‘The comedian who is said to have invented the quenelle gesture, which is seen by many as anti-semitic, has been banned from entering the country as Nicolas Anelka could be given a five match ban.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A primary school teacher sacked after allegations of anti-Semitic abuse has lost his attempt to argue that his views were a ‘philosophical belief’ covered under the Equality Act.”
The Independent, 5th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“If you glanced at the front page of The Times for 1 February, with its headline ‘High Court opens way to Sharia divorces’, you could have been forgiven for thinking that the court had made some important pronouncement on the role of Sharia (Islamic law) in divorce proceedings. The story’s first paragraph would also have led you naturally to that conclusion. ‘The prospect of divorce cases being settled by Sharia and religious courts’, it says, ‘has been opened up by landmark legal decision.’ So it would have come as a bit of a jolt to read the start of the next paragraph: ‘A Jewish couple have had their divorce settlement under Beth Din, rabbinical law, approved by the High Court.’ As this indicates, the case (AI v MT [2013] EWHC 100 (Fam)) says nothing whatsoever about Sharia.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th February 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Charlotte Rachael Proudman, a barrister at 1 Mitre Court Buildings, provides legal guidance on the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, Section 10A, used in religious marital cases to speed up the process of obtaining religious divorces.”
Family Law Week, 17th January 2013
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Karwan Eskerie, barrister, of 1 Crown Office Row considers Munby J’s judgment in Re G (Children) where the court had to decide between the ultra orthodox Jewish parents’ conflicting wishes for their child’s education.”
Family Law Week, 21st October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
In re G (Children: Religious upbringing) [2012] EWCA Civ 1233; [2012] WLR (D) 265
“In a case in which a marriage had irretrievably broken down, and the parents were unable to agree as to the precise religious nature of their children’s future education, care was required in looking to the welfare of the children and weighing up the relevant factors.”
WLR Daily, 4th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“What is happiness? If you thought this most philosophical inquiry was beyond the remit of the judicial system then you should read this case.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The days are gone when fathers held exclusive power over their children’s education, a judge ruled yesterday in rejecting the objections of an ultra-orthodox Jewish father to his ex-wife’s choice of schools for their children.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Should a 10-year-old Jewish girl be baptised against her mother’s wishes? Judge Platt handed down an empathetic judgment last week.”
The Guardian, 8th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Judges have to get involved in disputes on divorce, of which the current case is an exquisitely difficult example. Its facts are very simple. C was 10. Her parents and grandparents are Jewish. Her father is a Christian convert, and C wanted to be baptised. Her mother did not want this. She said father had brainwashed C, and it was premature. Mother went to court to stop any baptism proceeding until C was 16. The Court could not simply wash its hands of the case; that would encourage self-help taken by one or other parent, to the lasting resentment of the other.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th August 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The schoolgirl’s divorced parents were ‘at war’ over her desire to be baptised at the church her father, himself a convert, now attends. But at the end of an unusual case a judge has ruled that she is mature enough to choose her religion, and alongside his judgment wrote a personal letter to the girl explaining his decision.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Gay men and women will finally be allowed to marry in churches after the House of Lords dramatically voted in favour of lifting the ban on religious premises holding same-sex partnerships.”
The Independent, 3rd March 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Jewish school which, in the event of the school being oversubscribed, gave priority to children who were recognised as Jews according to the tenets of Orthodox Judaism, ie the children of mothers who were Jews by either birth or conversion, was operating a policy which discriminated on the grounds of ethnic origin and, therefore, constituted racial discrimination under s 1(1)(a) of the Race Relations Act 1976.”
WLR Daily, 16th December 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (E) v Governing Body of JFS and Another, United Synagogue and Others intervening
Supreme Court
“The admissions policy of a Jewish school which gave priority, in the event of oversubscription, to children who were recognised as Jews under the standard Orthodox test of matrilineal descent, someone whose mother was a Jew either by birth or conversion, was discriminatory on the ground of ethnic origin and was thus racial discrimination.”
The Times, 17th December 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Supreme Court has ruled that a Jewish school in London cannot restrict admission to pupils it considers to be ethnically Jewish.”
BBC News, 16th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Europe’s largest Jewish school succeeded today in winning leave to appeal against a court judgment that said its entry policy was racist.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (E) v Governing Body of JFS and Others; Regina (E) v Schools Adjudicator and Others
Court of Appeal
“A Jewish school which restricted its intake to Jews, as defined by the Office of the Chief Rabbi, while making no requirement of practice or faith, discriminated racially against applicants who were not Jewish by descent or orthodox conversion.”
The Times, 8th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, issued a rallying cry for Jews today to defend their schools from English law after the court of appeal decided that admission on the basis of a parent’s Jewish status was discriminatory. Writing in this week’s Jewish Chronicle, he condemned the ruling, saying it branded Judaism ‘racist’.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jewish school’s refusal to admit boy whose mother converted to Judaism ruled unlawful.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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