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- Title
R (on the application of Ngole) v University of Sheffield[2017] EWHC 2669 (Admin): Collins Rice J: 27 October 2017.
- Abstract
Human rights – Freedom of religion – Freedom of expression – Interference with – Claimant student on Sheffield University's MA in Social Work course leading to professional registration – Claimant making online comments on news website describing same-gender relations as a sin – Comments drawn to attention of Sheffield University authorities – University authorities initiating investigation – Departmental investigating team holding concluding that there were areas of fitness to practise (FTP) concern – FTP Panel finding serious breach of professional requirements to keep high standards of personal conduct and to make sure behaviour did not damage public confidence in the profession – Panel noting lack of evidence that claimant would refrain from presenting his views in the same way in future – Concluding that claimant should be removed from course and permitted to enrol on another programme not leading to professional qualification – Claimant appealing decision as manifestly unreasonable – Alleging being sanctioned for lawful expression of orthodox religious views outside of a work context and despite their having no impact on his work and professional abilities – Appeals Committee of the Sheffield University Senate rejecting appeal – Claimant bringing judicial review challenge against decision to remove him from university course – Whether decision to remove claimant from university course unlawful interference with his rights to freedom of religion and freedom of expression – Whether decision arbitrary and unfair in substance – Human Rights Act 1998 – European Convention on Human Rights, arts 9 and 10
- Subjects
FREEDOM of expression; FREEDOM of religion lawsuits; UNIVERSITY of Sheffield
- Publication
Oxford Journal of Law & Religion, 2018, Vol 7, Issue 2, p351
- ISSN
2047-0770
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ojlr/rwy022