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2 May 2023, 12:30 am by David Pocklington
Review of the ecclesiastical court judgments during April 2023  Eleven consistory court judgments were circulated in April concerning: Reordering, extensions and other building works CCVT Exhumation Churchyards and burials Organs This summary also includes CDM Decisions and Safeguarding, Reports from the Independent Reviewer, Privy Council Business, Visitations, and CFCE Determinations, as well as links to other posts relating to ecclesiastical law. [read post]
1 May 2023, 12:39 pm by William C. MacLeod and Darby Hobbs
Members like Joyce (R-OH) and Bishop (D-GA) criticized recent cases involving nascent competitors, and Moolenaar (R-MI) questioned FTC’s coordinating with U.K. authorities to prevent deals among American companies. [read post]
30 Apr 2023, 12:37 am by Frank Cranmer
The Bishop of Bristol’s amendments have the support of heritage bodies and the National Association of Local Councils, whom the Commissioner has also met on the issue: essentially, these are to ensure that “Church of England parish churches [are] treated the same as other faith and community buildings”. [read post]
Pope Francis Wednesday approved historic reforms granting women the right to vote in the Synod of Bishops, an assembly of bishops from around the world which gathers regularly to discuss Church matters and advise the Pope. [read post]
25 Apr 2023, 5:52 am by David Pocklington
Comment “Coffin sliding” As we have noted earlier in Re St Andrew Horbling [2022] ECC Lin 2, in his outline of the legislation associated with “coffin sliding”, Bishop Ch. stated (emphasis added): “[10]. [read post]
23 Apr 2023, 12:51 am by Frank Cranmer
 This asserted that in response to the proposals of the bishops and the General Synod decision, “many are now considering what their options might be”. [read post]
21 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
., April 18, 2023). a Florida state trial court dismissed a suit by 71 Methodist congregations throughout Florida which seek to break away from their parent body because of their objections to United Methodist Church allowing bishops and clergy to officiate at same-sex weddings and to be openly gay. [read post]
19 Apr 2023, 1:42 pm by NARF
Bishop of Wellington, and the legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery in Aotearoa-New Zealand. / Ngata, Tina The color(blind) conundrum in Colorado property law. / Romero, Tom Legal violence and restorative justice. / Shackford-Bradley, Julie Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. [read post]
17 Apr 2023, 6:49 pm by Ronald V. Miller, Jr.
The plaintiff sued the Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence, a church corporation in North Providence, and a retired bishop for various torts based on the defendants’ alleged role in enabling the abuse. [read post]
16 Apr 2023, 12:37 am by Frank Cranmer
In Williamson v The Bishop of London & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 379, the primary question at issue was the meaning and effect of s.42, and in particular whether, where proceedings were brought without leave, it operated as a jurisdictional bar or merely as a procedural one. [read post]
15 Apr 2023, 6:29 pm by Howard Friedman
The ministerial exception better protects the autonomy of religious organizations guaranteed under the First Amendment to choose who ministers their faith and spares churches, dioceses, priests, and bishops the entanglement with costly civil litigation this case exemplifies. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 3:42 pm by Eugene Volokh
Kamehameha Sch/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Est. (9th Cir. 2010) (denying anonymity to minor plaintiffs in a suit challenging school's race-based admission policy despite plaintiffs' claimed fears of physical harm if their names were disclosed).} [read post]
12 Apr 2023, 3:57 am by Frank Cranmer
Neil Foster (to whom my thanks for bringing the judgment to public attention, and who is far better qualified to comment on it than I am) has posted a long critique of the judgement, here: Liability of a bishop for abuse by clergy – on appeal. [read post]
10 Apr 2023, 5:50 am by Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga
In every culture there has been a direct relationship between wardrobe and hierarchy: from the penachos of the Aztec tlatoanis, to the yellow robes of emperors in Imperial China, to the use of purple by bishops and archbishops in the Roman Catholic Church. [read post]
6 Apr 2023, 10:36 am by Dennis Crouch
JEFFREY THEODORE PEARLMAN from Gould School of Law, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA represented Harold Abelson, Guido van Rossum, Jon Bentley, Matthew Bishop, Joshua Bloch, Gilad Bracha, Daniel Bricklin, Frederick Brooks, R.G. [read post]
4 Apr 2023, 1:13 am by Frank Cranmer
That meaning might, perhaps, fleetingly touch the surface of the nation’s consciousness in the odd clips of archbishops’ or bishops’ interviews, in a ‘Thought for the Day’, or perhaps in a minute or two of the Today programme (more likely the more niche Sunday programme). [read post]
31 Mar 2023, 1:00 am by David Pocklington
Having regard to Re Blagdon Cemetery [2002] Fam 299, and to the paper presented to the Court by Bishop Christopher Hill on the Theology of Burial [“A Note on the theology of burial in relation to some contemporary questions”, (2004) 7 Ecc LJ 447], de Mestre Ch. determined that there were sufficient exceptional circumstances to justify the grant of a faculty. [read post]
30 Mar 2023, 11:05 am by David Pocklington
The initiative has been announced publicly, without discussion, at a time when constructive ongoing dialogue continues here in the capital, and across the country, following the House of Bishops’ proposals in response to the six-year Living in Love and Faith process. [read post]