R (Hodkin) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Lord Wilson,Lord Toulson |
| Judgment Date | 11 December 2013 |
| Neutral Citation | [2013] UKSC 77 |
| Date | 11 December 2013 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
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6 cases
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Mr R Headley v London Borough of Newham and others: 3203107/2019
...a reference to a lack of belief. 101. In R (on the application of Hodkin and anor) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages 2014 AC 610, SC, Lord Toulson (with whom the rest of the Supreme Court agreed) said, in the context of that case ‘religion’ could be described as ‘a spiritu......
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Decision Nº LC-2021-346. Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), 05-01-2023 , [2023] UKUT 00001 (LC)
...51, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (the 1988 Act)). 3. In R. (Hodkin) v Registrar General [2013] UKSC 77, the Supreme Court determined that the Scientology chapel at 146 Queen Victoria Street is a place of meeting for religious worship within section......
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The King (on the Application of Stephen Bowen) v Kent County Council
...or a ‘denomination of a religion’ (‘religion’ involves a spiritual or non-secular belief system: see R (Hodkin) v Registrar General [2014] 1 AC 610. However, it is argued that the words ‘ other religions’ can and should be, pursuant to section 3 of the HRA 1998, construed as incorporating t......
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Church of Scientology Religious Education College Inc v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, TC 04157
...was confirmed by the Supreme Court in R (on the application of Hodkin and another) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2013] UKSC 77 3 The facts 6. We were provided with a bundle of documents and had a witness statement of Mr Massimo Angius, a trustee of CSR since 1997. Mr ......
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UK Supreme Court Confirms Scientology Is a Religion
...who hold less popular beliefs. [1]. R (on the application of Hodkin and another) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, [2013] UKSC 77, available [2]. R v Registrar General ex parte Segerdal, [1970] 2 QB 697. function JDS_LoadEvent(func) { var existingOnLoad = window.onload; ......
2 books & journal articles
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Religious rights in historical, theoretical, and international context: Hobby Lobby as a jurisprudential anomaly?
...347 (2013) (discussing constitutional legislation in the United Kingdom). (74.) See R. v. Registrar Gen. of Births, Deaths and Marriages, [2013] UKSC 77 [65] (appeal taken from Eng.) (Toulson, J.S.C.); see also Places of Worship Registration Act, 1855, 18 & 19 Viet., c. 81, [section] 2 ......
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Respecting the dignity of Religious Organisations: When is it appropriate for Courts to decide Religious Doctrine?
...the decision of the UK Supreme Court in Hodkin & Anor, R (on the application of) v Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2013] UKSC 77. 1212 April 2016; USDC for Nebraska, 4:14-CV-3183. 13See a note of the decision at https://www.farrer.co.uk/news-and-insights/charity-commissio......