‘The Court of Appeal (Dingemans, Lewis and Nicola Davies LJJ) has refused Liberty’s application for permission to appeal against the High Court’s (Swift J) refusal of their application for permission to judicially review the length of the EHRC’s Code of Practice consultation. The consultation was commenced on 20 May 2025, following the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, [2025] 2 WLR 879 (“FWS”), concerning the meaning of sex in the Equality Act 2010 on 16 April 2025. The consultation is due to end on 30 June 2025. The blog has earlier reported on the ex-tempore decision of Swift J on 6 June 2025.’
Administrative Court Blog, 26th June 2025
