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Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:28 PM

Published 11/04/2009 by ABC Online


Beliefs on climate like religion, court rules

A United Kingdom court has ruled that a man can take his employer to court on the grounds that he was discriminated against because of his views on climate change.

Tim Nicholson was made redundant last year as head of sustainability for a property company Grainger Plc, the UK's biggest...

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...left in London. "I was employed as head of sustainability, I felt that I was frustrated from fulfilling that role properly and that my dismissal was a response to my philosophical belief in climate change" Mr Nicholson said...
Beliefs on climate like religion, court rules [ABC Online - 11/04/2009]
...Legal Centre. "Every philosophy will have a place to compete in the public legal social square and that lends itself to then there being chaotic laws being created with no consistency in law-making" she said. The company...
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