13 Sep 2023
On Wednesday 13 September, the Worshipful David Etherington KC, Chancellor of London and Norwich, delivered a lecture to the Ecclesiastical Law Society. This lecture had originally been scheduled for 2022, but was postponed following the death of her late Majesty...
09 Sep 2023
The first performance of a dramatisation of the three appearances of Gerald of Wales in Rome before the court of Pope Innocent III in 1201-03 has been announced. It is based on Gerald’s own accounts of the trials, dramatised in English by Prof Norman Doe, Director of...
06 Sep 2023
There is currently a temporary exhibition at Lambeth Palace Library entitled “Moral & Material Decay: Four centuries of the Court of Arches”. The Court of Arches is the Province of Canterbury’s most senior ecclesiastical court. There is a digital...
26 Jul 2023
Aston Law School is hosting a lecture by Prof Mark Hill KC on the very significant ecclesiastical case of Aston Cantlow v Wallbank. We are advertising this lecture as being of interest to our members, but all queries about the event should be directed to Aston Law...
26 Jul 2023
On 21 July 2023, the Church Times published an opinion piece by the Rt Revd Christopher Hill, President of the ELS and chair of the society’s Seal of Confession Working Party. Bishop Christopher summarizes the report of the working party (available for download...
06 Jul 2023
The ELS newsletter for July 2023 has been sent to members. A PDF version can be downloaded here.
