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Frank Cranmer (Quaker), blogging with David Pocklington (Anglican) at www.lawandreligionuk.com about – yes, you've guessed it...
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It's not even blasphemous - it's just nonsense.
Because anything to do with bells is eye-wateringly expensive. Even to have our own six (Warner & Co, 1882) rehung – and, preferably, the tenor retuned because it's got one seriously bum harmonic – would probably cost something in the order of £50k.
I guess because bronze (a copper and tin alloy) is now horrendously expensive as a raw material, so melting down the tenor significantly reduces the cost of casting the new bells.
“The bells, the bells”: Re St Mary Magdalene, Richmond | Law & Religion UK
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“The bells, the bells” – a note on Re St Mary Magdalene, Richmond [2025] Ecc Swk 4: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/10/27/t...
Quran burning, freedom of expression and the limits of s.5 Public Order Act 1986: R v Coskun | Law & Religion UK
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Quran burning, freedom of expression and the limits of s.5 Public Order Act 1986: R v Coskun: rather long note on R v Hamit Coskun [2025] Southwark Crown Court 10 October: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/10/22/q...
Law and religion roundup – 19th October | Law & Religion UK
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Roundup: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Preventing a decent and lawful burial, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, East London Mosque charity fun run, Leaving the ECHR?, State visit to the Vatican `- & more: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/10/19/l...
Weddings law reform: the MoJ response | Law & Religion UK
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Government response to the Law Commission’s report on weddings law: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/10/15/w...
Confiscated property, legal certainty and diverging case-law: Suverénní Řád Maltézských Rytířů | Law & Religion UK
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Confiscated property, legal certainty and diverging case-law: note on Suverénní Řád Maltézských Rytířů – České Velkopřevorství v The Czech Republic [2025] ECHR 202: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/10/11/c...
Locking the church doors – religious pluralism and property rights: Ptycha | Law & Religion UK
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Locking the church doors – religious pluralism and property rights: note on Religious Community of Svyato-Uspenskyy Parish of Rivne Eparchy of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ptycha Village of Dubenskyy District v Ukraine [2025] ECHR 223: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/10/15/l...
Revisiting the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Case and Its Legacy | Law & Religion UK
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Guest post by Christopher Grozdoski on Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Against Scottish Event Campus Ltd [2022] SC GLW 33: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/09/09/r...
Reposted by Russell Sandberg
Freedom of worship, COVID-19 and actio popularis: Figel’ v Slovakia | Law & Religion UK
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Freedom of worship, COVID-19 and actio popularis: a note on Figel’ v Slovakia [ECHR] 2025 - Figel's application was declared inadmissible: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/09/05/f...
"Mandy Rice-Davies Applies"...
Disciplinary Tribunal, Church in Wales: Rev Ryan Forey | Law & Religion UK
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A note on the judgment of the Church in Wales Disciplinary Tribunal, In the Matter of a Complaint against the Reverend Ryan Forey: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/25/d...
I was on a deanery synod for two years. I once saw it described as "a group of people waiting to go home".
Electing bishops: Scottish Episcopal Church | Law & Religion UK
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The Scottish Episcopal Church has announced that its General Synod will meet for a second time in 2025, specifically to amend the Canon for electing bishops in time for use during a forthcoming episcopal vacancy: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/20/e...
But he certainly knows about ends of careers...
Res judicata: Re Bingham Cemetery (No. 2) | Law & Religion UK
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Res judicata: a note on Re Bingham Cemetery (No. 2) [2025] ECC S&N 3: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/18/r...
Law and religion roundup – 17th August | Law & Religion UK
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Roundup: Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme funding tracker, G20 Interfaith Summit in Cape Town, exorcism in the C of E, choir schools, transgender issues after For Women Scotland - & more: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/17/l...
Spiritual conviction, medical ethics and the Court of Protection: YD | Law & Religion UK
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Spiritual conviction, medical ethics and the Court of Protection: a note on The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v YD & Ors [2025] EWCOP 31 (T3): lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/14/s...
When failure to intervene becomes constructive dismissal: Makombe | Law & Religion UK
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David Scrooby looks at a recent constructive dismissal case in South Africa involving a Seventh Day Adventist pastor: Makombe v Cape Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists and Others [2025] ZALAC 22: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/13/w...
When mere defamation Isn’t enough: “serious reputational harm” in Hegab | Law & Religion UK
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A note on Hegab v The Spectator (1828) Ltd & Anor [2025] EWHC 2043 (KB): lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/12/w...
No need: in the fulness of time they'll get there anyway under their own steam. (Speaking as someone who's old and grumpy, though not bald.)
Yes, but it was AJP - he was a phenomenon. I've known a few professors (who shall remain anonymous) who could barely string two coherent sentences together,
Repatriation, state funeral and burial: balancing public and family interests following the death of the former President of Zambia | Law & Religion UK
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Repatriation, state funeral and burial: balancing public and family interests following the death of the former President of Zambia: guest post by Mark Hill KC on the recent High Court of Pretoria judgment in Government of Zambia v Lungo & Ors: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/10/r...
Russian violations of the ECHR: Ukraine and The Netherlands v Russia | Law & Religion UK
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Russian violations of the ECHR: a note on the Grand Chamber’s judgment in Ukraine and The Netherlands v Russia [2025] ECHR (Applications nos. 8019/16, 43800/14, 28525/20 and 11055/22): lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/07/r...
I always look at the UK Human Rights Blog – quite a lot of it confirms my own prejudices (I'm relieved to say) but occasionally it includes an insight which probably wouldn't have occured to me.
From Boswell's Life of Johnson: Much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed that "he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an ATTORNEY".
Law and religion roundup – 3rd August | Law & Religion UK
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Roundup: note on Wathen-Fayed v SofS for Housing, Communities etc [2025] UKSC 32 and s.2 Cremation Act 1902, Charity Commission official warnings, dismissals at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Choral Evensong as “Intangible Cultural Heritage” - & more: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/03/l...
Systemic failures and pastoral vulnerability in a clergy discipline case | Law & Religion UK
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Systemic failures and pastoral vulnerability in a clergy discipline case: lawandreligionuk.com/2025/08/01/s...