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The verdict has declared that transgender people with gender recognition certificates will not be legally recognised as women under the Equality Act 2010.

Speaking in the Supreme Court, Lord Hodge declared that it was not the court’s responsibility to create policy on the way in which transgender people should be protected by the law.

He said "Our role is to ascertain the meaning of the legislation which parliament has enacted to that end."

The Court ruled that changing the definition in the Equality Act 2010 was unlawful, as it dealt with matters outside the Scottish Parliament's legal competence.

Director of For Women Scotland Trina Budge had warned: "The ramifications of this case are much more far-reaching and all sex-based rights protected by the Equality Act are at risk."

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