For Women Scotland Ltd v. The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16
Written by: Hayley Webster Background The Scottish Parliament enacted legislation with the aim of increasing the number of women on public boards (the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 or “ASP 2018”). The Scottish Ministers issued statutory guidance which stated that the definition of ‘woman’ is the same as that in the Equality Act 2010 (“EA”), namely “a […]
R (Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for the International Development [2018] UKSC 32
Written by: Nathan Roberts Background Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan are a different-sex couple who wished to formalise their relationship but had a conscientious objection to marriage. When Parliament introduced same-sex marriage by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, it left the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA) in place only for same-sex couples. From March 2014, therefore, […]
Ahmed v HM Treasury [2010] UKSC 2 and [2010] UKSC 5
Written by: Zoe Brereton Background Ahmed v HM Treasury concerned a challenge to the validity of two Orders in Council — the Terrorism Order and the Al-Qaida Order —implementing the UK’s international obligations to freeze the assets of those involved in terrorism. Both Orders were made by the Treasury without any Parliamentary scrutiny. They allowed the Treasury to freeze assets where (under the Terrorism Order) there were “reasonable grounds for suspecting” that a person was involved in terrorism, […]
R (Begum) v. Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] UKHL 15
Written by: Sarah Hannett KC Issue arising Did the decision of the school governors, to refuse to permit a Muslim pupil (“SB”) to wear a jilbab to school, breach SB’s right to manifest her religion under Article 9(1) of the European Convention of Human Rights (“ECHR”)? Further, did the decision constitute a breach of her right to education under […]