The Law Reports (Family Division)
[1987] Fam 146
[COURT OF ECCLESIASTICAL CAUSES RESERVED]
In re
ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK
1986 Jan. 27,
28,
29,
30;
31
Feb. 3, 4; 20
1986 Dec. 15, 16, 17;
1987 Feb. 17
Feb. 3, 4; 20
1986 Dec. 15, 16, 17;
1987 Feb. 17
Newsom Q.C., Ch. Sir Anthony Lloyd, Bishop of Rochester, Bishop of Chichester, Rt. Revd. K. J. Woollcombe and Sir Ralph Gibson
Ecclesiastical Law
— Faculty
— Holy Table
— Petition to install large block of sculpted marble as Holy Table
— Whether capable of being Holy Table
— Whether Holy Table properly described as “altar”
— Whether sculpture aesthetically suited to church
— Weight to be given to non-expert evidence
— Relevance of wishes of nonresident parishioners
— Whether faculty to be granted