As readers of this blog know, natural law has re-emerged as an important part of contemporary jurisprudence, especially among Catholic legal scholars. Evangelical scholars
have shown interest in the subject, too, as evidenced by this forthcoming book from InterVarsity Press, Hopeful Realism: Evangelical Natural Law and Democratic Politics. [...]
The following statement has been issued by Lambeth Palace. The following statement has been issued by Lambeth Palace. Statement from Lambeth Palace 04/12/2024 With
the gracious agreement of HM The King, Archbishop Justin’s last day in post as the Archbishop of Canterbury will be on the Feast of the Epiphany, 6th January 2025. From [...]
In Re St Mary the Virgin Weston Turville [2024] ECC Oxf 8, Mrs Deborah Clark sought a faculty authorising the installation of a memorial commemorating her late husband, Joe.
Though a Christian, he was of Jewish heritage, and Mrs Clarke wanted both a Star of David and a cross on his gravestone, explaining that “whilst Joe accepted Christianity, [...]
Yesterday, 2 December, there was a short debate in the House of Lords on a Question tabled by Baroness Thornton (Lab) and asked on the day by Lord Dubs (Lab), asking His Majesty’s
Government whether they conducted an equality impact assessment following the judgment in R (Harrison & Ors) v Secretary of State for Justice [2020] concerning humanist [...]
On 27 November 2024, the Church in Wales announced its support for a proposed radical change to the burial law which would transfer care of closed graveyards to local authorities.
The Press Release states: [...]
Trees seldom feature in the deliberations of the consistory courts, and since 2014 L&RUK has only reviewed 23 judgments in this area – just 1.9% of the total[*]. In June
2024, the Ecclesiastical Law Association (ELA) re-circulated Re St. Kenelm Upper Snodsbury [2001] Worcester Const. [...]
An astonishing claim in Tuesday’s Times … Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill On Friday, the Commons voted by 330 to 275 to give the Terminally Ill Adults (End of
Life) Bill a second reading. Unusually for a private Member’s bill, it was committed to a Public Bill Committee with “the power to send for persons, papers and [...]
Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during November 2024 The five consistory court judgments circulated in November included Exhumation and Churchyards and burials. This
end-of-year review also includes CDM Decisions and Safeguarding; Privy Council Business; CFCE Determinations; and Links to other posts relating to ecclesiastical [...]
Background In EF v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2024] EWHC 3004 (Fam), EF and his wife AB had undergone fertility treatment in 2017 at a clinic licensed by
the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), during which an embryo had been created which remains stored by the clinic. [...]
