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Sophie
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Looks like I'll be getting an MMR jab - after checking.
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Hi! Thank you for the swift reply and additional information.
January 29, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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How would you say your overall experience was like (if you can remember by day)?
January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Alright! Thank you, I'll ask them to check. Glad to hear your experience wasn't/isn't too bad.
January 29, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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I've been hesitant to check as I think I have had it, but not totally sure - probably been procrastinating about it for too long (rather than checking and getting it done with). Just wondering how you felt afterwards?
January 29, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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A particularly interesting part of the judgement is a lack of evaluation of conclusions reached in the other tribunal cases. More specifically, in relation to the human rights case law in goodwin (at a skim).
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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They do evulate article 8, but without direct consideration of the Goodwin judgement. So they don't consider if it impedes the personal development and physical/moral security in the full sense enjoyed by others in society without regard to controversy.
377. However, there was no agreement between counsel as to whether Rose's Convention rights would have been infringed had the Trust required Rose to use alternative facilities for the purposes of getting changed. In his oral submissions, while maintaining that the answer to these claims lay entirely in domestic law, Mr Cheetham submitted that we may have to consider whether such a request or instruction would have constituted an infringement of article 8 in Rose's case. Although more directly relevant to the justification defence to the indirect discrimination claim, in light of Mr Cheetham's submission that the TIW policy was 'lawful', we also considered this point in relation to the harassment complaint. 378. We considered the following hypothetical scenarios: suppose the Respondent's managers had approached Rose to speak about the issues (as Ms Bailey had first suggested to Theatres Managers) and that Rose had reluctantly agreed to change elsewhere, or management had insisted against Rose's wishes to exclude Rose from the female changing room. Whether that would have infringed Rose's Article 8 rights or not would depend on whether Rose was provided with dignified, adequate changing facilities. [Ran out of room see paragraphs 379 - 381 of judgement] 90. Nonetheless, the very essence of the Convention is respect for human dignity and human freedom. Under Article 8 of the Convention in particular, where the notion of personal autonomy is an important principle underlying the interpretation of its guarantees, protection is given to the personal sphere of each individual, including the right to establish details of their identity as individual human beings (see, inter alia, Pretty v. the United Kingdom, no. 2346/02, judgment of 29 April 2002, § 62, and Mikulić v. Croatia, no. 53176/99, judgment of 7 February 2002, § 53, both to be published in ECHR 2002-...). In the twenty first century the right of transsexuals to personal development and to physical and moral security in the full sense enjoyed by others in society cannot be regarded as a matter of controversy requiring the lapse of time to cast clearer light on the issues involved. In short, the unsatisfactory situation in which post-operative transsexuals live in an intermediate zone as not quite one gender or the other is no longer sustainable. Domestic recognition of this evaluation may be found in the report of the Interdepartmental Working Group and the Court of Appeal's judgment of Bellinger v. Bellinger (see paragraphs 50, 52-53).
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
sophiiiieee.bsky.social
They do evulate article 8, but without direct consideration of the Goodwin judgement. So they don't consider if it impedes the personal development and physical/moral security in the full sense enjoyed by others in society without regard to controversy.
377. However, there was no agreement between counsel as to whether Rose's Convention rights would have been infringed had the Trust required Rose to use alternative facilities for the purposes of getting changed. In his oral submissions, while maintaining that the answer to these claims lay entirely in domestic law, Mr Cheetham submitted that we may have to consider whether such a request or instruction would have constituted an infringement of article 8 in Rose's case. Although more directly relevant to the justification defence to the indirect discrimination claim, in light of Mr Cheetham's submission that the TIW policy was 'lawful', we also considered this point in relation to the harassment complaint. 378. We considered the following hypothetical scenarios: suppose the Respondent's managers had approached Rose to speak about the issues (as Ms Bailey had first suggested to Theatres Managers) and that Rose had reluctantly agreed to change elsewhere, or management had insisted against Rose's wishes to exclude Rose from the female changing room. Whether that would have infringed Rose's Article 8 rights or not would depend on whether Rose was provided with dignified, adequate changing facilities. [Ran out of room see paragraphs 379 - 381 of judgement] 90. Nonetheless, the very essence of the Convention is respect for human dignity and human freedom. Under Article 8 of the Convention in particular, where the notion of personal autonomy is an important principle underlying the interpretation of its guarantees, protection is given to the personal sphere of each individual, including the right to establish details of their identity as individual human beings (see, inter alia, Pretty v. the United Kingdom, no. 2346/02, judgment of 29 April 2002, § 62, and Mikulić v. Croatia, no. 53176/99, judgment of 7 February 2002, § 53, both to be published in ECHR 2002-...). In the twenty first century the right of transsexuals to personal development and to physical and moral security in the full sense enjoyed by others in society cannot be regarded as a matter of controversy requiring the lapse of time to cast clearer light on the issues involved. In short, the unsatisfactory situation in which post-operative transsexuals live in an intermediate zone as not quite one gender or the other is no longer sustainable. Domestic recognition of this evaluation may be found in the report of the Interdepartmental Working Group and the Court of Appeal's judgment of Bellinger v. Bellinger (see paragraphs 50, 52-53).
January 16, 2026 at 1:16 PM
sophiiiieee.bsky.social
A particularly interesting part of the judgement is a lack of evaluation of conclusions reached in the other tribunal cases. More specifically, in relation to the human rights case law in goodwin (at a skim).
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Thought would share in case you hadn't seen it. There are big gaps in it. Unfortunately, don't think that clarity on those gaps and their view would be available until another court case on the topic.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Linked seem not to have worked -
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oldsquare.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Here's a detailed analysis of a interpreter that supports that viewpoint. If you want to read it - oldsquare.co.uk/wp-content/u...
oldsquare.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Another area, were the UK is behind the state of EU data protection is with AI systems and biometric identifiers. EU law has a strongly regulated approach to this data and that type of processing whereas the UK does not. It's only made more divergent by failing to abide by human rights in UK
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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For anyone's reference here's a clear example - www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/d...
3. Protect data at rest and in transit
www.ncsc.gov.uk
December 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Well, that depends on whatever replaces it. As there may be similar claims possible under the phrasing of a bill of rights or HRA replacement. As if there is still similar enough wording or general principles then a court could determine to implement ECtHR case law.
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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This is a real disaster for those - pretty much the entirety of the British media - advancing a maximalist reading of the For (Some) Women Scotland decision.
796. Thirdly, the claimant’s contention was in our view not consistent with the court’s comment that “we have concluded that a biological sex interpretation would not have the effect of disadvantaging or removing important protection under the EA 2010 from trans people (whether with or without a GRC).” 797. After that comment the court explained that a person with gender reassignment as a protected characteristic could pursue a claim of direct or indirect discrimination, or of harassment, if the circumstances so warranted. There was no qualification to it to the effect that that was not applicable in, for example, the context of a single sex space under Part 5 of the Act. If their decision had been that all trans persons must be excluded from the changing rooms or toilets for the sex they identify with because it was not the sex assigned at birth, and may also be excluded from the changing rooms or toilets of their biological sex, that in our view certainly does impact on their rights under section 7. 798. Were the claimant’s contention to be correct that would have the effect of materially reducing the extent to which that protected characteristic could be relied on by trans persons, to their disadvantage. What was desired by the trans person when living their life may not be permitted in a large number of practical instances, and would not have been consistent with the view expressed by Lady Hale in Work and Pensions, and the line of authority in relation to human rights. Such a construction in our view would also not be consistent with the interpretation of the Equal Treatment Directive from the CJEU and its predecessor as referred to above, which remains as assimilated law, and would not be consistent with a purposive interpretation still required. The development of the law in relation to what is now the protected characteristic of gender reassignment is set out above. At the very least we would have expected these considerations to have been addressed speci…
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Theoretically, couldn't commencement be initiated via a private bill in select areas. For example, in a relevant city of London Corporation bill or other council area bill. This would be useful if for example there is a ongoing private bill currently.
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Yes, but that isn't due to the final guidance. It is less likely that a change to case law would happen as a result of the interim guidance. That may happen (less likely at this point) - I don't see that happening at this point.
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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However, it's unlikely that any case will be brought before the full implementation of the illogical guidance of the EHRC. So it's a situation of waiting until an unlawful action occurs (as a result of the misinterpretation) and then someone challenges it
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The only realistic route is that a case like FWS v Scottish Ministers is brought before the SC. Just in the opposite way and they may change the president or if they don't then it goes up to the ECtHR. Then they reveal the human right violation of a lack of "legal" sex (gender) recognition
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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There is always a slim chance that the bill of rights 1689 could be argued that the state is enforcing a punishment which is "And illegall and cruell Punishments inflicted." By generally agreed principles of modern humanity
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM