Employment experts respond to landmark ruling by UK Supreme Court on definition of a woman

The UK Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling on 16 April 2025 regarding the protected characteristic of sex in the Equality Act 2010. The judgment, which considered the interaction between the Equality Act 2010 and the Gender Recognition Act 2004 ruled that the definition of woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex rather than what was described as certified gender (as a result of a person changing their gender and gaining a gender recognition cer