In a guest post, Professor Russell Sandberg looks at the judgment of the Supreme Court on religious education in Northern Ireland, what it actually says, and what the impact may be.
The Supreme Court decision JR87, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] UKSC 40 has already attracted considerable interest and has been used to support wider calls for reform of the law on religion in schools in Northern Ireland and beyond. It is undoubtedly an important judgment. However, it is somewhat narrower and more technical than it might appear from the headlines.