The Government has today announced a new definition of “extremism” as follows: “Extremism is the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or
intolerance, that aims to: [...]
The Government has today announced a new definition of “extremism” as follows: “Extremism is the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or
intolerance, that aims to: [...]
When the Framers of the First Amendment thought of an established church, they would have had one particular example in mind: the Established Church of England. But the laws
respecting the establishment of religion in Britain have changed across the centuries. [...]
On 11 March 2024, the Church of England marked the 30 years since women were first ordained to the priesthood with its Press Release “Celebrating women: Call for a Church
that ‘represents the diversity of God’”. A couple of days earlier, the Church in Parliament posted an update of its page on the Lords Spiritual in which listed [...]
As a segue to Use of cremation ashes for jewellery (again), the following post compares this guidance on the treatment of cremation ashes in the Church of England with that
in the Roman Catholic Church, following a recent clarification from the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF). [...]
Preventing a lawful and decent burial of a dead body is a rather unusual offence at common law in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland. Shona Jones and Muireann Quigley
argued in ‘Preventing lawful and decent burial: resurrecting dead offences’ (2016) Legal Studies 36 (2) 354-374 that there is little justification or need for [...]
The Charity Commission has issued comprehensive updates to its various guidance notes to reflect the latest changes in the law introduced by the Charities Act 2022 – for
which see Charities Act 2022: information about the changes being introduced. [...]
In the case Re St. John Seaton Hirst [2024] ECC New 1, a funeral director sought permission to exhume recently cremated remains for the purpose of removing a small quantity
and re-interring the majority within the same plot in the churchyard of St John’s Seaton Hirst [1]. [...]
In Omooba v Michael Garrett Associates Ltd (t/a Global Artists) & Anor [2024] EAT 30, Ms Seyi Omooba, an actor, was cast as Celie in a stage production of The Color Purple.
Celie is regarded as an iconic lesbian role and the announcement that Ms Omooba was to play it led to a social media storm about an earlier Facebook post in which [...]
Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during February 2024 Nine consistory court judgments were circulated in 2024 including: Nine consistory court judgments were
circulated in 2024 [...]
HMRC has updated Burial, cremation and commemoration of the dead (VAT Notice 701/32). It explains the VAT liability of funeral services, burials and cremations, goods and services
connected with the commemoration of dead people, other goods and services connected with organising funerals, and other activities relating to the disposal of the [...]