“A Church of England vicar was jailed for two and a half years today after carrying out dozens of sham marriages allowing illegal immigrants to live in the UK.”
The Independent, 26th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Child protection lawyers have called for a public inquiry into an alleged cover-up by churches of widespread sexual and physical abuse of children in England and Wales.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 26th January 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Rt Rev James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle, said the best safeguard for vulnerable people would be to keep the existing law in place. He also claimed the Commission on Assisted Dying, a group of peers and academics chaired by the former Labour minister Lord Falconer, was a ‘self-appointed’ group that excluded anyone who objected to legalising assisted suicide.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Church of England will not allow its churches to be used for civil partnership ceremonies unless the full General Synod gives consent, it says.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A vicar who claims he was driven out of his picturesque rural parish is attempting to make legal history by having his complaints against the Church of England heard by an employment tribunal.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“If it comes to a David v Goliath battle, the City has the big bludgeons, but Occupy London’s slings could still win the day.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“St Paul’s Cathedral has suspended legal action against the protest camp on its doorstep following the resignation of two senior members of its clergy.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A Lancashire man jailed for child sex offences cannot be buried alongside his wife, church authorities have ruled.”
BBC News, 20th October 2011
Source: www.bc.co.uk
“Doctors fear their private lives and personal beliefs will soon come under increasing scrutiny from regulators, as a Christian GP who prayed with a patient faces a formal hearing.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Inner Temple: Magna Carta dinner (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Judiciary of England and Wales, 14th June 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A Church of England vicar was today among 3 men jailed for staging hundreds of sham marriages in East Sussex. Reverend Alex Brown was found guilty of conspiring to facilitate breaches in immigration law in July alongside 2 other men, Ukrainian national Vladymyr Buchak and lawyer Michael Adelasoye, following an 8 week trial.”
UK Border Agency, 6th September 2010
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A Church of England vicar has been jailed for four years for his part in Britain’s biggest sham marriage fraud to help hundreds of illegal immigrants stay in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th September 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two clergymen suspected of officiating over sham marriages were arrested by immigration officers today [3rd August].”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Church of England has paid substantial damages to a woman who claims she was forcibly drugged and sexually abused whilst in the care of a church-run children’s home.”
BBC News, 7th July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An Anglican vicar deliberately breached Britain’s immigration laws by conducting hundreds of sham marriages between Africans and Europeans, a court heard yesterday.”
The Independent, 11th June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Church of England has paved the way for ordination of its first women bishops with new legislation that it hopes will prevent Anglicans splitting over the issue.”
The Sunday Times, 9th May 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, today [7th May] backed the saying of prayers before council meetings as a pressure group prepared to launch a legal battle on the issue.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The McFarlane judgment raises fundamental questions about church and state, says Michael Nazir-Ali.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th April 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As a lawyer, I can recognise Lord Laws’ judgment in the McFarlane case as stinging rebuke to Lord Carey.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey today accused judges of moving towards a new ‘secular state’ that would downgrade the rights of religious believers. Attacking a ‘deeply worrying’ court ruling, Carey claimed the judiciary was now tipping the legal balance against believers in ‘a deeply unedifying collision of human rights’.”
The Guardian, 29th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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