Law and religion round-up – 19th January

“I don’t comment on stuff to do with the Royal Family”…

On this at least, we can agree with Boris Johnson. Nor do we write stuff on parish disputes on the basis of leaked documents, infra, or on the BBC2 documentary Exposed: The Church’s Dark Secret on the Peter Ball case, which provided an opportunity for some to pursue their own agendas: our post, Peter Ball – the on-going legacy, was restricted to a time-line with links to reports &c. However, for the religion and law stories on which we do publish, read on … 

Religious divorce and controlling or coercive behaviour

The Jewish Chronicle reports that a woman in London, unable to remarry according to Jewish law because her ex-husband had refused to grant her a get, has achieved her object after launching a private prosecution against him, alleging controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or familial relationship contrary to s.76 Serious Crime Act 2015. Continue reading