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Cases
Paul Diamond has a growing practice and has argued a number
of groundbreaking cases on religious rights:
- in Eweida, the right of an employee of
British Airways to wear a Cross;
- in Martin, the rights of Christian Unions
at University not to be expelled from the Student
Union;
- in Hargreaves, the duty of the Police to
uphold the law on drug use of cannabis;
- in Playfoot, the right of school girls
to wear purity rings;
- in McClintock, the first sitting judge
to sue the Lord Chancellor of a refusal to place a
child in a same sex union;
- in Parry, the right of a Church to exclude
a trans-sexual who sought to become a member of the
Church;
- in Hammond, the limits of free speech;
- in Williamson, the definition of religion
as a Convention Right to establish a school with an
ethos;
- in Voong, the new principle of transparency
in relation to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology;
- in Matson, the right to stand for election
as a part of 'freedom of expression';
- in Copsey, the right not to work on a Sabbath
day;
and
- in Connolly, the rights of an anti-abortion
protester to portray graphic pictures of an aborted
foetus.
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Some of the Reported Cases of Paul Diamond
- R v Warwickshire County Council, ex parte Collymore
[1995] ELR 217
- R v Warwickshire County Council, ex parte Williams
[1995] ELR 326
- Desmond v Bromley LBC (1995) 28 HLR 519
- R v Southwark LBC, ex parte Udu [1996]
ELR 390
- Stedman v United Kingdom (1997) 23 EHRR
CD 168 [Right of religious adherent to have Sabbath
day]
- R v BBC, ex parte Pro Life Alliance (1997)
8 Admin LR [banning of Pro-Life Electoral Broadcast]
- R v South Tyneside MBC, ex parte Cram [1998]
ELR 508
- De haney v Mind of Brent [2004] ICR CA
- DPP v Hammond [2004] JP. [Christian free
speech on sexual ethics].
- Amicus v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
[2004] IRLR [Church exemption not to employ on sexual
orientation and religious grounds under EC Directive]
- R (Williamson & Others) v Secretary of State
for Education and Employment [2005] AC (judgment
of House of Lords) [Meaning of religious and belief
for Christian school]
- Copsey v WBB [2005] QB [employment and
religious adherent; currently before European Court
of Human Rights]
- Connolly v DPP [2007] [Prosecution
under Malicious Communications Act 1988. Paul defended
Ms. Connolly right to send pictures of aborted foetuses
to chemists]
- McClintock v Department of Constitutional Affairs
[2007] [first sitting Judge to sue Lord Chancellor
subsequent to refusal to place children in same sex
unions]
- R(Playfoot) v Millais School [2007] [Right
of school girl to wear religious clothing]
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Unreported Cases in the Law reports
- Robert George: The Times, (Front Page),
8 March 1991 (case for Keep Sunday Special Campaign
on the issue of Sunday working where the employer
acted unreasonably).
- St George’s Hospital, The Times (Front
Page) 7 August 1996 (First injunction secure to prevent
an abortion under Abortion Act 1967)
- Glasgow Firemen Case: The Times 31st October
2006 (initial advice on mandated speech before case
conducted by Scottish lawyer)
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Paul Diamond has defended Christian Unions from expulsion
from universities and the rights of religious organisations
to secure equal access to public forums, Recently, he was
requested to give an Opinion to Parliamentarians (Lords) on
the Gender Recognition Bill 2003.
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