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Thread #129172 Message #2898003
Posted By: Ian Burdon
01-May-10 - 10:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: Religious beliefs - no standing in law
Subject: RE: BS: Religious beliefs - no standing in law
In case anyone is interested, this is the text of the actual judgement:-
The judge made no new law as such - the appeal was decided on the basis of existing precedent. The much quoted comments by the judge (from para 16 onwards in the judgement), with which I agree, were written in response to a statement lodged in the case by a former Archbishop of Canterbury and while they may be influential they are not binding (I think)