Legal challenge to Met's Freemasons policy thrown out

The Met had announced that membership of the Freemasons or similar organisations would have to declared.

Freemasons’ legal challenge attempt against Metropolitan police fails

High court judge rules in favour of force’s decision to compel officers to declare membership of organisation Freemasons have failed in their attempt to bring a legal challenge against Britain’s biggest police force over its decision to compel staff to declare whether they are or have been members. Mr Justice Chamberlain said on Tuesday that the Metropolitan police’s decision “serves a legitimate aim, maintaining and enhancing public trust in policing, and is proportionate”. Continue reading...

By PA Media

UK court backs London police rule forcing officers to declare Freemasonry

A UK court on Tuesday denied a legal challenge brought by the Freemasons against a new London police policy requiring officers to declare membership of the historically secretive society. In a 17-page judgment handed down at London’s High Court, judge Martin Chamberlain said the Metropolitan Police’s policy “serves a legitimate aim, maintaining and enhancing public trust in policing, and is proportionate”. He said the grounds of the challenge were not “reasonably arguable”, and the policy was...

By Agence France-Presse

High Court challenge against Met Police’s Freemason declaration thrown out

Three bodies representing Freemasons had sought to take legal action against the force at the High Court

By Callum Parke