Legal experts have claimed council staff do not have the right to discriminate against homosexuals in the workplace, following a judgement by European law-lords on 15 January.
Ruling on the case of Lillian Ladele, a registrar for Islington LBC, who refused to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies, the European Court of Human Rights found her unwillingness, on religious grounds, contravened the council's zero tolerance policy towards discrimination.
