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Law and religion round-up – 21st January
The Irish Parliament wrestles with abortion law and, as the new Dean is installed at Peterborough, the Church of England wrestles with cathedral governance The Irish abortion debate Last week, Dáil...
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Law and religion round-up – 2nd September
Health & safety and data protection are in the news again – Antisemitism, alas, is rarely out of it… Data protection and the GDPR In a blog post picked up by the Financial Times, the law firm EMW...
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Conflict of safety advice on bell tower access
Chancellor favours advice of Tower Captain over that of church architect Whilst much attention is given to the safety issues surrounding the ringing of church bells, a recent consistory court judgment...
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Law and religion round-up – 17th March
A week totally overshadowed by the massacre of Muslims in Christchurch. Christchurch On Friday, 50 people were killed in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand and several more remain...
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Law and religion round-up – 21st April
A week in which everything else paled into insignificance beside the devastating fire at Notre Dame de Paris and then the explosions in Sri Lanka As one Twitter commentator said: “Preachers: Please...
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Law and religion round-up – 12th May
Another bad week for the Church of England and its approach to safeguarding… …which was not assisted by the timing and content of some of the material it released, infra. Following the previous week’s...
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Fire Safety in Church Buildings
The recent fire in Paris at Notre Dame Cathedral demonstrated the extensive damage which can be caused in a relatively short time to the structure and content of an important religious building. This...
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Sikh motorcyclists in Germany obliged to wear helmets
The Federal Administrative Court [Bundesverwaltungsgericht] – which sits in Leipzig and is not to be confused with the Federal Court of Justice [Bundesgerichtshof], which sits in Karlsruhe – held on 4...
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Law and religion round-up – 11th August
A typical quiet week in August, apart from… …Registration of marriage from “end of year” As we noted on Thursday, the Faculty Office issued an update on the implementation of the provisions of the...
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Law and religion round-up – 27th October
A week in which MPs were given less time to decide the future of 65 million people than they devoted to the Wild Animals in Circuses Act which affected 19 animals, while… …non-lawyers were reminded...
View ArticleChurch issues new Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance
On 3 March, the Church of England issued new Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance, comprising an updated Guidance for churches which includes a comprehensive set of Frequently Asked Questions, and resources...
View ArticleChurch of England updates Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance – 5 March
Further to the guidance issued on 3 March 2020, on 5 March 2002 the Church of England published further information, extracts of which are reproduced below. In addition, the Government’s coronavirus...
View ArticleChurch in Wales updates Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance – 5 March
The Church in Wales has updated its Coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance: the latest version is dated 5 March. In brief: Public administration of the chalice should cease until further notice. Physical...
View ArticleScottish Episcopal Church updates Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance – 6 March
On 6 March, the Scottish Episcopal Church issued updated guidance on how members and clergy should respond to the spread of coronavirus (COVID 19), following recent developments. Previously, it had...
View ArticleCoronavirus updates – index
All the material on this post, Coronavirus updates – index, was transferred to COVID-19 Coronavirus: legislation and guidance on 20 August 2020 at 18:04, to which further updates will now be added....
View ArticleCoronavirus (COVID-19): more guidance from Church of England and government
This post summarizes the information published on 12 March 2020 by the Church of England (at 12:50 and 15:17) from which we have reproduced extracts from the new information here. An index to all our...
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Law and religion round-up – 15th March
“Noli me tangere” John 20:17 … and if in explaining the efficacy of hand-washing with soap you don’t include a description of the virus as “a self-assembled nanoparticle in which the weakest link is...
View ArticleGuidance on supervised individual prayer
New guidance from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government On 12 June, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government issued COVID-19: guidance for the safe use of...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Personal Risk Factors for Clergy, Church Workers and Volunteers
On 16 June at 14:30, the Church of England issued a New FAQ “What guidance is in place for clergy, church workers and volunteers who are deemed to be at additional risk?” in the Prayer and worship...
View ArticleRegulations on face covering: Advice from Church of England
The snappily-titled The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place) (England) Regulations 2020 were made at 9.00 a.m. on 23rd July 2020, laid before Parliament at...
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