Church in UK Law
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Henning v Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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He argued that the Temple itself would be a church hall, chapel hall or similar building used in connection with the chapels, and therefore qualifying for exemption under (b). The short answer is that this Temple is not a church hall, chapel hall, nor a similar building. It is not in the least on the same footing as a church hall or chapel hall. It is a very sacred sanctuary, quite different from a building of that category.
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Henning v Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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I consider that there is a distinction between private or domestic or family worship on the one hand and public religious worship on the other. In my view the conception of public religious worship involves the coming together for corporate worship of a congregation or meeting or assembly of people, but I think that it further involves that the worship is in a place which is open to all properly disposed persons who wish to be present.
For this purpose the admission of the public means, I think, the admission of those members of the public who are reasonably suitable, who come in reverence not mockery, and who are prepared to behave in reasonable conformity to the requirements of the religion which they are visiting, for example, by covering their heads where that is required, or by removing their shoes on entering a mosque.
Furthermore, it is less likely on general grounds that Parliament intended to give exemption to religious services that exclude the public since exemptions from rating, though not necessarily consistent, show a general pattern of intention to benefit those activities which are for the good of the general public. All religious services that open their doors to the public may, in an age of religious tolerance, claim to perform some spiritual service to the general public.
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R v Registrar General, ex parte Segerdal
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It connotes to my mind a place of which the principal use is as a place where people come together as a congregation or assembly to do reverence to God. But, apart from exceptional cases of that kind, it seems to me the governing idea behind the words "place of meeting for religious worship" is that it should be a place for the worship of God. I am sure that would be the meaning attached by those who framed this legislation of 1855.
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The Right Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake v Associated Newspapers Ltd
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It appears to me that the issues in the present action cannot be adapted so as to circumvent the insuperable obstacle placed in the way of a fair trial of this action by the fact that the court must abstain from determining questions which lie at the heart of the case. I am of course well aware that a stay will deprive the Claimant of the opportunity to obtain vindication.
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VS (Registration on Relocation)
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Next with regard to registration requirements on moving to another area, it is clear from reading the CIPU report in conjunction with Dr Chenciner's report and its appendices, that although the old Soviet propiska system has officially been abolished in Ukraine, something very similar to it is still in place. Moreover the registration is not computer based at a national level but depends upon local records.
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Church, State, Resistance1
This article problematizes a separation of Church and State that is nevertheless identified as constitutive of politics. Democracy has come to manifest a tension between the ‘autonomy’ of the polit...
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The Church and the Independent Peace Movement in Eastern Europe
This article examines the propositions that the rise of new peace movements in Eastern Europe, inde pendent from and in some cases opposed to the work of official peace councils, is a function of s...
- Parish and Church
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Legitimacy in the ‘secular church’ of the United Nations
This article argues that how the United Nations (UN) conceptualizes legitimacy is not only a matter of legalism or power politics. The UN’s conception of legitimacy also utilizes concepts, language...
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Form D8N
Forms to apply for a divorce, dissolve a civil partnership or legally separate, including the D8 application and financial order forms.... ... in the County of ... ’ ... • For a marriage which took place in a church: ‘ ... Church, ... in the Parish of ... in the County of ... ...
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Make a claim with others to an employment tribunal
Includes the refund form for claimants.... ... took place? ... What is your religion? ... No religion ... Christian (including Church of England, Catholic, Protestant and ... all other Christian denominations) ... Prefer not to say ... Any other religion (please describe) ... Prefer ... ...