The court considered the impact of secular discrimination policy on admissions policies of religious schools.
Held: A school admissions policy which gave priority to children of their designated faith did not discriminate unlawfully either directly or indirectly on racial grounds.
Munby J
[2008] EWHC 1535 (Admin), Times 18-Jul-2008, [2008] ACD 87, [2008] ELR 445
Bailii
Race Relations Act 1976
England and Wales
Cited by:
Principle judgement – E v The Governing Body of JFS and Another Admn 16-Jul-2008
Application for leave to appeal. . .
Appeal from – E, Regina (On the Application of) v The Governing Body of JFS and Another CA 25-Jun-2009
E challenged the admissions policy of a school which admitted by preference children acknowledged to be Jewish by the Office of their Rabbi. His mother being Jewish by conversion in a progressive synagogue, E was excluded. The claimant suggested . .
At First Instance – E, Regina (On the Application of) v Governing Body Of JFS and Another CA 10-Jul-2009
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At First Instance – E, Regina (On the Application of) v Governing Body of JFS and Another SC 14-Oct-2009
The claimant had successfully challenged the policy of the school as racially discriminatory. He now sought an ancillary order that the respondents should not be allowed to request their costs from the defendant’s appeal whatever the outcome, the . .
See also – E, Regina (on The Application of) v Governing Body of JFS and Another SC 16-Dec-2009
E complained that his exclusion from admission to the school had been racially discriminatory. The school applied an Orthodox Jewish religious test which did not count him as Jewish because of his family history.
Held: The school’s appeal . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Education, Discrimination
Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.270619
