Direct member access to the Ecclesiastical Law Journal full archive

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

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...

Legal resources and directory added to ELS website

Two new features have been added to the ELS website: legal resources and a directory. Both of these take the form of a library of web links. The legal resources include hard and soft law, while the directory includes blog, organizations, and books which relate to...

Church Times article on Ecclesiastical Law

The Church Times has today published an article on the importance of ecclesiastical law in the life of the church, written by the Rt Revd Christine Hardman, Bishop of Newcastle. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the Church Times. THROUGHOUT my ordained...

Chairman’s Report 1 March 2018

The Chairman’s Report in advance of the Society’s Annual General Meeting during the forthcoming Day Conference on 17 March is now available. Download ELS Chairman’s Report 2018.