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ON APPEAL FROM HIGH COURT
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
MR DAVID PITTAWAY KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before:
LORD JUSTICE NEWEY
LORD JUSTICE LEWIS
and
LORD JUSTICE COBB
Between:
THE KING (on the application of ANISA BEGUM) | Claimant/ Appellant |
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LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS | Defendant/Respondent |
SHELTER Intervener
Karon Monaghan KC and Michael Sprack (instructed by Bindmans) for the Appellant
Kelvin Rutledge KC and Genevieve Screeche-Powell (instructed by London Borough of Tower Hamlets) for the Respondent
Liz Davies KC and Nick Bano (instructed by Freshfields) for the Intervener
Hearing date: 17 July 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 31 July 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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- LORD JUSTICE LEWIS
- THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
- The 2010 Act
- THE FACTUAL BACKGROUND
- The Acceptance of a duty under Section 193(2) of the 1996 Act
- The Request for a Transfer and the Database
- The request for a review and subsequent events
- The Claim for Judicial Review
- The judgment
- THE APPEAL
- GROUNDS 1 AND 2 – THE PCP
- Discussion
- GROUNDS 3 AND 4 – WHETHER THE PCP PUTS WOMEN AT A PARTICULAR DISADVANTAGE
- Discussion
- GROUND 5 – IS THE PCP A PROPORTIONATE MEANS OF ACHIEVING A LEGITIMATE AIM
- GROUND 6 – SECTION 149 OF THE 2010 ACT
- Conclusions
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