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Ian Blaney
Ian acts for a wide range of charitable and public organisations, with a particular focus on ecclesiastical, education and burial law.
His practice extends to:
- the establishment and regulation of charities;
- academies (including academy conversions) and maintained schools, the Education Acts, the law of reverter;
- charity property, acquisition, development and disposal, and trusts of land;
- burial law, churchyards and cemeteries and the post-death treatment of human remains; and
- all matters relating to the Church of England.
Ian has been a solicitor since 2013 but has worked in the field of ecclesiastical law since 2005. Cases include:
- amalgamating a village hall and church school charity and facilitating the building of a joint-use school and village hall building on a new site;
- pursuing an amendment to the Higher Education and Research Act to safeguard the right of the Archbishop of Canterbury to award degrees; and
- making a successful application to release the remains of the late Captain Flinders (who circumnavigated and first named Australia), dug up at Euston Station, to his family for burial.
Ian is the author of respected publications on the law of marriage, ecclesiastical law and the law of burial and cremation and has a detailed knowledge of the law of school sites and trusts.
He is available to advise on a range of issues concerning the establishment and maintenance of burial grounds and disputes around graves.
He the Registrar of the Diocese of Lincoln, the Registrar of the Diocese of Derby and a notary public for ecclesiastical purposes.
He is also Deputy Registrar of the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury where is main focus is policy and regulatory work for notaries.
He holds an LL.B in law, a LL.M in Canon Law and an M.A in History (Cantab).
'Ian Blaney has consistently provided high quality advice in multi-layered matters where acumen coupled with experience are required to solve problems. His knowledge of education and charity legislation has helped to protect the long-term assets that we manage. Ian has a good grasp of the wider educational landscape and provides clear and concise advice. He has a patient and professional manner.'
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