A summary of consistory court judgments published late-November and during December
In our monthly round-ups of consistory court judgments, we have started adding links to assist readers in selecting those of particular interest. An index of the later judgments in 2015 has also been published, here.
- Re St. Agatha Woldingham [2015] Southwark Const Ct, Exhumation from waterlogged part of churchyard.
- Re St. Peter Croft-on-Tees [2015] West Yorkshire and the Dales Const Ct Kerbs and chippings for grave*
- Re St. Aidan, Skelmanthorpe [2015] West Yorkshire & The Dales, Extension to and reordering of Grade II church
- Re St Margaret, Horsforth [2015] West Yorkshire & The Dales, Extension and reordering.
- Re St. Andrew, Witchford [2015] Ely Const Ct, Grave reservation for future burial with former partner*.
- Re St. Aidan Hellifield [2015] West Yorks & the Dales Const Ct Reordering.
- Re All Saints Rothbury [2015] Newcastle Const Ct Refurbishment of pipe organ.
- Re All Saints Barrowby [2015] Lincoln Const Ct, Mark Bishop Ch. Exhumation of remains for reburial in Italy.
- Re St. Mary Wath [2015] West Yorkshire & The Dales Const Ct. Removal of kerbing around graves.
At the end of each summary there is a link to the full text of these judgment on the Ecclesiastical Law Association web site. Those marked (*) were refused. In addition, to the judgments considered below, this month we posted Time-limited storage of cremation “ashes” on the legal issues surrounding temporary and permanent storage of “ashes” raised in Re Astwood Cemetery [2014] Worcester Const Ct, Charles Mynors Ch.