Court grants faculty for move to family grave
THE creation of a family grave was not itself a sufficient
reason to justify a faculty for the exhumation of remains from
consecrated ground, as an exception to the norm of the permanence
of Christian burial, writes Shiranikha Herbert, Legal
Correspondent. But an intention to re-inter in a family grave was a
relevant factor that could militate in favour of a faculty's being
granted, since it was expressive of family unity and an economical
use of grave space, Chancellor Philip Petchey said ...
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