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?'. The post Day Conference 2024 appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more

A message from the outgoing chair of the ELS, Elizabeth Wilson. The post Message from the Chair appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more

"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. The post ELS well-represented at presentation of new book to the Ecumenical Patriarch appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more

The ELS newsletter for December 2023 has been published. The post ELS Newsletter December 2023 appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more

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. The post First performance of canon law play ‘Thrice to Rome’ appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more

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 The post 2024 Day Conference – save the date! appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more

Details of a play by Professor Norman Doe being performed at St David's Cathedral, in Wales, on Friday 6 October. The post Thrice to Rome – canon law play by Professor Norman Doe appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more

On Wednesday 13 September, the Worshipful David Etherington KC, Chancellor of London and Norwich, delivered a lecture to the Ecclesiastical Law Society. The post David Etherington KC gives lecture ‘in Defence of the Chancellor’ appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more

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 exhibition which can be viewed online here: https://www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/moralmaterialdecay On the same site there […] The post Moral & Material Decay: Four centuries of the Court of Arches appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more

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. The post “Clarity needed about Confession” – Christopher Hill in the Church Times appeared first on Ecclesiastical Law Society ..read more