In re St Giles, Exhall (Conradh na Gaelige i Londain intervening)

Subject Matter

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Memorial — Chancellor granting faculty for headstone but requiring English translation of Irish inscription — Whether translation requirement discriminatory — Whether unlawful exercise of discretion — Whether interference with Convention rights to respect for family life and freedom of expression — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 6(3), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10, 14 — Equality Act 2010 (c 15), s 149(1)

[2021] EACC 1; [2021] PTSR 1622; [2021] WLR(D) 348, Arches Ct

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Practice — Schemes of delegation — General guidance — Factors and principles to be taken into account when formulating churchyard regulations — Approach to decision-making where non-compliance with churchyard regulations

[2021] EACC 1; [2021] PTSR 1622; [2021] WLR(D) 348, Arches Ct

Appellate History

Commentary

Doughty Street Chambers Insights
A Grave Mistake? Ecclesiastical court rules against Irish language only inscription on headstone Case comment

Law & Religion UK
Irish Gaelic on memorials? Re St Giles, Exhall: updated Case comment

Irish Gaelic on memorials? Re St Giles, Exhall: a further update Case comment

Doughty Street chambers
Court of Arches finds refusal of Irish-only inscription on Coventry family’s gravestone was discriminatory Case comment

Law & Religion UK
Irish Gaelic on memorials? Re St Giles, Exhall in the Court of Arches Case comment

Guidance on Churchyard Regulations after Exhall Case comment