IN-DEPTH: Legal Victories Against Cancel Culture Could Backfire on Common Law Free Speech

Lawyers are debating the use of equality laws, that require proving a religious belief system, as a method to safeguard freedom of expression.

Undated photo showing Lady Justice statue on top of the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey, in central London. Jonathan Brady/PA

One by one, people who lost their jobs for criticising “white privilege,” for saying that trans women are not women, or for challenging other progressive shibboleths have had their cases overturned in court in a series of key tribunal rulings.

But these apparent victories against cancel culture might actually be damaging free speech, according to some legal experts.