Two recent decisions of the Consistory Court have dealt with faculties for the removal of what is now called ‘contested heritage’. In Re Rustat Memorial, Jesus College, Cambridge, the faculty sought by Jesus College, Cambridge was refused. In Re St Peter, Dorchester it was granted on terms. As was observed by Ruth Arlow, Chancellor of the Diocese of Salisbury, in the latter case, each such application has to be taken on its own merits:
As with all faculty petitions, contested heritage applications will arise in almost infinitely variable circumstances. There can be no question of a uniform approach to such cases. Each must be decided upon consideration of the unique set of facts applicable to it.
