Lawyers criticise Maggie Chapman’s comments on Supreme Court gender ruling

The dean of the Faculty of Advocats has criticized Maggie Chapman of Scottish Green Maggie for what he described as “rrerewensible” comments that attack the Judiciary after the sentence of the Supreme Court on the definition of a woman.

Mrs. Chapman, the attached coordinator of the Holyrood Equality Committee, was filmed in a weekend rally condemning what she called “intolerance, prejudice and hate from the Supreme Court.”

In a letter to the committee, Roddy Dunlop KC described the “scandalous” comments and said they created a “risk of danger” to the members of the Supreme Court.

Chapman said he supports his comments, and that it was his role “to stand up and represent trans people.”

The Scottish government will make a statement in Holyrood on Tuesday afternoon establishing their response to the unanimous ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex under the equal law.

The protests were held over the weekend by Pro-Trans activists, with Prime Minister John Swinney saying that he understood why the trans community would feel “uncertain and anxious” for the ruling.

Chapman, a supporter of trans rights, attended a protest in Aberdeen and told the crowd: “We do not say that it is not in our name to fanaticism, the preacher and the hatred we see come from the Society of the Supreme Court and many.”

Roddy Dunlop KC said the comments were “beyond the pale” and that Chapman should consider his role as vice president as his conflict comment with the guide of the Scottish Parliament about impartiality.

Dunlop, writing on behalf of all the bearers of the governing agency’s office, said that his comments “do not respect the rule of law” and “constitute an atrocious violation of the duties of Mrs. Chapman to defend the continuous independence of the Judiciary.”

He added: “But they go beyond that and create a risk of danger for the members of the Court.

“This behavior is irresponsible and refueling.”

He added that he expected a “fast and complete” apology from the MSP.

Alba MSP Ash Regan said he had informed Chapman to the president and the rules committee, adding: “MSP have the duty to defend the law, not undermine it.”

Speaking Tuesday morning, Chapman said he would not apologize, and that institutions and laws reflected the transphobia and prejudices present in society.

He also said that the rule of law “is still standing”, but that it was his role “standing and representing trans people.”

The ruling last Wednesday was the culmination of a long -standing legal dispute between the Scottish government and the campaign group for Scotland women about whether sex -based protections should only be applied to people born.

The Secretary of Social Justice of the Scottish Government, Somerville, will describe the Holyrood implications of the decision and the processes that will continue, including the guarantee of guarantee of updated guidance for public bodies such as female spaces. Spaces. Spaces.

The attached prime minister, Kate Forbes, who opposed the Scottish government, plans to facilitate that trans people are granted a gender recognition certificate, told BBC Scotland News that he did not feel claimed by the court. “Provid

Trans activists expressed that in the ruling would erase the protections against discrimination in their reallocated genre.

Holyrood’s statement occurs when Bridget Philipson, the Minister of Equality of the United Kingdom Government, told the BBC today that women should now use baths according to their biological sex.

But he was explicitly saying that trans women should use men’s baths.

He also said that the additional orientation of the Commission on Equality and Human Rights would be a problem, including a Code of Legal Practice.

Philipson said this would ensure that “everyone has the ability to access safe and appropriate services.”

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomed the ruling in his first comments on the matter, saying that he gave “very necessary clarity.”

The Scottish government argued in court that transgender people with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) are entitled to protections based on the same sex as biological women under the 2010 Equality Law.

The judges unanimously ruled that the terms women and sex in the 2010 Equality Law “refer to a biological woman and biological sex” instead of “certified sex.”

Michael Foran, a law professor at the University of Glasgow, told the BBC that the decision “has deep implications for trans inclusion in those spaces.”

He added a debate around the ruling that had been confused by erroneous information and “tries to delegitimize” the Supreme Court.

He added: “It is incumbent to the government clearly communicate what this trial does and does not say, and fight that misinformation.”