In re St Nicholas’s, Baddesley Ensor

Subject Matter

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Churchyard — Burial of non-parishioner — Refusal of consent by incumbent — Whether court having power to review — Whether withdrawal of incumbent's consent permissible — Power of court to review such consent — Gravestone design not conforming to diocesan regulations — Whether appropriate exception — Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure 1976, s 6(2)

[1983] Fam 1; [1982] 3 WLR 631