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Re St John the Evangelist, Filey

York Consistory Court: Collier Ch, May 2011 Re-ordering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2012

Ruth Arlow
Affiliation:
Barrister, Deputy Chancellor of the Dioceses of Chichester and Norwich
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Abstract

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Case Notes
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Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 2012

In the diocese unopposed petition fees were paid by the Diocesan Board of Finance, although the fees for opposed petitions were met by the petitioners. A faculty was granted for the re-ordering of the church, including the plastering of a brick wall, subject to no objection being received after display of the Public Notice. One parishioner made an informal objection to the plastering of the wall. In finding that there was no substance in the objection raised and therefore granting the faculty, the chancellor observed that the single objection had caused significant additional delay and cost for the petitioners and commented that it might be appropriate for petitioners when explaining re-ordering plans also to explain the process involved and the consequences of any objections received. [RA]