+Mr'D Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 You may have heard in the news last week about a house owner in Warwickshire who was presented with a bill from his local Parochial Church Council for £96,000. Chancel repair liability is an ancient interest benefiting some 5,200 pre-Reformation churches in England and Wales. It allows the Parochial Church Council to require owners of former rectorial land to meet the cost of repairing the church chancel. This obligation can be traced back to before the accession of Richard I in 1189. A lesser-known law, known as Poor Flail duty, extends this obligation to 'parishioners and others who have property, chattel or interest placed within parish boundary'. Although this has yet to be tested in the courts it could, presumably, have far-reaching consequences for all cache-owners with caches placed on former rectorial land (wherever that boundary lies?). Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 (edited) Deleted! Edited April 1, 2007 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
SlytherinAlex Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 I've seen better. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Had me going, for a nano second Quote Link to comment
Lactodorum Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Perhaps I should bring it up with TPTB Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Perhaps I should bring it up with TPTB Do you have a celestial hotline? Quote Link to comment
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