Stornoway Sports Centre Campaign

Users of Lewis Sports Centre are planning to challenge Western Isles Council’s Sunday policy through a Judicial Review.

The move follows the recent refusal of a legal aid application which would have funded the costs of the legal action.

Uisdean Macleod, the spokesman for the users group, said:

“This route is the last resort but seems to be the only realistic option available as the council seems determined to stick to its never-on-a-Sunday policy, which only applies in Lewis and Harris.  We believe the council is acting unreasonably and irrationally in this matter and is in breach of the Equality Act 2006.”

On the refusal of the recent legal aid application, he said:

“The refusal was not a reflection on the likelihood of a successful challenge. As a matter of fact, the Legal Aid Board took the view that because opening the Sports Centre on Sundays would benefit the wider community, the legal case should be funded by the community.”

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