The Claimant humanists complained that the legal recognition of different forms of religious wedding ceremony under English law does not similarly extend to weddings carried out in accordance with their humanist beliefs; they contend that this gives rise to an unjustified discrimination in the exercise of their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and thus breaches the Human Rights Act 1998 (‘the HRA’).
Eady DBE J
[2020] EWHC 2096 (Admin)
Bailii
European Convention on Human Rights
England and Wales
Updated: 29 September 2021; Ref: scu.652943