Chancel Repair Liability & Mineral Rights: Law Changes
For the Church of England, midnight on 12 October 2013 marked an important milestone in the law relating to chancel repair liability, (CRL), and also other areas such as mineral rights. The former was...
View ArticleReligion and law round up – 3rd August
It turned out to be a busier week than we’d anticipated, so we decided to post a round-up after all… Choosing diocesan bishops in the C of E Our week began with a long guest post by Peter Owen, a...
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Religion and law round up – 21st September
A week dominated by the Scottish independence referendum – but that was by no means everything… Scotland said “No” The Scots looked over the edge of the cliff but decided not to jump. In what was...
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Religion and law round-up – 5th October
A positive plethora of news this week – the Conservatives on human rights, assisted suicide in Switzerland, same-sex marriage in South Africa, Scientologists in Russia and more – requiring some...
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House of Lords debates chancel repair liability
Last Thursday, the House of Lords held a short debate in Grand Committee on chancel repair liability, initiated by Lord Avebury’s question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to...
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Clergy discipline, former clergy and parochial fees
This month, the Church of England issued new guidance, Crematorium funerals and the payment to, and receipt of fees by, the clergy, which seeks to clarify the legal position in relation to crematorium...
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Religion and law round-up – 7th June
Not much excitement this week unless you’re a statistics geek… … but a bumper readership on Thursday for Frank’s post Jilbabs as trip-hazards: Begum v Pedagogy Auras UK Ltd, which went out on 27 May....
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Why reform Chancel Repair Liability?
As regular readers will be aware, chancel repair liability remains a controversial issue. In the following guest post, Michael Hall argues for its final abolition. Michael is a solicitor with...
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Law Commission Review: 13th Programme of Law Reform
On 14 December, the Law Commission announced that leasehold, trust law, smart contracts and chancel repair liability are among the 14 projects that the Law Commission will look at over the next three...
View ArticleLaw and religion round-up – 23rd July
Faith school admissions in England On Monday, there was a short debate on an oral Question in the Lords, when Baroness Burt of Solihull (Lib Dem) asked His Majesty’s Government “what assessment they...
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