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.

Fourth edition of Hill’s Ecclesiastical Law

The new edition of Mark Hill’s Ecclesiastical Law will be published in March. The fourth edition has been fully revised and updated to take account of significant changes in the substantive law, specifically: the effects of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and...