An expert who oversteps their role puts their evidence at risk

The Case

The Claimant was appealing, and seeking permission to judicially review, a decision by the Gender Recognition Panels (GRP) not to issue a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) which states that the Claimant’s gender is non-binary. The Claimant, an American citizen residing in the UK, had had their gender recognised as non-binary under the law of the State of California.

The Court granted permission for the Claimant to rely on a report prepared by Dr H Eli Joubert, a consultant clinical psychologist, as evidence of the adverse impact that the Claimant had experienced.

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