Hearings
Church of England
22 Jun 1959 [1959] 3 WLR 989, Const Ct
22 Jun 1959 [1960] P 77, Const Ct
St Swithin’s, Norwich, In re
Subject Matter
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Lease — Faculty to rector to grant option to take lease — Jurisdiction of consistory court.
CHARITY — Land held on trust for — Powers of trustees — Incumbent of living — Church vested in him — Whether he has Settled Land Act powers — Court with jurisdiction to approve grant of lease — Application for faculty to consistory court — Settled Land Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 29 — Charitable Trusts Amendment Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 124), s. 29.
ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Lease — Faculty to rector to grant option to take lease — Jurisdiction of consistory court.
CHARITY — Land held on trust for — Powers of trustees — Incumbent of living — Church vested in him — Whether he has Settled Land Act powers — Court with jurisdiction to approve grant of lease — Application for faculty to consistory court — Settled Land Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 18), s. 29 — Charitable Trusts Amendment Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 124), s. 29.