For Women Scotland in Supreme court - thread 2

[ArabellaScott]

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5182666-for-women-scotland-heading-for-supreme-court

When does the court next sit...is that it?

Think you call that a barnstorming finish!

wow that was an amazing closing!! I am wooping & clapping and feel a little teary!! Bravo!

What a finish 👏👏👏

That's it! They'll go away and the next we hear is their decision, I think

that's it

Please mention how vouyerism laws fall apart for women. Please.

He very clearly said that the court should sort this mess out. Which I think is what we want. Parliament will never be able to achieve clarify on this.

He mentioned the right for women to be free of the male gaze @RedToothBrush

Gosh! So many important issues simply not considered in the depth and with the consideration they deserve. We'll have to trust the panel really does go away and read through all of the transcripts and submissions in full.

He's basically saying the courts shouldn't allow women's fundamental rights to be affected by vague and poorly written legislation and there should be a presumption in favour of upholding women's rights unless the legislation is extremely clear that women should be disadvantaged.

@Boiledbeetle

Fab poem. 👍

The ECHR just wants the matter passed back to parliament.

That was wonderful. Also very emotional.

I hope the judges don't push this back on the government. The idea that Labour would get this right is very unlikely.

They acknowledge it's a mess

Can we watch that on replay?

Wow, that did very much deserve a standing ovation.

Yes, I came in around 2.30 and tried scrolling back but it just kept pinging back to live.

His speech made me think of this fabulous song

Yeah I missed it and it sounded great!

TT from this afternoon (I would skip to the end 😁)

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1861774972424757548.html

IANAL but having sat through both days of this I predict it's unlikely that the SG will win this case outright. It'll either be a FWS win or a push back to Parliament.

I hope their Noble Lords all retire to Parliament for a hefty dram.

I've only managed to catch the afternoon, but the contrast in counsel was striking.

The Supreme Court has a YouTube Channel, so hopefully it will get uploaded here at some point: https://www.youtube.com/@UKSupremeCourt/videos

thank you for this list.

Incredibly everyone knew who/what a woman was when they were sacking them for being married, opening bank accounts, accessing contraception, applying for divorce, being persecuted as lesbians, and seeking to terminate a pregnancy.

but these days so many people are prepared to lie and treat it as a massive mystery.