Religion and the Genuine Occupational Requirement: Egenberger

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...

Wales and the ecclesiastical exemption: consultation

16 Apr 2018

Cadw has issued a consultation on: the draft Ecclesiastical Exemption (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Wales) Order 2018; draft best-practice guidance, Managing Change to Historic Places of Worship in Wales: the Ecclesiastical Exemption; and draft...

Direct member access to the Ecclesiastical Law Journal full archive

25 Mar 2018

Among the many benefits of membership of the Ecclesiastical Law Society is a print subscription to the Ecclesiastical Law Journal, the leading international journal of law and religion.  It is now easier for members to access the full online archive of the ELJ, right...

Pemberton v Inwood [2018] EWCA Civ 564

23 Mar 2018

Canon Jeremy Pemberton, who married his partner Laurence Cunnington and, as a result, was unable to take up the post of Chaplaincy and Bereavement Manager at the Kingsmill Hospital run by the Sherwood Hospitals NHS Trust after the Rt Revd Richard Inwood, at the time...