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Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:45 UTC Presiding over a case in the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Warby said: 'Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having.' Pictured, supporters of Kate Scottow protesting outside court earlier this yearJudges have insisted that freedom of speech includes the 'right to offend' in a landmark ruling which could help to turn the tide on 'woke' intolerance after a feminist who called a transgender woman a 'pig in a wig' and a 'man' was cleared. Presiding over a case in the Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Warby said:

18 Dec 2020 England’s High Court has struck a rare victory for free speech, overturning the conviction of a Twitter user who called a transgender person a man and ruling that people have a right to offend others online. Mother of two Kate Scottow had been convicted under a section of the Communications Act which makes “persistently making use of a public electronic communications network to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to another” a crime following an argument with lawyer and trans activist Stephanie Hayden, who is legally a woman according to a gender certificat...

Although the latest judgment does not change the law, such an unequivocal ruling from two senior and highly respected members of the judiciary is likely to influence wayward judges in lower courts that freedom of expression must be protected. It will also limit the vexatious use of legislation to inhibit freedom of speech in a bid to “police” Twitter spats. Lord Justice Bean is no stranger to controversial and high profile cases having presided over the trial of James Bulger killer Jon Venables in 2010, while leading media judge Mr Justice Warby is presiding over the Duchess of Sussex’s...

Published: 5:12 PM December 11, 2020    Updated: 11:21 AM December 16, 2020 Stephanie Hayden, pictured, was described as a "pig in a wig" during a Twitter row with Kate Scottow - who saw her earlier conviction at St Albans Magistrates' Court overturned at an appeal. Picture: Archant/Twitter - Credit: Archant A mother from Pirton who called a transgender woman a “pig in a wig” during a row on social media saw her earlier conviction quashed by an appeal court this week. Kate Scottow, 39, was found guilty of persistently making use of a public communications network to cause annoyance, in...