Naomi Cunningham gives evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee

The Women and Equalities Select Committee invited Naomi Cunningham to a formal meeting on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill and Equality Act

Naomi Cunningham appeared last week before the Women and Equalities Select Committee to discuss the interaction between the Equality Act 2010 and the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

She appeared before MPs beside Lord Falconer of Thoroton KC, Robin White (Barrister, Old Square Chambers) and Dr Michael Foran (Senior Fellow and Lecturer in Public Law at Glasgow University) to explore the repercussions of the Scottish Government’s Gender Recognition Reform Bill. 

Cross-party MPs were told that the SNP’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (GRR) will change the legal definition of sex for both men and women, to the extent that all discrimination case outcomes will be put at risk.

This session is available to watch at: https://lnkd.in/etQzg-ii

The session has attracted considerable press coverage, with extensive quotes from Naomi’s evidence in the media. Read more here:

• The Times 
• The Telegraph 
• The Scotsman
  

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Naomi Cunningham specialises in employment and discrimination law. Over the last couple of years, Naomi has developed a niche expertise in gender reassignment discrimination, the interaction between the Equality Act and the Gender Recognition Act, the single-sex exceptions in the Equality Act and the public sector equality duty. She gave evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee on reform of the GRA in February 2021, gave evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee of Scottish Parliament in June 2022 and was instructed in the judicial review of ONS guidance on the sex question in the 2021 Census.

To find out more, contact Nick Levett +44 (0)20 7427 4908 or Adam Macdonald +44 (0)20 7427 4906 for a confidential discussion.

News 9 Feb, 2023