Supreme Court judges issue ruling on definition of a woman - live updates

The UK Supreme Court has issued a unanimous ruling on the legal definition of a woman, following a challenge brought by women's rights campaigners.

The ruling follows a series of challenges brought by the campaign group, For Women Scotland (FWS), over the definition of "woman" in Scottish legislation mandating 50% female representation on public boards.

The dispute centres on whether or not somebody with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) recognising their gender as female should be treated as a woman under the 2010 Equality Act. The outcome could have far-reaching implications on how sex-based rights apply across Scotland, England and Wales.

Lord Hodge has said it is a "unanimous decision" of the court that the terms woman and sex refer to a biological woman and biological sex in the Equality Act 2010.

He said: "We counsel against reading this judgment as a triumph of one or more groups in our society at the expense of another."

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