20 Jan 2025
Tickets for the 2025 ELS Conference “Nicaea Received: 1700 years of Canons, Councils and Ecumenism” are now on sale to ELS members here. The conference promises to be a landmark event in the history of the Society as we commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the...
14 Jan 2025
The Ecclesiastical Law Society is pleased to announce the publication of a response to the Law Commission’s October 2024 consultation on Burial and Cremation which has been submitted by a working party of the Ecclesiastical Law Society. I am most grateful to the...
14 Jan 2025
The ELS is pleased to advertise a lecture on the Arches Court, hosted by the Historical Societies of Inner Temple and Middle Temple. It takes place on 26 March 2026 at the Temple Church, London, at 6.45pm following Evensong at 6pm. More information, including booking...
08 Jan 2025
The Society was sad to receive news of the death on 5th January 2025 of Geoffrey Tattersall KC at the age of 77. Geoffrey was a distinguished Chancellor of Manchester, and Carlisle, and Vicar-General of Sodor and Man. He was a chair of clergy discipline tribunals and...
20 Dec 2024
The ELS newsletter for December 2024 has been sent to members. A PDF version can be downloaded here.
07 Nov 2024
The Ecclesiastical Judges Association has published the Report of its Working Party into Churchyard Memorial Regulations. The report, its several annexes, and the two documents that go to make up the draft template for an Additional Matters Order, may be downloaded...
