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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.
Thrice to Rome – play at the Temple Church
Thrice to Rome, A play by Norman Doe, will be performed at The Temple Church, London, at 6.30 pm on Tuesday 5 March 2024.
2024 Day Conference – save the date!
The next ELS Day Conference will be ‘The Law of Liturgy in the Church of England: Dead or Alive?’, taking place on 27 April 2024 at St Peter’s, Eaton Square, in London
David Etherington KC gives lecture ‘in Defence of the Chancellor’
On Wednesday 13 September, the Worshipful David Etherington KC, Chancellor of London and Norwich, delivered a lecture to the Ecclesiastical Law Society.
Thrice to Rome – canon law play by Professor Norman Doe
Details of a play by Professor Norman Doe being performed at St David’s Cathedral, in Wales, on Friday 6 October.
Moral & Material Decay: Four centuries of the Court of Arches
There is currently a temporary exhibition at Lambeth Palace Library entitled "Moral & Material Decay: Four centuries of the Court of Arches". The Court of Arches is the Province of Canterbury’s most senior ecclesiastical court. There is a digital component to the...