This is the afternoon session of Sex Matters v Corp of London, a permissions hearing regarding the Hampstead Ponds.
This mornings thread can be found here:
We do our best to report fairly and accurately but our tweets are not a verbatim transcript.
The Judge is Mrs Justice Lieven
Appearing for Sex Matters:
TC = Tom Cross KC
SS = Sarah Steinhart, supporting TC
SR = Sasha Rozansky, solicitor for SM
For CoL:
DS (DL in am proceedings) Daniel Stilitz KC
KE = Katherine Eddy, supporting DL
Others will be apparent but also:
HP - Hampstead Ponds
PCP - policy, criteria or practice
Cons - consultation
M - men
W - women
TP - transpeople
SSS - single sex services
M/F - male / female
EA - The Equality Act
Good morning. Today we shall be tweeting from the Application for Permission to Judicial Review being brought by Sex Matters against the City Of London Corporation about their policy governing admission to the Hampstead Ponds open-air swimming areas, changing rooms and showers.
TC: And of course ability to "pass" - language can be contested - varies with how much of one's body is exposed. And this is a swimming area - little clothing.
TC: My argument is, there is DD against women who are not provided with the facilities known as the Mens Pond - not just the pond itself - and DD against men, who are not provided with the Women's Pond facilities.
Good afternoon and welcome to day 3 of the final hearing of clinical psychologist, Dr Anne Woodhouse (AW), before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) Conduct and Competence Committee in relation to posts on Twitter/X.
2PM start
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) alleges that Ms Woodhouse posted or permitted others to post Twitter/X social media posts in Schedule A [image 1]
And liked or permitted others to like posts in Schedule B [image 2]
HCPC state the posts contain gender critical content which is in contravention of their social media policy - and that these actions amount to misconduct, and thus AW’s fitness to practise is impaired as a result.
We will be continuing our coverage of day 2 of the final hearing of clinical psychologist, Dr Anne Woodhouse (AW), before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) Conduct and Competence Committee in relation to posts on Twitter/X in 15 mins (or later) time.
We will be live tweeting day 2 of the final hearing of clinical psychologist, Dr Anne Woodhouse (AW), before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) Conduct and Competence Committee in relation to posts on Twitter/X from 9.30am this morning.
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) alleges that she posted/liked or permitted others to post/like Twitter/X social media posts containing gender critical content in contravention of their social media policy.
The allegations arise from one Complainant, an activist in LGBTQ politics.
The police were notified of the matter, but confirmed they would not be pursuing any investigation. The HCPC have pursued a Fitness to Practice case against Dr Woodhouse since September 2022.
We are live tweeting Day 1 of the final hearing of clinical psychologist, Dr Anne Woodhouse (AW), before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS) Conduct and Competence Committee in relation to posts on Twitter/X. The hearing recommences at 2pm