Court outlines ruling in 'dreadlocks' student case

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Court outlines ruling in 'dreadlocks' student case

The 'no braids, no beads, no locks' policy of Kensington Primary School did not violate the constitutional right of the seven-year-old daughter of Sherine and Dale Virgo, a full court panel of Supreme Court judges stated in a written judgement released yesterday.At the same time, the judges said attorney-at-law Isat Buchanan, who represented the family, showed a clear misunderstanding of the law in his submissions on the issue of freedom of religion.

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