13 Jun 2018
For the past four years, the Ecclesiastical Law Society has generously sponsored the Inter-Inn Moot Competition by providing a prize of £500 to the winning team. This year the final will be held on Tuesday 3 July at 6:30 pm in the Old Hall of Lincoln’s Inn. The...
12 Jun 2018
A reminder that there are two free ELS lectures taking place this July, open both to members and non-members. On Tuesday 3 July, Baroness Berridge will be giving a London Lecture on “Freedom of Religion or Belief.” Her Parliamentary roles include membership of the...
29 May 2018
The eighteenth Colloquium of Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers met 27–28 May 2018 at Jesus College, Oxford, to discuss the topic ‘Canon Law in Action.’ On the Anglican team, papers were contributed by Sion Hughes Carew (Church of England Legal Office), the...
16 May 2018
The General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect on 25 May. In preparation for this, the Society’s committee has undertaken an audit of the data we hold and ensured our policy is in line with the new regulation. A new data privacy policy has been published,...
10 May 2018
The Ascensiontide 2018 edition of our newsletter is now available. Download.
18 Apr 2018
In Vera Egenberger v Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung eV [2018] EUECJ C-414/16, the Grand Chamber has reaffirmed that where religion or belief organisations impose a Genuine Occupational Requirement when recruiting staff, that requirement must be...
