Scottish ministers face legal action over policies ‘inconsistent’ with UK gender ruling

Campaign group that won supreme court case brings challenge over transgender guidance in schools and prisons

A campaign group that won a legal victory on the definition of gender is taking action against the Scottish government over policies it says are inconsistent" with the ruling.

For Women Scotland's legal battle with Scottish ministers over the definition of a woman ended in the UK's supreme court, which ruled in April that the words woman" and sex" in the Equality Act 2010 referred to a biological woman and biological sex.