Jewish burial society takes London coroner to High Court

A London-area Jewish burial society has taken the local coroner to the country’s High Court over her burial policy.

The Adath Yisrael Burial Society took Mary Hassell, the senior coroner at the St. Pancras Coroner’s Office in central London, to the court for a judicial review over her policy that of not prioritizing deaths because of the religion of the deceased.

According to both Jewish and Islamic law, bodies of the deceased must be buried as soon as possible after death, ideally on the same day.

JTA