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The aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the meaning of ‘sex’

Lui Asquith from Russell-Cooke shares their thoughts on the rationale to and the wider implications of the UK Supreme Court’s ruling in FWS v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16

The definition of ‘sex’ under the Equality Act 2010: the Supreme Court’s guidance

Chris Hadrill from Redmans provides his analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill heralds a major change in approach for developer impacts on protected sites and species

Richard Broadbent, a Director at Freeths, shares his thoughts on the savage decline in biodiversity and whether the government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill could be the gamechanger needed to address the housing crisis in a way that adequately protects the environment

The EU/UK relationship ‘reset’: what is the impact on trade?

Daniel Martin shares his thoughts on the EU/UK reset

The Serious Fraud Office has released its 2025-2026 Business Plan: how does it stack up?

Caroline Greenwell, Abigail Rushton and Bella Henry from Charles Russell Speechlys unpick the latest Business Plan from the Serious Fraud Office

Will tariffs Trump transactions?

Mikhail Vishnyakov and Gin Kynigos from Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP share their thoughts on the legal issues and contractual uncertainty facing businesses in the wake of the escalating imposition of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs

Differences between evidence systems and their impact on litigation strategy

Hugo Keulers, a Partner at Lydian, shares his thoughts on the different rules on evidence taking in regard to technical matters between Anglo-Saxon and continental legal systems

Trump’s DEI policies can’t affect UK legal firms? Think again

As the Trump administration 2.0 continues to cause turmoil, Catherine Hobby, Kingsley Owusu and Robert Sizer explore the detrimental impact on UK diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) practices of events in the US and highlight the importance of positive action