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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...
Aston Cantlow v Wallbank – Lecture by Mark Hill KC on 4 Sep 2023
Aston Law School is hosting a lecture by Prof Mark Hill KC on the very significant ecclesiastical case of Aston Cantlow v Wallbank.
“Clarity needed about Confession” – Christopher Hill in the Church Times
On 21 July 2023, the Church Times published an opinion piece by the Rt Revd Christopher Hill, President of the ELS and chair of the society’s Seal of Confession Working Party.
ELS Newsletter July 2023
The ELS newsletter for July 2023 has been published.
The Bishop in Parliament – lecture delivered by the Rt Revd Dr Martin Warner
On Thursday 6 July 2023, the Rt Revd Dr Martin Warner, Bishop of Chichester and Vice-Chair of the Ecclesiastical Law Society, delivered a London lecture on the ‘Bishop in Parliament’.
Report of the ELS Working Party on the Seal of Confession – published today
The Ecclesiastical Law Society is pleased to announce the publication of the Report of its Working Party on the Seal of Confession.
Danish visit to Religious Courts and Councils in London
A report on the visit of Danish university researchers and social field practitioners to religious courts and councils in London.
Day Conference 2023
On Saturday 10 June 2023, the Ecclesiastical Law Society’s Thirty-fifth Annual Conference took place at St Peter’s Eaton Square in London.
Introducing Ordinands to Canon Law
The Revd Stephen Coleman, trustee of the ELS, and the Revd Russell Dewhurst, Communications Officer, have been introducing ordinands to the canon law of the Church of England at TEIs (Theological Education Institutions) across the Church of England.