Adelaide Company of Jehovah’s Witnesses Inc v The Commonwealth: 1943

Latham CJ said: ‘It would be difficult, if not impossible, to devise a definition of religion which would satisfy the adherents of all the many and various religions which exist, or have existed, in the world.’

Judges:

Latham CJ

Citations:

(1943) 67 CLR 116

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedHodkin and Another, Regina (on The Application of) v Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages SC 11-Dec-2013
The appellants sought to be married in their regular church in London. The minister would be pleased to perform the ceremony, but church to which they belonged was part of the Church of Scientology, and had been refused registration under the 1855 . .
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Commonwealth

Updated: 24 October 2022; Ref: scu.541078