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Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch delivers the Lyndwood Lecture 2018
Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch gave the 2018 Lyndwood Lecture on Richard Hooker (1554 – 1600): Invention and Re-invention. Bishop Christopher Hill reports.
Newsletter: October 2018 edition
The October 2018 edition of our newsletter is now available.
Peter Smith on Visitations
A lecture on Visitations was given by Dr Peter Smith on 10 October 2018 at the London offices of Winckworth Sherwood.
Sir Philip Mawer on the role of Independent Reviewer
On 11 October 2018, Sir Philip Mawer gave a lecture on the operation of the House of Bishops’ Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests.
Mark Hill QC addresses G20 Interfaith Forum in Buenos Aires
The Chairman, Professor Mark Hill QC, is concluding a short series of lectures in South America.
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.