01 Aug 2018
The new rules on the automatic disqualification of trustees and senior managers in England and Wales come into operation today, 1 August. S.9 of the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 extended automatic disqualification of charity trustees to more...
26 Jul 2018
The July 2018 edition of our newsletter is now available. Download.
21 Jul 2018
At the ELS committee meeting on 5 June 2018, we welcomed four new trustees, recently elected or co-opted to the committee: Luke Tatam (standing back left in the photograph), Ben Harrison (back right), Ruth Arlow (front left), and Paul Benfield (front right). We...
13 Jul 2018
For the fourth successive year, the Ecclesiastical Law Society sponsored the Inter-Inn Mooting competition which concluded with the final on 3 July 2018. Hosted by Lincoln’s Inn, with excellent organisation by Clare Shepherd and Charlie Taylor, the finalists were...
15 Jun 2018
The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Order 2018 was made on 13 June. It brings the substantive provisions of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 into effect on 1...
14 Jun 2018
The Faculty Jurisdiction Rule Committee has made the following announcement: ‘The 2015 Faculty Jurisdiction Rules were introduced with the intention of simplifying faculty procedures and reducing the burden of administration in areas where it was not serving a...
