FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date – 13/05/2025
Translucent has begun the process of taking legal action against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
We have made this decision because we believe that the commission is acting unlawfully in their response to last month’s Supreme Court judgement on the status of trans people under the Equality Act.
The EHRC has a responsibility to hold a lengthy public consultation when they intend to update their statutory guidance on the implementation of the Equality Act.
They have proposed a two-week consultation. We believe this is too short to adequately collect a broad range of views from stakeholders.
The EHRC have a legal duty to enter this process with an open mind, and not with a settled view on how they will update their guidance.
We believe that the EHRC does not have an open mind and they have come to a settled view on the consequences of this judgment because two senior EHRC personnel have made public statements expressing a seemingly settled view.
This includes the chair of the EHRC who explained to Nick Robinson on Radio 4 what she thought the consequences of the judgement should be.
This includes the chair of the EHRC who explained to Nick Robinson on Radio 4 what she thought the consequences of the judgement should be.
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— TransLucent (@translucent.org.uk) 13 May 2025 at 09:33
We believe that the EHRC intends to open their public consultation with a predetermined outcome. This is not only unfair but shows a stunning disregard for the views of stakeholders on this issue which has been of great national interest.
We therefore instructed human rights solicitors at Leigh Day to write a letter as a precursor to potential legal action.
