Religious workers, interns, volunteers and the National Minimum Wage
Recently I had a query in the course of the day-job from the financial administrator of a church who raised the issue of the employment status and remuneration of the church’s youth-worker. Without...
View ArticleReligion and law round up – 27th July
With the Commons in recess and the summer holidays about to start, the next round-up will be published on 17 August, provided that there’s something to report . . . . . . . . however, we will continue...
View ArticleThe Book of Common Prayer, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Article 9 ECHR
The perennial issue of precisely what kinds of religious manifestation are protected by Article 9 ECHR has been in the news again. The facts In Hodson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2014]...
View ArticleReligion and law round up – 10th August
The sort of quiet week you’d expect in early August – apart from a minor political bombshell… So it’s “Goodbye, then, Sayeeda” On Tuesday Baroness Warsi, Senior Minister of State at the FCO and...
View ArticleCase-law on religion and employment
Not so much a post as a plea for help… As some readers will be aware, I am the current Secretary of the Churches’ Legislation Advisory Service; and one of my duties is to keep my members up to date...
View ArticleReligion and law round up – 31st August
A week that saw Donald Tusk approved as the next EU president, a continuation of the domestic row about the ECHR – and L&RUK passing another milestone… Halal and shechita On Thursday we again...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage: Jeremy Pemberton sues the C of E
Jeremy Pemberton, an NHS chaplain in Lincolnshire, married his partner Laurence Cunnington in April. Subsequently, the Acting Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham revoked his Permission to Officiate in...
View ArticleMethodist ministers and “retirement”– sort of
Recently we have been picked up by a few Google searches for information on retirement of Methodist ministers. They no doubt drew a blank because it’s not a matter on which we’ve ever posted, so this...
View ArticleReligion, same-sex marriage and the courts in the Rainbow Nation of South Africa
The Court of Appeal in South Africa recently handed down an interesting judgment on clergy employment. Mark Hill QC, Professor at the Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University and Extraordinary...
View ArticleReligion and law round-up – 5th October
A positive plethora of news this week – the Conservatives on human rights, assisted suicide in Switzerland, same-sex marriage in South Africa, Scientologists in Russia and more – requiring some...
View ArticleReligion and law round-up – 19th October
A rather miscellaneous week: religious affiliation, assisting suicide, new Article 9 cases, same-sex marriage in Scotland, the conclusion of the Synod in Rome – and the importance of telling one brand...
View ArticlePaganism, religion and human rights
In a post in October 2012 on concerts and performances in churches and cathedrals we noted, very much in passing, Caroline Briggs-Harris’s suggestion that the courts: “… appear to be moving towards...
View ArticleReligious discrimination in employment? – only if you’re employed: Halawi v...
We have previously noted the case of Mrs Nohad Halawi, a Christian who had been working as a beauty consultant airside at Heathrow Airport. Yesterday, in Halawi v WDFG UK Ltd (t/a World Duty Free)...
View ArticleReligion and law round-up – 2nd November
Bishops in the House of Lords, naked ramblers and Heathrow beauticians – but not at the same time… Bishops in the House of Lords Much the greatest traffic on the site this week was generated by David’s...
View ArticleGerman Constitutional Court upholds dismissal of divorced & remarried Roman...
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court [Bundesverfassungsgericht] has reversed the judgment of the Federal Labour Court declaring unlawful the dismissal of a senior doctor in a Roman Catholic hospital...
View ArticleReligion and Law round-up – 30th November
The Pope speaks on Europe, the Lords debate religion in public life, the Law Society climbs down on sharia-compliant wills – while the Swiss and the Northern Irish are getting cold feet about human...
View ArticleDoes “caste” fall within the definition of “race” in s 9 Equality Act 2010?
Chandhok & Anor v Tirkey (Race Discrimination) [2014] UKEAT 0190 14 1912 was an appeal against the refusal of Employment Judge Sigsworth to strike out some parts of a claim by Ms Tirkey. She had...
View ArticleLaw & Religion 2014 and 2015: retrospect and prospect – Part II
To resume where we left off yesterday… Abortion and conscientious objection In December the Supreme Court ruled on Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board’s appeal against the judgment of the Inner...
View ArticleReligion and Law round-up – 18th January
Reflections on a week in which the Lords debated assisted dying and chancel repairs, the C of E published a “programme for reform and renewal”, SCOTUS decided to hear argument on same-sex marriage –...
View ArticleReligious discrimination and the Ministry of Justice: a quick look at...
How do you report a case that was settled out of court? Maria Strauss, an Associate at Farrer & Co, has kindly provided the following guest post on an interesting case that didn’t quite come to...
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