Consultation on the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules

14 Jun 2018

The Faculty Jurisdiction Rule Committee has made the following announcement: ‘The 2015 Faculty Jurisdiction Rules were introduced with the intention of simplifying faculty procedures and reducing the burden of administration in areas where it was not serving a...

Inter-Inn Moot Competition – 3 July

13 Jun 2018

For the past four years, the Ecclesiastical Law Society has generously sponsored the Inter-Inn Moot Competition by providing a prize of £500 to the winning team. This year the final will be held on Tuesday 3 July at 6:30 pm in the Old Hall of Lincoln’s Inn. The...

Religion and the Genuine Occupational Requirement: Egenberger

18 Apr 2018

In Vera Egenberger v Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung eV [2018] EUECJ C-414/16, the Grand Chamber has reaffirmed that where religion or belief organisations impose a Genuine Occupational Requirement when recruiting staff, that requirement must be...