Looking for legal summaries on sex and gender discussions post-FWS

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CyanExpert · 26/06/2026 10:29

Hi all. I'm looking for some good legal summaries for where we stand post-FWS. Ideally not from Sex Matters - excellent as they are, I'm looking for legal firms. I've got this from Bates Wells:
Gender identity, protected beliefs and single-sex facilities in the workplace: a review of LS v NHS England | Bates Wells
But I think I've seen others (Leigh Day?). I'm a trustee of a charity and I am trying to clarify our legal obligations.
Thank you in advance to the Mumsnet FWR hive mind!

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Brugmansia · 27/06/2026 09:01

Irwin Mitchell have done some good summaries
https://www.irwinmitchell.com/news-and-insights/expert-comment/post/102kb9l/do-retailers-have-to-provide-single-sex-toilets-and-changing-rooms-for-their-cust

Do retailers have to provide single sex toilets and changing rooms for their customers and staff?

Last month the Supreme Court decided that sex in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex. Accordingly, when it refers to men, it means a person born male and when it refers to a woman, it means someone who is born female. These definitions are u...

https://www.irwinmitchell.com/news-and-insights/expert-comment/post/102kb9l/do-retailers-have-to-provide-single-sex-toilets-and-changing-rooms-for-their-cust

MyrtleLion · 26/06/2026 17:46

Akua Rheindorf KC has written some great information on the EHRC advice here.

https://open.substack.com/pub/withinthelaw/p/the-ehrc-code-explained-a-response

BettyBooper · 26/06/2026 17:21

I'm not entirely clear what you're looking for, but Michael Foran has done some excellent summaries of FWS. He's an expert in Equality law. Check out his substack.

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