Tag Archives: For Women Scotland

No alarms and no surprises: Jolyon Maugham’s legal swagger fails to impress the Court of Appeal

Posted on October 17, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

(With apologies to Radiohead) Early last month, wealthy activist tax lawyer Jolyon Maugham KC had a little rant about “the so-called justice system”, and how “English judges tell us time and time again that they do not want to listen … Continue reading →

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Good Law Project: Crime of the Century?

Posted on August 5, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

(With apologies to Supertramp) This morning, the Good Law Project launched their 💥 100th 💥 lawfare-related crowdfunder since wealthy tax lawyer turned turd polisher Jolyon Maugham KC founded the GLP in March 2017. So today seems the right moment for … Continue reading →

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Road to Nowhere: traffic update (3)

Posted on August 4, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

With the revised Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations finally coming into force tomorrow, it’s time for another traffic update from the Road to Nowhere. As noted in previous traffic updates, following the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Road to Nowhere: traffic update (2)

Posted on July 13, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

[First published on 13 July, this post was updated on 15 July.] With the 40-day period for Parliament to review the revised EHRC Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations that Bridget ‘moral midget’ Phillipson finally laid before … Continue reading →

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Road to Nowhere: traffic update

Posted on May 21, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

So, with Bridget ‘moral midget’ Phillipson, allegedly the Minister for Women & Equalities, having finally laid before Parliament the revised EHRC code of practice for services, public functions and associations that the EHRC submitted to her almost nine months ago, … Continue reading →

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Everything you always wanted to know about the Good Law Project (but were afraid to ask)

Posted on April 10, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

What has the Good Law Project (GLP) ever done for us? How much has that cost us? Why should we care? Shouldn’t we just ignore them? Well, yes, we could just ignore them, not least because they would hate that. … Continue reading →

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Road to nowhere

Posted on March 10, 2026 by wonkypolicywonk

(With apologies to Talking Heads) With the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s momentous ruling of 16 April 2025 in For Women Scotland – on the meaning of the word ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 – approaching fast, now … Continue reading →

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