Background In Executief van de Moslims van België and Others v Belgium [2024] ECHR 137, the Flemish and Walloon Regions had both issued decrees prohibited the slaughter of
animals without pre-stunning while providing for reversible stunning in cases of ritual slaughter. [...]
Since the new provisions of the Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2022 came into force on 1 July 2022, their application has been considered in eighteen consistory
court judgments; the respective Chancellors examined the extent to which the petitioners had investigated the suitability of various heating options including: air [...]
The Cathedral Church of St James and St Edmund, Bury St Edmunds (“St Edmundsbury Cathedral“) is one of the last Church of England cathedrals to replace its pews with chairs.
The pews were scheduled to be removed at the end of February and six-seater and eight-seater pews made available for purchase. [...]
Llandaff Cathedral has issued the Press Release Retirement of Dean Richard Peers, extracts of which are reproduced below. Retirement of Dean Richard Peers Posted: 31 March
2024 The Dean of Llandaff Cathedral, The Very Reverend Richard Peers, has announced his intention to retire. [...]
Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2024 The Clergy Discipline (Amendment) Rules 2024, which were laid before Parliament on 21 March and are subject to negative resolution,
amend the Clergy Discipline Rules 2005; they came into force on 22 March. [...]
Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during March 2024 The ten consistory court judgments were circulated in March included: The ten consistory court judgments were
circulated in March [...]
On 18 March, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) handed down Attorney General’s Reference On A Point of Law No. 1 of 2023 [2024] EWCA Crim 243. The reference arose
from the acquittal at her trial for criminal damage of a member of a group, “Burning Pink”, that grew out of Extinction Rebellion [5]. [...]
Asylum decision-making and conversion to Christianity Further to last week’s report, the Government has now replied to the Bishop of Chelmsford’s question on evidence
for the former Home Secretary’s claim of “churches around the country facilitating industrial-scale bogus asylum claims”. [...]
The Church of England has published the following Press Release on the Survey for initial response to Jay report. Survey for initial response to Jay report 21/03/2024 A survey has
been published today for anyone who wishes to make an initial response to the recommendations made by Professor Jay in her report on the Future of Church Safeguarding. [...]