Anton was joined by Gavin Dowd for ‘In Our Defence’,to take a deeper look at what might seem like a peculiar legal case in history. This week Gavin discussed "Casamitjana V League Against Cruel Sports", where the court had to decide preliminarily whether veganism, specifically ‘ethical veganism’ was a philosophical belief under the Equality Act. 

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