High Court to consider challenge to EHRC trans…

The High Court will hear a judicial review brought against the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s guidance on trans people’s use of toilets at work and in services in November 2025.

The challenge is brought by two trans persons and one person who is intersex along with the Good Law Project. The Claimants allege that the Commission’s “Interim update on the practical implications of the UK Supreme Court judgment”, published shortly after the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, misstates the law and encourages employers and service providers to breach their legal duties under the Equality Act 2010, the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

In a hearing in the High Court yesterday, Mr Justice Swift gave directions for the claim to proceed to a rolled-up hearing in November 2025.

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Alex Goodman KC and Crash Wigley are instructed by the Claimants.

You can read more about the challenge on the Good Law Project’s website