Peter Smith on Visitations

27 years ago, Peter Smith had contributed an authoritative analysis of Visitations in the Ecclesiastical Law Journal (Smith, P. (1991). ‘Points of Law and Practice Concerning Ecclesiastical Visitations’ Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 2(9), 189-212. In a well-attended...

Sir Philip Mawer on the role of Independent Reviewer

On 11 October, some 35 people gathered at the diocesan offices of the Diocese of Leeds for a lecture by Sir Philip Mawer. Sir Philip was the first Independent Reviewer appointed to review grievances and concerns relating to the operation of the House of Bishops’...

Mark Hill QC addresses G20 Interfaith Forum in Buenos Aires

The Chairman, Professor Mark Hill QC, is concluding a short series of lectures in South America. The series began in Rio de Janeiro at the conference of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, of which he is Vice-President. Thereafter, he attended a...

Charities’ Annual Return 2018

The Charity Commission for England & Wales has announced that the 2018 Annual Return Service is now open for submissions. Registered charities that must make a return can do so here. The Commission published the questions for the 2018 Annual Return earlier in...

Charity Commission Annual Return 2018

The Charity Commission for England and Wales has published an updated list of the questions to be included in the 2018 Annual Return for registered charities. The trustees of charities excepted from registration with the Commission – which includes a...