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Court grants faculty for move to family grave

by Shiranikha Herbert, Legal Correspondent

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 @ 12:50

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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