Lessons from the Scottish church lockdown case
Lessons from the Scottish church lockdown case
1 Apr 2021
Last week, Scotland’s Court of Session ruled that the recent closure of churches there was unlawful. Lord Braid found that while the Scottish Government paid “lip service” to religious liberty, “there is no evidence that they have accorded it the importance which such a fundamental right deserves[1]”.
The Judicial Review was brought by a group of 27 evangelical church leaders with the assistance of the Christian Legal Centre. One of the church leaders who brought the successful case, Revd Dr William Philip of the Tron Church in Glasgow, said: