Scottish plans to include transgender women in equality law tested in court

Judicial review begins over definition of woman' in 2018 law to improve gender balance on public boards

The Scottish government is facing a judicial review over plans to include transgender women in legislation aimed at improving gender balance on public boards.

Aidan O'Neill KC, for the campaign group For Women Scotland, said the court of session's ruling would have significant implications for the protection of single-sex spaces across the UK, as well as proposals to simplify how transgender people can alter their birth certificate currently being debated by the Scottish parliament.