Bull and another v Hall and another [2013] UKSC 73 SC
Reports relating to this case:
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Sexual orientation discrimination: Christian hotel owners directly discriminated against civil partners in refusing them double room
- Date:
- 31 March 2014
In Bull and another v Hall and another [2013] UKSC 73 SC, the Supreme Court held that Christian hotel owners directly discriminated against a same-sex couple who were civil partners when they refused them a double-bedded room in accordance with their policy of letting such rooms to married couples only.
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Sexual orientation discrimination: Christian B&B owners' refusal of double-bedded room for civil partners not justified
- Date:
- 2 December 2013
The Supreme Court has held that the owners of a bed and breakfast, whose religious beliefs include that sexual relations outside heterosexual marriage are sinful, could not justify their refusal to give civil partners a room with a double bed, in this important discrimination case on the conflict between sexual orientation laws and the right to manifest religious beliefs.
