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John Rees writes… Frank Robson was a founding member of the Society and its distinguished Chairman for a number of years.  Having qualified as a solicitor with a family firm in Northumberland in the early 1950s, he took a break from legal practice to read theology at...

Charles George QC delivered the first London Lecture of 2020 entitled ‘Do we still need the Faculty System?’

The ELS is convening an online reading group on the Canons (now full).

Peter Collier QC is forming an ELS Working Party on the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003, and is seeking members.

A briefing note on the subject of Faculty Jurisdiction (Amendment) Rules 2019 by Mark Hill is available for download.

We are saddened to learn of the death of Sir John Laws on Palm Sunday.

The March edition of our newsletter is now available, here.

A message from the Chairman on how the ELS is responding to current public health concerns and the spread of Covid-19 and on future plans for the Society’s work.

We regret to announce that, in response to the current Covid 19 pandemic, it has been decided that the ELS Day Conference and AGM scheduled for Saturday 28 March should be cancelled.

The February edition of our newsletter is now available, here.

The Ecclesiastical Law Society welcomed the Rt Worshipful Peter Collier QC, Chancellor of the Diocese of York, as the speaker at the first of the Society’s Northern Province Lecture series for 2020. His topic was “Safeguarding: From Ball and Banks to Beech via Bell.”

The January edition of our newsletter is now available, here.

The December edition of our newsletter is now available, here.

The Ecclesiastical Law Society is delighted to announce the appointment of The Rt Revd Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely as its new Vice Chairman.

The November edition of our newsletter is now available, here.

A new page has been added to our Legal Resources section on the topic of Parish Vacancies.

The Rt Worshipful Charles George QC delivered a Northern Province lecture for the ELS on Wednesday 6 November.