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UPDATED – Special paperback 4th edition of Ecclesiastical Law
A limited paperback edition of the recent fourth edition of M Hill, Ecclesiastical Law is available only via the ELS website.
Newsletter: August/September edition
The August/September 2018 edition of our newsletter is now available. Download.
Charities’ Annual Return 2018
The Charity Commission’s 2018 Annual Return Service is now open for charities to submit their returns online.
Charity Commission Annual Return 2018
The Charity Commission has updated the list of questions to be included in the Annual Return 2018
Automatic disqualification of charity trustees
The new rules on the automatic disqualification of trustees and senior managers under the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 come into operation today, 1 August.
Newsletter: July 2018 edition
The July 2018 edition of our newsletter is now available. Download.
New Trustees for 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...
Ecclesiastical Law Society Sponsors Inter-Inn Moot Competition
The Ecclesiastical Law Society sponsored 2018’s Inter-Inn Mooting competition, which concluded with the final on 3 July 2018.
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 (Commencement and Transitional Provision) Order 2018
The substantive provisions of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Care of Churches Measure 2018 will come into effect on 1 September 2018
Consultation on the Faculty Jurisdiction Rules
The Faculty Jurisdiction Rule Committee has announced a consultation on the 2015 Faculty Jurisdiction Rules.
Newsletter: June 2018 edition
The June 2018 edition of our Newsletter is now available.
Northern Province Lectures launched in 2018
A new series of Northern Province Lectures has been announced for 2018. Speakers include Sir Mark Hedley, Deputy President of the Clergy Discipline Tribunal; Mark Hill QC, ELS chairman and Chancellor of the Diocese of Leeds; and Sir Philip Mawer, former Independent Reviewer.
Inter-Inn Moot Competition – 3 July
The final of the Inter-Inn Moot Competition, sponsored by the Ecclesiastical Law Society, will be held on Tuesday 3 July at 6:30 pm in the Old Hall of Lincoln’s Inn.
ELS Lectures this Summer
A reminder that there are two free ELS lectures taking place this July, open both to members and non-members.
18th Colloquium of Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers
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...
New Data Privacy Policy
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,...
Newsletter: Ascensiontide 2018 edition
The Ascensiontide 2018 edition of our newsletter is now available. Download.
Religion and the Genuine Occupational Requirement: Egenberger
The Grand Chamber of the CJEU has reaffirmed that where religion or belief organisations impose a Genuine Occupational Requirement when recruiting staff, that requirement must be both genuine, legitimate and justifiable.