nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210330-194951-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210330s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210330-194951-0 doi eng 342 23 Grez Hidalgo, Pablo Author aut Hercules comes to Scotland The quashing of the Scottish Regulations Restricting Assembling with others for Worship Purposes Grez Hidalgo, Pablo Verfassungsblog 2021-03-30 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In a landmark case, the Outer House of the Court of Session in Scotland on 24 March 2021 declared that the closure of worship places in Scotland was a disproportionate interference with the right to freedom of religion and freedom of assembly under article 9(2) and 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights. The judgment is as an example of anxious scrutiny in judicial review of administrative action in the pandemic context. His consideration of the evidence concerning closure of worship places strikes as well documented and highly demanding assessment. Given the exceptional circumstances in which governments are crafting their emergency responses to the pandemic, pitching proportionality assessments as Lord Braid does is concerning. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 ECHR Scotland UK Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/hercules-comes-to-scotland/ raw object