UPDATE: Gender Critical Women vs Labour Party, Court Claim Filed

[JenniferJames]

Hi all,

For those who don't know and those who do... a group of anti-self-id feminists, mainly from the Labour Party raised more than £30,000 to take the party to court over the inclusion of self-identified transwomen on All-Woman-Shortlists.

I set up the crowdfunder 15 minths ago... was suspended almost immediately and have since been expelled by the party (COINCIDENCE?). But hey: they can expel me from the Labour Party but they can't expel me from the Labour Movement.

We appointed solicitors who appointed a barrister, Amanda Jones of St James St. Chambers... they went through all the correct pre-action protocol but Labour refused to put the question before a judge.

Our only option was then to take it to the High Court. The case is now finalised, printed out and will be filed with the court this week. Hopefully the issue of self-id impinging on women's right to participation, representation, safety, privacy and dignity has a higher public profile than when we started crowdfunding. Particularly with the immense contributions we have had from our women sports stars such as Martina and Sharron Davies.

I want to thank everyone on Mumsnet who has supported us: whether financially, politically or just with your kindness, solidarity and encouragement. We are mighty.

Such an important case. Thank you Jennifer.

Thanks Jennifer. Was wondering about the progress of this case. Hope all goes well. Thank you very much for doing this.

More power to you. Thank you for doing this.

Thank you Kat. The case looks really good, very comprehensive, well argued and very clear. We can't lose.

Brilliant, Jennifer thanks. I'm so glad women are doing this. It needs done.

thanks vic... i wish i could tell you how long it would take from here on but i am cleless... i thought the whole thing would be over in two months!

thank you EluohMPNauge.., WHAT? lol...

This is huge.
Don't underestimate what you have achieved JJ. We are all supporting you with this one xx

We can’t lose. You’d better not! We’re all depending on you.
Very well done 👍

Yeah 15 months is a bit like wtf are they stalling for?? But it is what it is hey.

pierre the support has been amazing... women are furious that men think they can rename us to suit them. we ain't property. all political parties underestimated the strength of feeling from women on this. particularly mums whose kids may be put at risk of medicalisation and surgery.

This is huge! Great to hear the update and will wait for more good news of your win soon.

well done, this is great news

dpwm that means a lot thank you... i don't know! the pre-action process is endless and we could have had a judge make a decision on this legal question and it could have been over minths ago but lAbour would not agree to doing that.
then the claim itself is massive... pages and pages of argument, statements, evidence, appendices. it's HUGE.

Glad things are progressing, all the best with it

Brilliant news. Thank you for doing this.

Best of luck OP. I can’t ‘come out’ but am silently cheerleading

thank you, err jesus. hope you had a nice easter. not too eventful. 😳

Good. Well done for having the persistence in taking this to court. As a contributer, I'm pleased to see this happen.

This is great - and very welcome - news. Congratulations!

Well done.

Wow! Thank you..This is so important.

Well done!

This is the only way any of it is going to be properly resolved - through the courts.

So far the judiciary in this country has responded very sensibly - fingers crossed.