17 Mar 2021
The latest video posted to the ELS Youtube channel is a discussion of ‘COVID and Church Committees.’ Louise Connacher (Provincial Registrar of York), the Revd Dr Andrea Russell, and the Ven Simon Baker discuss the practical effects of COVID restrictions on...
03 Mar 2021
An updated version of the Legal Opinions Concerning the Church of England is now available on the Church of England website via this link. Although the text of all the opinions was on the website before, the advantage of the recent consolidation is that it is fully...
24 Feb 2021
The Ecclesiastical Law Society is pleased to announce the Final Report of its Working Party on the Clergy Discipline Measure. Members will recall the circulation of its interim report last September, and many will have responded to the Working Party’s two...
15 Feb 2021
The February edition of our newsletter is now available here.
04 Feb 2021
The ELS is today announcing a pan-Anglican initiative, which is to be undertaken jointly by the Ecclesiastical Law Society and the Centre for Law and Religion at Cardiff University. The ELS is establishing a number of virtual reading groups, to run between February...
02 Feb 2021
The Clergy Discipline Commission has issued revised guidance on penalties in clergy discipline cases. This replaces former guidance and applies both for the imposition of penalties by a tribunal and for penalties by consent imposed by bishops. Download Penalty...
