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CHANCEL REPAIR LIABILITY<br />
How to Research It<br />
Revised ed<br />
Derriman, James<br />
ISBN: 1898029849<br />
Hardback<br />
Price: £19.95<br />
The owner of any property, however small, in England or Wales, can be liable in certain<br />
circumstances to pay for repairs to the chancel of a medieval parish church in his locality.<br />
Until a recent case decided in the House of Lords led to a farmer and his wife being called<br />
on to pay a £95,000 bill, many property owners, conveyancers and parochial church councils<br />
had ignored this apparently remote corner of the law. Now, especially as a result of the<br />
Land Registration Act 2002, chancel repair liability has become a live issue.<br />
The need for searches to establish whether any particular land may be affected is increasingly<br />
recognised. This book — the first of its kind — provides practical information on how<br />
to make these searches. It does not set out to be a legal textbook, but to enable lawyers, laymen<br />
and churchmen to understand the background and sources of information available so<br />
that they can discover so far as is possible when, and to what extent, liability may exist.<br />
A Foreword by Dr R. Sturt, Diocesan Registrar of Canterbury, endorses its value not only<br />
for people who plan to do their own research, but as a mine of information for professionals,<br />
parochial church councils and amateur historians<br />
AUG/SEPT 2006 37
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