The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2004] Fam 125
Chichester Consistory Court
In re
Holy Trinity, Bosham
2003 Nov 24;
Dec 10
Dec 10
Mark Hill Ch
Ecclesiastical law
— Faculty
— Disinterment
— Putative grave of Saxon king
— Faculty sought to open coffin for visual examination and removal of sample for destructive testing
— Whether cogent and compelling case made for legitimacy of proposed research
— Whether special circumstance made out for departing from presumption against disturbing human remains buried in consecrated ground
— Whether faculty to be granted