Garden Court Employment and Discrimination Law barrister Oscar Davies spoke exclusively to the Daily Star on what the Supreme Court 2025 Equality Act ruling means for their clients, and the hypnotic effect of the “toilets issue” on public debate.
Read at the Daily Star or download the PDF
Garden Court Chambers’ Oscar Davies featured in the Daily Star this week, discussing the real-world impact of the 2025 Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of “sex”, and the public debate surrounding access to single-sex spaces for trans people.
Oscar noted the significant increase in trans-related discrimination cases they have seen over the past year and the practical challenges their clients face, including not having straight-forward access workplace facilities.
Whilst critiquing how public discourse hyper-focuses on “toilet wars”, Oscar also underlined the importance of recognising that “People often put an extreme example as an average on trans people.”
Oscar told the Daily Star:
“People are kind of hypnotised by this toilets issue. This is not about toilets. It’s about whether trans people can participate in ordinary life. This is what happens when law is made through panic rather than principle.
“The law should protect people from humiliation, not provide a script for it.”
Read the full interview here (PDF) and at the Daily Star.
Oscar Davies is a discrimination, public law and human rights barrister specialising in complex Equality Act and Convention rights litigation.
To get in touch with Oscar, please contact: civillibertiesclerks@gclaw.co.uk
