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Newsletter: August edition
The August edition of our newsletter is now available here.
Newsletter: May edition
The May edition of our newsletter is now available here.
The Duke of Edinburgh
The Ecclesiastical Law Society offers its deepest sympathies to her Majesty the Queen and all the Royal family on the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh.
Newsletter: April edition
The April edition of our newsletter is now available here.
ELS Conference and AGM for 2021 took place on 20 March
The Society's planned Residential Conference for 2021 instead had to take place online because of COVID restrictions, but a happy consequence of this was that over 200 people registered to attend. The topic of the day was ‘The Solemnization of Matrimony: past, present...
Covid and Church Committees
The latest video posted to the ELS Youtube channel is a discussion of 'COVID and Church Committees.' Louise Connacher (Provincial Registrar of York), the Revd Dr Andrea Russell, and the Ven Simon Baker discuss the practical effects of COVID restrictions on PCC...
Updated online – Legal Opinions Concerning the Church of England 2020
An updated version of the Legal Opinions Concerning the Church of England is now available on the Church of England website via this link. Although the text of all the opinions was on the website before, the advantage of the recent consolidation is that it is fully...
Final Report published by ELS Working Party Reviewing the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003
The Ecclesiastical Law Society is pleased to announce the Final Report of its Working Party on the Clergy Discipline Measure.
Newsletter: February edition
The February edition of our newsletter is now available here.
Studying the Principles of Canon Law Common to the Churches of the Anglican Communion
The ELS is today announcing a pan-Anglican initiative, which is to be undertaken jointly by the Ecclesiastical Law Society and the Centre for Law and Religion at Cardiff University. The ELS is establishing a number of virtual reading groups, to run between February...
Penalties in Clergy Discipline Cases: Revised Guidance Published
The Clergy Discipline Commission has issued revised guidance on penalties in clergy discipline cases. This replaces former guidance and applies both for the imposition of penalties by a tribunal and for penalties by consent imposed by bishops. Download Penalty...
Public Law Wales webinar: The Church in Wales a Century On
Public Law Wales has announced a webinar in co-operation with the Welsh Legal History Society, which the Ecclesiastical Law Society is pleased to advertise: The Church in Wales a Century On – the Disestablished Church and the Devolved Constitution Thursday 28th...
Newsletter: December edition
The December edition of our newsletter is now available here.
Rowan Williams’ lecture for the 850th anniversary of the murder of Thomas Becket
On 10 December 2020, the Ecclesiastical Law Society, in association with Villanova University, Notre Dame University, and the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral, hosted a lecture by the Rt Hon and Rt Revd The Lord Williams of Oystermouth. This was a public...
Further Public Consultation on the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003
A further public consultation on the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 has been published by the ELS Working Party.
Report of the first ELS Archdeacons’ Training Day
On 30 Nov 2020, the ELS was delighted to partner with the Diocese of London in delivering a training day on Ecclesiastical Law for Archdeacons.
The Society’s AGM has taken place online
The first general meeting of the Ecclesiastical Law Society as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) took place online on Wednesday 25 November 2020.
Newsletter: November edition
The November edition of our newsletter is now available here.