Akhlaq Choudhury QC was a barrister specialising in commercial, employment, procurement, information and public law. He was appointed a Deputy High Court judge in 2016 and a High Court judge in 2017.
The Centre for Global Development is responding to Maya's Appeal. They are hoping that the original Judgment will be upheld.
Their President is Masood Ahmed.He joined the Centre in January 2017 following a 35-year career driving economic development policy initiatives.
Jane Russell from Essex Court Chambers will be representing CGD today in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.CGD will be referred to as the "Respondents" to the Appeal during the Hearing.
Ben Cooper QC will be representing Maya Forstater.
She will be referred to as the "Appellant" during the Hearing today.
Karon Monaghan QC will appear for the Equalities & Human Rights Commission, intervening in support of Maya Forstater’s appeal.
Aileen McColgan will appear for Index on Censorship, intervening in support of Maya Forstater’s appeal.
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The judgment in Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife and Dr Upton has been published.
We are pleased that Sandie Peggie has won her claim of harassment against NHS Fife, and that the hospital trust was criticised for its terrible handling of the complaint against her.
This is a long judgment and it will take time to analyse it fully.
We are disappointed the tribunal sought to reach a spurious “balance” between a woman’s right to undress with privacy & dignity, and the right of an employee w the PC of gender reassignment not to be discriminated against in employment.
Treating "gender incongruence" by stunting children's physical, mental and reproductive development - so they can look better if they transition: its not ethical @wesstreeting
Sex and gender reporting at the BBC is neither accurate nor impartial.
We have been tracking and complaining about this for some time!
There is the endless coverage of drag...
And the Pride boosterism
Meanwhile the Cass Review which reported on the weak evidence for puberty blockers and misguided “diagnostic overshadowing” was largely reported as a problem of under-capacity in NHS gender clinics
It’s been a busy week for media coverage of gender critical legal cases in addition to the Darlington Nurses, with Maria Kelly, Allison Bailey and Sandie Peggie all in the news this week 🧵
UPDATE: @scotgov has dropped its unlawful toilets policy, and we can now confirm that we have withdrawn our application for judicial review 🧵 sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…
In September, we lodged a petition for judicial review of the failure by the Scottish Government to restore and protect the provision of single-sex toilet facilities in its building: sex-matters.org/posts/publicat…
Our legal challenge was against paragraph 4.6 of the Government’s Trans and Non Binary Equality and Inclusion Policy.
This meant allowing male staff into women’s toilets and changing facilities. We said that this was authorising harassment related to sex, and was unlawful.
“I don't have any bad feelings about trans people, I just don't believe they should be in the women's changing room”
@libby_brooks quotes Sandie Peggie in a report on the final days of the tribunal for @guardian theguardian.com/society/2025/j…