tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32652391.post7951632688916326347..comments2024-02-16T08:06:02.281+00:00Comments on maytrees' musings: The Supreme Courtmaytreeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16718016285993243848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32652391.post-46313455576973570202013-05-18T15:29:58.583+01:002013-05-18T15:29:58.583+01:00An historic win for the Methodists.
The first ju...An historic win for the Methodists. <br /><br />The first judgment in C21 by the Supreme Court that has favoured any church position about the status of their ministers so far as I know.<br /><br /> The first Supreme Court case my firm has been involved with since Gilmour v Coates in 1948. We lost the 1948 case because their lordships (the House of Lords then) concluded that one could not prove god exists at all so the Carmelites whose objects are primarily pure prayer for benefit of the rest of us, could not without more, claim charitable status.<br /><br />The original Employment Judge took the same view as I but the judgments of the Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal which then decided against the methodists before the matter went to the supreme court, in my view reflect not only the increasing secular society the UK has become but also the tendency associated with some members of the judiciary, of following society's trends first and the law second.<br /><br />Hopefully the overturning of those (imho) weak judgments of the Court of Appeal and EAT by the Supreme Court, signifies more understanding and support for traditional religious beliefs than has previously in C21 appeared to be the case.maytreeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718016285993243848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32652391.post-28098673048910378512013-05-11T11:46:06.109+01:002013-05-11T11:46:06.109+01:00Judgment now due to be handed down on Wednesday.Judgment now due to be handed down on Wednesday.maytreeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718016285993243848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32652391.post-43373661919691817312013-02-17T11:11:33.569+00:002013-02-17T11:11:33.569+00:00The law is a law unto itself, Jerry!The law is a law unto itself, Jerry!The Subliminal Mr Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05026560115807068974noreply@blogger.com