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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What an amazing day: 16th April 2025, the day women in the UK got their rights back.
I was sitting in the front row of the Supreme Court with Helen Joyce, Fiona McAnena, Anya Palmer, Naomi Cunningham and Michael Foran.
I could see Marion Calder and Susan Smith from For Women Scotland, as well as Kate Harris, Kate Barker, Joanna Cherry and several others from the three organisations that together intervened on behalf of lesbians.
Fantastic coverage of @forwomenscot’s win at the Supreme Court.
Years of stellar reporting by many media outlets in Scotland and wider UK meant well-informed correspondents able to produce a wealth of comprehensive and insightful news articles.
Here are some highlights…. /1
@SanMan1978 reported in her new role for @TheTimes on what the ruling means for women’s sports and single-sex services.
/2thetimes.com/article/b6fe21…
@JanetEastham for @TheTelegraph reported on the fearless women who took on the trans lobby… and won. /3telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/1…
(1) NHS bodies should review policies & ensure they recognise & record immutable biological sex. This includes in relation to single-sex hospital accommodation ( “Annex B” ), single-sex facilities for staff at work, the patient records & staff records, and the provision of same-sex care.
(2) Police forces should revise their policies and systems to ensure that they record sex accurately and that all policies that make reference to sex use this accurate information, including in relation to searching.
For me it felt like sweet vindication, not least because I was finally able to publicly thank my agent, Caroline Hardman, and editor at OneWorld, Cecilia Stein, both of whom were in the audience.
Update from Maya!
Last weekend I had my first in-person board meeting with the new full board of Sex Matters.
Working for a virtual organisation that launched during lockdown, I still find it a (pleasant!) shock to be with so many of our human beings in one place.
Here I am (after the meeting) with our board members (left to right): Naomi Cunningham, Emma Hilton, Anya Palmer, me, Michael Biggs, Julia Casimo, Claire Weir, Rebecca Bull, Charlotte Cadden, Tim Allan and Kate Owen.
Naomi was fresh from two weeks representing Melanie Newman in her case against the Metropolitan Police... telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/1…
The Sullivan Review has been a long time coming, and it is so good!
Professor Alice Sullivan of University College London and her team set out in careful detail the grave problems with official data collection on sex, in areas including health, justice, education and the economy. sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…
Professor Sullivan is on our advisory group, as is Lucy Hunter Blackburn of research collective MBM, the members of which were part of the research team. sex-matters.org/about-us/advis…