On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 10:36:47 +0000, johnfhhgen via <genbrit@rootsweb.com> wrote: >On 01/12/2015 2:42 PM, Richard Smith via wrote: >> On 01/12/15 10:36, johnfhhgen via wrote: >> >>> They *are* human remains: this recent judgement gives a good summary of >>> the law in the matter - >>> >>> http://www.ecclesiasticallawassociation.org.uk/index.php/judgmentlist/exhumation/astwoodcemetery/download >> That's ecclesiastical law which is quite different and doesn't apply >> outside churches, burial grounds, and similar. No-one is doubting you >> need permission to disturb a burial ground. >> Richard >> >I am sorry I did not make myself very clear. I was not doubting the need >for permission to disturb burials, but questioning your statement - > >" That's bollocks: you can't possibly be prosecuted for illegal disposal >of human remains for the simple reason that ashes are not considered >human remains." > >The judgment makes clear that both in secular and ecclesiastical law >(the latter, incidentally, being part of the secular law of Engand and >Wales), cremated remains are considered human remains. > They are human remains as they are all that is left from a human but after cremation they are no longer a body or human tissue or controlled waste, just ash so just another form of litter if disposed of improperly.