcurrent.com/2018/04/27/trans-identified-male-tara-wolf-charged-assault-hyde-park-attack

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ArabellaScott · 31/07/2026 19:54

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbria-detective-sacked-after-saying-34382013.amp

'A detective who said "all men" were rapists and should be given a curfew to stop sex attacks at night has been sacked. Detective Constable Rachel Fletcher, who worked in safeguarding at Northumbria Police, has been subject to a misconduct hearing. '
She was accused of saying "all men" were rapists and they should be given a 9pm curfew to stop sex attacks at night. Det Cons Fletcher was also accused of describing transgender women as "c**ks in frocks".

A panel, sitting at Houghton-le-Spring police station, found that she made the comments and had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in relation to Discreditable Conduct, Authority, Respect and Courtesy and Equality and Diversity. Chair of the panel, Assistant Chief Constable Andrew Hill, said the proved allegations amounted to gross misconduct. '

She's only wrong about one of those things: most men don't rape.

A 9pm male curfew would make it far far safer for women out at night.

SinnerBoy · 02/08/2026 22:27

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ArabellaScott · 31/07/2026 19:54

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbria-detective-sacked-after-saying-34382013.amp

'A detective who said "all men" were rapists and should be given a curfew to stop sex attacks at night has been sacked. Detective Constable Rachel Fletcher, who worked in safeguarding at Northumbria Police, has been subject to a misconduct hearing. '
She was accused of saying "all men" were rapists and they should be given a 9pm curfew to stop sex attacks at night. Det Cons Fletcher was also accused of describing transgender women as "c**ks in frocks".

A panel, sitting at Houghton-le-Spring police station, found that she made the comments and had breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in relation to Discreditable Conduct, Authority, Respect and Courtesy and Equality and Diversity. Chair of the panel, Assistant Chief Constable Andrew Hill, said the proved allegations amounted to gross misconduct. '

Detective who said 'all men' were rapists and should be given curfew sacked

Detective Constable Rachel Fletcher, of Northumbria Police, also described transgender women as "c***ks in frocks"

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbria-detective-sacked-after-saying-34382013.amp

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ArabellaScott · 31/07/2026 19:49

Pathways puberty blocker trial - JR

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jl4np49w1o

'A high-profile clinical trial of drugs that can delay puberty in children questioning their gender can go ahead after the High Court rejected a legal challenge by campaigners.
The Pathways trial, run by researchers at King's College London (KCL), will start recruiting more than 220 children aged between 11 and 16 years old from 1 August.'

A young person with long hair tied in a ponytail looks of her bedroom window. They are in shadow, while the roofs of other houses are clearly visible and there are trees in the background.

Puberty blockers trial can start recruiting children after judge rejects legal challenge

Campaigners brought the legal action to try and stop the trial going ahead.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jl4np49w1o

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ArabellaScott · 31/07/2026 19:49

Sex Matters v National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and British Transport Police (BTP)

"The High Court has ruled against Sex Matters in our case against the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and British Transport Police (BTP) over their “consensual” searching policies."

sex-matters.org/posts/updates/challenging-the-shadow-strip-searching-regime/

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ArabellaScott · 29/07/2026 21:50

Allison Pearson v Essex Police PCC

https://archive.ph/N9Ju7

Allison Pearson, the Telegraph journalist, has received an apology and five-figure payout from Essex’s police and crime commissioner (PCC), after suing him for defamation.
Roger Hirst, the elected official who oversees policing in Essex, has issued a public apology for comments he made after police officers visited Pearson over a post on X that the police alleged incited racial hatred.

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PrettyDamnCosmic · 19/07/2026 08:14

I think that the case needs to be appealed as the Tribunal itself was so flawed what with the dodgy "Professor" who had to recuse herself & the bias of the remaining members.

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ArabellaScott · 18/07/2026 22:25

Agree, Utopia. A really fucking weird, and to my unqualified mind, incorrect, judgment.

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UtopiaPlanitia · 18/07/2026 18:44

ArabellaScott · 18/07/2026 17:28

https://genderblog.net/morrison-loses-tribunal-claim/

Sara Morrison v Belfast Film Festival

A loss for Sara Morrison.

'A former Inclusion/Audience Development Coordinator has lost her claim against Belfast Film Festival for discrimination, harassment and constructive dismissal.

Sara Morrison was employed by the Belfast Film Festival (BFF) for more than four years between February2020 and November 2024, when she resigned.'

SM is considering her options.

I am 100% on Sarah’s side and will donate if she chooses to appeal to a higher Tribunal.

The process behind this judgement contained some strange elements on the part of the Tribunal service to the point where I think the case could do with a hearing by a higher panel.

Edit: sausage fingers😬

duc748 · 18/07/2026 18:13

there was no hint of regret for, or doubt about, what she did. As you’ll know ‘I’m standing up for the rights of women’ is the argument used by conservatives and religious people in several countries, and a new staple of the anti-LGBTQ anti-Islamic right.”

Well quite. Best drown the witch, then. Also, so being anti-Islamic is terrible and wrong, but being anti-Christian is just fine and dandy/?

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ArabellaScott · 18/07/2026 17:28

https://genderblog.net/morrison-loses-tribunal-claim/

Sara Morrison v Belfast Film Festival

A loss for Sara Morrison.

'A former Inclusion/Audience Development Coordinator has lost her claim against Belfast Film Festival for discrimination, harassment and constructive dismissal.

Sara Morrison was employed by the Belfast Film Festival (BFF) for more than four years between February2020 and November 2024, when she resigned.'

SM is considering her options.

Morrison Loses Tribunal Claim

Sara Morrison outside court in November 2025 A former Inclusion/Audience Development Coordinator has lost her claim against Belfast Film Festival for discrimination, harassment and constructive dis…

https://genderblog.net/morrison-loses-tribunal-claim/

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ArabellaScott · 13/07/2026 19:12

'Sylvester misgendered CD on 16 February 2023'

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ArabellaScott · 13/07/2026 19:08

SinnerBoy · 13/07/2026 18:43

Whilst good news, I wonder how much employers are actually taking on about the subject? This being the same week that an ambulance trust is in the news, because it is "allowing" a TIM to use the women's facilties, with the result that they are avoiding the toilets and showering at home?

When is a judge going to simply say, "No. You know exactly what the law means, but you have decided that your policy Trump's it; it does NOT." ?

Remember that the wheels of justice grind slow. These are cases from years back, only now coming to be settled. Of course many employers are continuing to discriminate, also.

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SinnerBoy · 13/07/2026 18:43

Whilst good news, I wonder how much employers are actually taking on about the subject? This being the same week that an ambulance trust is in the news, because it is "allowing" a TIM to use the women's facilties, with the result that they are avoiding the toilets and showering at home?

When is a judge going to simply say, "No. You know exactly what the law means, but you have decided that your policy Trump's it; it does NOT." ?

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ArabellaScott · 13/07/2026 18:32

Karenne Sylvester v Uni of Manchester

Sylvester wins £51k in disability discrimination after UofM failed to take into account her dyspraxia made it harder for her to use requested wrong sex pronouns.

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/employee-with-dyspraxia-who-misgendered-trans-colleague-wins-disability-claim/

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SinnerBoy · 10/07/2026 20:10

Oh thanks, I evidently need to practice my comprehension!

fanOfBen · 10/07/2026 19:01

dunBle · 10/07/2026 18:14

I thought it was Dec 15th, and January was for the written submissions? But admittedly, HH'S questioning had put my brain into a stupor by that point, so may have misunderstood

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Dec 14th for remaining evidence (Monday, rest of week earmarked) and Jan 25th 2027 for oral submissions.

dunBle · 10/07/2026 18:14

SinnerBoy · 10/07/2026 18:02

The Tempest ET has just been adjourned till January 15th, next year!

I thought it was Dec 15th, and January was for the written submissions? But admittedly, HH'S questioning had put my brain into a stupor by that point, so may have misunderstood

SinnerBoy · 10/07/2026 18:02

The Tempest ET has just been adjourned till January 15th, next year!

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ArabellaScott · 10/07/2026 16:27

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/chaplain-sacked-over-gender-sermon-reinstated-px9kjv37m

https://christianconcern.com/news/chaplain-bernard-randall-wins-safeguarding-blacklisting-church-of-england/

Rev Dr Bernard Randall v Trent College - win for Randall

'After a seven-year, high-profile battle, Rev. Dr Bernard Randall has secured a legal settlement with Trent College and succeeded in overturning the Church of England’s (CofE) safeguarding blacklisting of him for preaching a sermon on freedom of belief and gender identity.
Supported by the Christian Legal Centre on multiple fronts, Bernard had challenged the way he was treated by both the school where he worked and his Church of England diocese.
His employment case against the school had been set for a retrial after the courts accepted that the original judgment was “unsafe” due to possible bias on the panel that made the ruling. Trent College had been ordered to pay Bernard £20,000 in costs. Following that ruling, a confidential legal settlement was reached between the college and Dr Randall.
However, it was the way the Church of England treated him that beggared belief. He was blacklisted by his church denomination over baseless safeguarding concerns.
Had he preached in a CofE place of worship, he could have faced disciplinary action.
Now, Bernard has finally been given the all clear. He is now free to preach in church again and work in an education setting after he and his legal team successfully challenged the ban imposed on him.'

Chaplain sacked over gender sermon reinstated 7 years later

Lawyers for Bernard Randall, who was blacklisted for addressing identity politics in 2019, alleged he was ‘treated like a criminal’

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/chaplain-sacked-over-gender-sermon-reinstated-px9kjv37m

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SinnerBoy · 20/06/2026 17:59

Blimey, that was a poor excuse for an apology from Watford Council. They still managed to make it sound as though Victoria was at fault. No mention of them making a false report and wasting Police time, for some inexplicable reason.

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ArabellaScott · 20/06/2026 13:06

Victoria Culf, artist banned from her own exhibition over her 'gc' views, v the council.

Council have settled out of court.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/artist-banned-exhibition-trans-views-settles-council-v320w5cg8

https://christianconcern.com/news/victory-for-free-speech-as-council-settles-case-with-christian-artist/

'A Christian artist has secured a legal settlement with Watford Borough Council following a three-year ordeal that began when she was removed from her own exhibition, and reported to the police, for saying that “gender transition” is harmful to children.
Victoria Culf, 46, brought legal action against the council after she was effectively “cancelled” from her independently funded exhibition at Watford Museum in June 2023.
The case, which was supported from the outset by the Christian Legal Centre, has now been settled on confidential terms.
As part of the resolution, however, Watford Borough Council has committed to working with Mrs Culf again and reaffirmed its commitment “to the principles of freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and expression”.'

Here's their public statement, hidden away as a pdf on their website:

www.watford.gov.uk/downloads/download/417/settlement-of-the-legal-claims-by-victoria-culf**

Artist banned from own exhibition over trans views settles with council

Victoria Culf was reported to the police after she told a council worker in 2024 that children could be harmed by transitioning

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/artist-banned-exhibition-trans-views-settles-council-v320w5cg8

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SinnerBoy · 07/06/2026 13:31

Its OK for the Beeb to push trans propaganda, lie about sex, lie that Semanya and Khelif are women etc etc and that's neutral and balance. How very Orwellian.

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ArabellaScott · 05/06/2026 15:45

Thanks.

'The BBC also found that other posts containing “anti-trans sentiments” were a breach of impartiality, the tribunal’s* *judgment read.
In posts on X, Mr McGinty had referred to “trans nonsense”, said the public sector had been “captured by gender madness” and described the term non-binary as “particularly stupid in its usage”.'

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