Many people are retweeting this thread by Jolyon Maugham, with an outrage which might be justified if there was any truth in it. I& #39;m blocked so could someone let Jolyon know it& #39;s not as bad as he says it is? 1/6

It& #39;s surprising that a QC doesn& #39;t know this, but it is free to anyone to apply to intervene in a judicial review, and in fact @publiclawprojct has a handy guide on exactly how to do it. 2/6
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This is the route take by @Transgendertrd in an application to intervene on behalf of Keira Bell. The guide gives some helpful tips on what is required of the applicant and how to present evidence to the court. The application by Transgender Trend was successful. 3/6

Considering this, the real question is why none of the publicly-funded and well-staffed trans advocacy groups applied to intervene themselves? They had a perfect right to do so. & #39;Trans kids and the charities representing them& #39; were not & #39;denied all voice& #39; as Jolyon claims& #39; 4/6

There are two possibilities: either the trans charities couldn& #39;t be bothered to put in an application to present their own evidence, OR they did so and it was denied for reasons of process, such as not being relevant to the case and/or replicating evidence already submitted. 5/6

Either way, the trans charities have not done their job properly if they have failed to make a successful application to intervene. The implication is that the process, or the judge looking at the applications, is transphobic. I& #39;m sure Jolyon does not wish to imply that. 6/6 END