diff --git a/src/test/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/dom/saml/shib/ScopeValidationStageLitmusTest.java b/src/test/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/dom/saml/shib/ScopeValidationStageLitmusTest.java
index 19de0dc..8a59d5e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/dom/saml/shib/ScopeValidationStageLitmusTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/dom/saml/shib/ScopeValidationStageLitmusTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ private List<ErrorStatus> runTest(final Item<Element> item) throws Exception {
     private void good(final String value, final boolean isRegex) throws Exception {
         final Item<Element> item = new DOMElementItem(buildDocument(value, isRegex));
         final List<ErrorStatus> errors = runTest(item);
-        Assert.assertEquals(errors.size(), 0, "expected no errors for '" + value + "'[" + isRegex + "]");
+        if (errors.size() != 0) {
+            Assert.fail("expected no errors for '" + value + "'[" + isRegex + "] " +
+                "but saw \"" + errors.get(0).getStatusMessage() + "\"");
+        }
     }
 
     /** Test a non-regexp value we expect to be accepted. */
@@ -128,12 +131,12 @@ private void badRegexp(final String value) throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void litmusTests() throws Exception {
         good("example.org");
+        good("UGent.be");
         bad("", "empty");
         bad(" ");
         bad("  ");
         bad(" example.org", "white space");
         bad("example.org ", "white space");
-        bad("EXAMPLE.ORG", "upper-case");
         bad("example**.org", "scope is not a valid domain name: example**.org");
         bad("uk", "scope is a public suffix");
         bad("ac.uk", "scope is a public suffix");
@@ -155,8 +158,6 @@ public void litmusTests() throws Exception {
         badRegexp("^([a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,63}\\.){0,2}vho\\.aaf\\.edu\\.nopublic$", "literal tail is not under a public suffix");
         // bad literal tail: is a public suffix
         badRegexp("^.*\\.ac\\.uk$", "literal tail is a public suffix");
-        // bad literal tail: upper case
-        badRegexp("^([a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,63}\\.){0,2}vho\\.aaf\\.edu\\.AU$", "includes upper-case characters");
 
         // UK federation examples
         goodRegexp("^.+\\.atomwide\\.com$");
@@ -169,5 +170,7 @@ public void litmusTests() throws Exception {
         goodRegexp("^.+\\.identityfor\\.co\\.uk$");
         goodRegexp("^.+\\.rmunify\\.com$");
 
+        // Combination regexp plus case significance
+        goodRegexp("^.+\\.UGent\\.be$");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/dom/saml/shib/ScopeValidationStageLitmusTest-config.xml b/src/test/resources/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/dom/saml/shib/ScopeValidationStageLitmusTest-config.xml
index 9588cdd..da2241f 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/dom/saml/shib/ScopeValidationStageLitmusTest-config.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/uk/org/iay/incommon/mda/dom/saml/shib/ScopeValidationStageLitmusTest-config.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
                     p:regex="" p:message="scope element must not be empty"/>
                 <bean parent="inc.RejectStringRegexValidator"
                     p:regex=".*\s.*" p:message="scope '%s' includes white space"/>
-                <bean parent="inc.RejectStringRegexValidator"
-                    p:regex=".*\p{Upper}.*" p:message="scope '%s' includes upper-case characters"/>
                 <bean parent="inc.AsDomainNameStringValidator"
                     p:message="scope is not a valid domain name: %s">
                     <property name="validators">
@@ -51,8 +49,6 @@
                     <property name="validators">
                         <!-- validators to apply to the literal tail -->
                         <list>
-                            <bean parent="inc.RejectStringRegexValidator"
-                                p:regex=".*\p{Upper}.*" p:message="literal tail '%s' includes upper-case characters"/>
                             <bean parent="inc.AsDomainNameStringValidator"
                                 p:message="literal tail is not a valid domain name: %s">
                                 <property name="validators">