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Nicaea Received – tickets for our 2025 Conference now on sale
Tickets for the 2025 ELS Conference “Nicaea Received: 1700 years of Canons, Councils and Ecumenism” are now on sale to ELS members.
Response to the Law Commission’s consultation on Burial and Cremation
The Ecclesiastical Law Society is pleased to announce the publication of a response to the Law Commission’s October 2024 consultation on Burial and Cremation which has been submitted by a working party of the Ecclesiastical Law Society.
The Arches Court Lecture
The ELS is pleased to advertise a lecture on the Arches Court taking place at the Temple Church, London, on 26 March 2025.
Geoffrey Tattersall KC
The Society was sad to receive news of the death on 5th January 2025 of Geoffrey Tattersall KC at the age of 77.
ELS Newsletter December 2024
The ELS newsletter for December 2024 has been published.
EJA Working Party Report into Churchyard Memorial Regulations published
The Ecclesiastical Judges Association has published the Report of its Working Party into Churchyard Memorial Regulations.
Colloquium of Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers meets in Rome
On 24 – 27 September 2024, the Colloquium of Anglican and Roman Catholic Canon Lawyers celebrated its silver jubilee in Rome.
The Rt Revd Martin Seeley gives lecture on “Rebuilding Trust”
On Tuesday 15 October, the Rt Revd Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, delivered a lecture to the Society at the Grosvenor Chapel, London.
ELS Chair Lee Coley on restrictive covenants – BBC Radio 4
On Sunday 13 October 2024, ELS Chair Lee Coley spoke on the Sunday programme on BBC Radio 4 about the use of restrictive covenants on disused church buildings. You can listen to the recording here at 6:22.
ELS Newsletter August 2024
The ELS newsletter for August 2024 has been sent to members. A PDF version is available to download.
Robin Ward addresses the ELS on the work of Canon Edmund Gough de Salis Wood SSC
On Thursday 18 July, the Revd Canon Dr Robin Ward, Principal of St Stephen’s House, Oxford, delivered a lecture to the Society.
Stuart Jones gives lecture on “The developing work of the Legal Advisory Commission: reflections from a current member”
On Thursday 23 May, Stuart Jones of Birketts LLP and Registrar of the Dioceses of London and Norwich delivered a lecture to the Society on “The developing work of the Legal Advisory Commission: reflections from a current member”.
Day Conference 2024
On Sunday 28 April 2024, the Ecclesiastical Law Society’s Thirty-sixth Annual Conference took place at St Peter’s Eaton Square in London. The subject was ‘The Law of Liturgy in the Church of England: Dead or Alive?’.
Message from the Chair
A message from the outgoing chair of the ELS, Elizabeth Wilson.
ELS Newsletter March 2024
The ELS newsletter for March 2024 has now been published.
ELS Newsletter December 2023
The ELS newsletter for December 2023 has been published.
ELS well-represented at presentation of new book to the Ecumenical Patriarch
“Legal Thought and Eastern Orthodox Christianity: The Addresses of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I” was presented to His All-Holiness Bartholomew, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople on 17 December 2023.
First performance of canon law play ‘Thrice to Rome’
The inaugural performance of a new canon law play, Thrice to Rome, by Professor Norman Doe, took place in Wales this October at St Davids Cathedral.