Source: Equal Opportunities Review Issue: 66 Date: 01-03-1996 Publisher: IRS

Court of Appeal upholds gay ban

TOPICS:
equal opportunities sexual orientation
international European Union

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R v Ministry of Defence, ex parte Smith and others [1996] IRLR 100 CA (1 report)


In R v Ministry of Defence ex parte Smith and others (3 November 1995) EOR66B, the Court of Appeal rejects the challenge to the lawfulness of the policy by which homosexual men and women are not permitted to serve in the armed forces.

The issues

The armed forces does not permit homosexual men and women to serve, irrespective of whether they engage in homosexual conduct.

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