For women Scotland given leave to appeal.

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Great news. We need to get digging.

Wow! I couldn’t believe it had gone up so fast. So many wonderful women. Thanks to all of those who have already pledged.

Just great news as well.

Wow! So pleased to read this. Have made a very small contribution. Every grain counts.

Glad to see JKR's fantastic donation

Just gone over £80 000

Amazing! 🤩 I'll donate.

And a couple more grand in donations!

Tweet from For Women Scotland

https://twitter.com/ForWomenScot/status/1758616300333473801?t=RYS1EEDl3W9BuLCalDgs4w&s=19

Completely emotional day - thank you to all who are making this challenge possible - especially @jk_rowling (we are uncharacteristically struck dumb!).
This matters for the whole of the UK. Let us find out once and for all where women stand in law. Thank you.
Night x

This is so exciting.
I wonder how long it takes for a case to be heard in the SC.
Presumably we will be able to watch it live.

Absolutely not a slam dunk given that FWS lost the original case then the first appeal. But will be fascinating to see what the Supreme Court make of this.

And another 1000. And 400 pledges. So that's 399 people and the 👑 wonderful JKR

https://twitter.com/elniedunne/status/1758606040986276280?s=19

And another 1000 in donations!

true, but Maya lost her first tribunal (thanks to nutter in charge) but the supreme court is another matter entirely?

I think the TRAs are struck dumb too. Not seen anything yet.

JKR is very vocal this evening

Literally every £ counts. From each according to their ability, as a notorious TERF who believed women were oppressed due to their sex once said

https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1758631568476680686?t=LTQ491GlC9olVoA2-_As8A&s=19

I missed £85 000 as I was making a cup of tea. It's now over £86 000

I'm off to my bed at £86,647

Donated.

but the supreme court is another matter entirely?

No all of these court case are about how the Law is written. As I said up thread, as both earlier cased showed, if Judges just strictly look at the words which say "for all purposes" a man with a GRC is a woman (and the tiny tiny concession which shows they know he really isn't) exempt under the limited occassions under the Single Sex Exemptions).

Can the High Court say that a Law is badly written, ie instruct Parliment to rewrite a Law?

Have just seen this:

Section 4 of the Human Rights Act says that if a higher court (such as the High Court, Court of Appeal or Supreme Court) considers that part of an Act of Parliament is incompatible with human rights, it can make a declaration of incompatibility.
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/your-rights/the-human-rights-act/how-the-human-rights-act-works/

Wonderful news.

And God, I'm bloody glad that J K Rowling is on our side.

Marvellous . Popping over to see if they need any hardy annuals.

The striking down of the Scot Gov Gender Recognition Reform Bill via Westminster's S35 is dependent upon Haldane, is it not?

But I agree this needs sorted out once and for all. If FWS don't win, then the law needs changed, and this will show that.

i hope there are some good quality arguments made given it's the Supreme Court. I hope it can be live streamed.

This is what worries me.

I imagine quite a few political parties will be happy for this to be heard by the SC. It's great, but it's pretty scary dontya think

This is wonderful news and terrifying in equal measure.