Crown Court judge to sit on discriminatory sharia council
A judge has been given permission to sit on a sharia court while also officiating as a Crown Court judge, in a legal first.
A judge has been given permission to sit on a sharia court while also officiating as a Crown Court judge, in a legal first.
A national newspaper has welcomed plans for an inquiry into the judicial role of Sharia councils in Britain, warning that a “single sovereign rule of law” is the only protection against discrimination.