The local authority disapproved of the Rugby Union maintaining links in South Africa. They banned the local team from access to a local recreation ground for club matches, save for training, when three local players were chosen to go on a tour of South Africa. The authority complained that the club had not condemned the tour and forbidden its club members from playing.
Held: (Wilkinson LJ dissenting) The club’s appeal failed.
Citations:
Unreported, 14 March 1985
[1985] 2 All ER 151
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Wheeler v Leicester City Council; In re Wheeler and others HL 25-Jul-1985
The Council opposed sporting links with South Africa. The local rugby club failed to denounce apartheid and did not seek to dissuade three of its players touring with the national side. The Court of Appeal had refused judicial review of the . .
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Local Government
Updated: 18 June 2022; Ref: scu.374715
