In re West Norwood Cemetery (No 2)

Subject Matter

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Restoration order — Municipal cemetery — Landscape scheme incorporating clearance work and removal of tombstones — Restoration order for repair and replacement of damaged tombs — Management scheme subsequently agreed upon to control future styles and materials of tombs and memorials — Incorporation of diocesan churchyard regulations into management scheme — Whether timescale adequate for recording of tombs restored and for completion of restoration work — Whether management scheme capable of amendment so as to permit certain styles and materials of memorials — Open Spaces Act 1906, ss 10, 11(5) — Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991, s 13(5)

[1998] Fam 84; [1998] 3 WLR 128