“The Christian owner of a bed and breakfast has lost her appeal against a ruling that she unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple when she refused to let them stay in a double room.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rowan Atkinson’s Comic Relief sketch, which prompted almost 2,500 complaints to the BBC, has been cleared by Ofcom.”
The Guardian,1st July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A council has been forced to pay a devout Christian more than £100,000 after colleagues stuck mini models of male genitalia made of Blu-Tack on her telephone.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Law Society, facing straitened times following successive cuts in legal aid, is auctioning a collection of rare Reformation-era bibles and religious tracts in defiance of protests from scholars.”
The Guardian, 3rd June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three British Christians who claimed their religious rights were violated by employers were told by European judges today that they could take their rejected cases no further.”
The Independent, 28th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Preston (formerly Moore) v President of the Methodist Conference [2013 UKSC 29; [2013] WLR (D) 179
“The basis for the rights and duties of an ordained minister of the Methodist Church were to be found in the constitutional provisions of the church and not in any arrangement of a kind which could amount to a contract. Therefore a Methodist minister was not an ’employee’ of the church for the purposes of section 230 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and was not entitled to bring proceedings for unfair dismissal against the church.”
WLR Daily, 15th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Supreme Court, 15th May 2013
“It has passed judgments affecting multimillionaires, multinational banks and MPs but now Britain’s highest court has made clear that it does not have jurisdiction over God.”
Daily Telegraph, 15th May 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The following 4 recent cases all share the broad theme of claims or accusations against teachers.”
Education Law Blog, 1st May 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
“Christians are to launch a landmark legal case arguing their religion is being treated as a ‘thought crime’ by government and courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th April 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Christian couple who broke equality laws when they refused to let a gay couple stay in a double room in their bed and breakfast will now be able to legally turn away homosexual couples after becoming a not-for-profit organisation.”
The Independent, 22nd March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Legislation to enable same-sex marriages to take place in England and Wales has been published.”
BBC News, 25th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The conclusion reached by the European court of human rights in Christian discrimination cases is no surprise but the principle is difficult to apply.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Nadia Eweida has succeeded in her claim that the UK breached her right to manifest her religion under article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Readers may remember that she worked for British Airways, and refused to abide by its uniform policy, insisting on wearing a cross visible to customers. By a majority of five to two (the dissenters including the Court’s British former President, Sir Nicolas Bratza), the judges of the European Court of Human Rights found that the English court that dismissed her religious discrimination and human rights claim at national level, the Court of Appeal, gave too much weight to BA’s corporate aims and not enough to Ms Eweida’s desire to manifest her religion by wearing her cross. In consequence, the UK breached its ‘positive obligation’ to protect her right to manifest her religion.”
Head of Legal, 15th January 2013
Source: www.headoflegal.com
“The Strasbourg Court has today [15 January] come up with something of a mixed message in relation to religion at work. They have voted that there is a right to manifest individual faith by wearing religious adornments but not by objecting to practices that are protected by anti-discrimination legislation.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th January 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“After seven years of legal appeals and accusations that Christians are being persecuted for their beliefs, the European court of human rights has ruled that a British Airways check-in operator should not have been prevented from wearing a cross at work.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British Airways check-in worker’s right to express her religion was unfairly restricted when she was prevented from wearing a cross at work, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled.”
The Guardian, 15th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A tribunal’s refusal to allow the constructive dismissal claim of a Christian care worker who was required to work on Sundays does not establish that Sunday working will never amount to indirect religious discrimination, an expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th January 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Mba v London Borough Of Merton (Religion or Belief Discrimination) [2012] UKEAT 0332/12/1312 (13 December 2012). The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed the appeal of a Christian care worker against the decision of an Employment Tribunal that she was not constructively dismissed as a result of her refusal to work on Sundays.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 10th January 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Written rulings should be published when tribunals give judgments in order to properly inform public debate.”
The Guardian, 10th Janaury 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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