On 23 March 2022, HH Judge David Hodge handed down his judgment on Re The Rustat Memorial, Jesus College Cambridge, [2022] ECC Ely 2 in which he refused to grant a faculty to the College for the removal of the memorial. This post reproduces the summary of judgment provided by the Ecclesiastical Law Association;  the Deputy Chancellor has also written a 6-page summary of his 108-page judgment. [A case note has now been posted on L&RUK, and a guest post by Simon Hunter offers thoughts on inherent contests of heritage, and on Rustat].

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