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Council wins appeal in registrar civil partnerships case


    23 Dec 2008 9:29AM

    An employment tribunal appeal has cleared Islington council in North London of religious discrimination against a Christian registrar who refused to perform civil partnerships. 

    The council took disciplinary action against Lillian Ladele because of this refusal, which amounted to discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation on her part, and not for her religious beliefs, the tribunal appeal ruled.  The ruling overturns an earlier tribunal’s decision in July, which said... (268 more words)

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