20 Dec 2017
The Taylor Review, Sustainability of English Churches and Cathedrals, has been published. The scope of the Review is limited to listed buildings of the Church of England only. The report makes the following ten recommendations: Community Support Advisers: “A...
14 Dec 2017
The Law Commission has announced that, as part of its Thirteenth Programme of Law Reform, it is to look at chancel repair liability: “REGISTERED LAND AND CHANCEL REPAIR LIABILITY 2.30 Liability for chancel repair is the liability of certain landowners to pay for...
14 Dec 2017
In October 2016, a working party of the Society made a response to the Law Commission’s Consultation Paper: ‘Burial and cremation: Is the law governing burial and cremation fit for modern conditions?’. The working party concluded that it was not – and that it...
04 Dec 2017
The Society was well represented at the recent meeting in Geneva of the Christian Law Panel of Experts and the Revd Dr Odair Pedroso Mateus, Director of the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order. Readers of the Ecclesiastical Law Journal will be...
23 Nov 2017
The three UK charity regulators – CCEW, CCNI and OSCR – have issued a joint publication, Reporting of relevant matters of interest to UK charity regulators, which urges auditors and independent examiners to be more proactive about reporting concerns that may arise...
