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Liabilities for church visitors: a checklist
Churches of many denominations are anxious to open their premises to visitors and for private prayer, and although advice is readily available on the security of the buildings and contents, information...
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Religion and law round up – 7th July
Unusually, a fairly quiet week by current standards – unless you’re the Pope or the Archbishop of Canterbury (or Wales) Human transplantation in Wales Undoubtedly the biggest news of the week in law...
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Demolition of landmark spire in Leicester
On 4 September, the Diocese of Leicester reported “[f]ollowing a structural surveyor’s report the church of St Mary de Castro in Castle Gardens, one of the City of Leicester’s most well-known...
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Religion and law round up – 20th October
Votes for prisoners in the Supreme Court, yet another dispute over school uniform and more on oaths Prisoner voting: the Supreme Court says “no, but”… As we reported earlier, probably the major story...
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Religion and law round up – 16th February
Retrospect on a fairly quiet week (unless you were at General Synod) Church of England General Synod The continued progress of the legislation for the admission of women to the episcopate was the main...
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Religion and law round up – 2nd March
The Church and poverty Anyone reading the CofE’s Press Release Bishop to Lead Parliamentary Inquiry into Foodbanks and Food Poverty might be forgiven for thinking that, as with Archbishop Welby’s...
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Religion and law round up – 4th May
A week in which the Government’s proposals on judicial review got a kicking from Parliament, the proposal to relocate the Bishop of Bath and Wells got the thumbs-down from the Archbishops’ Council and...
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Wi-Fi in churches – health effects, courts’ jurisdiction and locus standi
To those who followed the House of Lords Motion to Take Note of “the importance of the English parish church” reviewed in our post, the comments of Andrew Lloyd-Webber reported in the Mail on Line will...
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Wi-Fi in churches – evidence, system security and commercial considerations
Prompted by the statements made by Andrew Lloyd-Webber in the House of Lords, and more recently in the media on the use of Wi-Fi in churches, our earlier post considered the legal framework within...
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Religion and law round-up – 12th April
The election campaign grinds on remorselessly and there’s still over three weeks to go. For those who haven’t yet lost the will to live, here’s the roundup… Disposing (or not) of fonts We noted the...
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Incense and the Psychoactive Substances Bill
“The insertion of a single word will do it … and there you are, out of your difficulty at once”[1] Last week, a report on the House of Lords debate on the report stage of the Psychoactive Substances...
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Press-ups between the Purbeck
To what extent should churchyards be used for exercise? On 13 August, the BBC’s Magazine that ”answers the questions behind the news” explored the views of a number of individuals and organizations on...
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Incense and the Psychoactive Substances Bill – Update
Progress and further insights on the Psychoactive Substances Bill An earlier post noted the potential criminalization of the liturgical use of incense, identified by Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab)...
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Regulating out-of-school education
In late November the Department for Education issued a call for evidence on inspection of informal out-of-school education in England. DfE’s intention is to register and inspect “… out-of-school...
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Regulating out-of-school education: is the DfE having second thoughts?
As we mentioned in an earlier post, the Department for Education’s call for evidence on inspection of informal out-of-school education in England caused considerable concern among several of the...
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Candles and health & safety
Ensuring the safety of those in church who “work at height” The photographs in the Daily Mail article “Church candles are snuffed out by ‘elf and safety: Chorister barred from lighting chandelier using...
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Law and religion round-up – 1st May
As you enjoy your May Morning champagne breakfast, or engage in a little barley-break, here is a round-up of last week’s news … … however, there was relatively little law and religion news this week,...
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Volunteers, Safeguarding and the CofE
Some of the broader issues raised by the sacking of York Minster bell ringers The recent Statement by the Dean and Chapter of York concerning the Minster’s volunteer bell ringers was apparently...
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Should yoga instructors have formal qualifications?
There are currently no official qualifications required to become a yoga instructor in the UK and there is a debate about whether or not regulation is needed to protect the public from incompetent...
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Law and religion round-up – 10th September
End of “silly season” brings news from around the UK, and a new motu proprio Hijabs in primary schools There were various reports (eg in The Sunday Times and the Evening Standard) that “Children as...
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