The post Issues of equality in the consistory courts considers the application of the Equality Act 2010 to the proposed disabled access to a pre-fabricated timber frame building into the community garden at the church, Re St Christopher Walworth [2016] ECC Swk 14. In addition to the inexcusable actions by the employees of Leeds City Council, which was taken to task in Re St Peter Bramley, two of the petitions for AV equipment described the “Heath Robinson” of the current arrangement. Should the latter practice be widespread, it would be advisable for the incumbents and PCCs involved to re-examine the safety of such temporary arrangement, which are unlikely to have the blessing of their insurers.
In addition to this final round-up of consistory court and other judgments for 2016, we will publish an index to all the cases report which includes links to more general posts associated with these judgments. Although not an ecclesiastical court judgment per se , the changes to the Churchyard […]
