The Church of England’s General Synod will next meet in February 2026. The following papers, listed below, were issued on 5 November 2025. Comment At L&RUK, our initial
focus will be on GS Misc 1432 and GS Misc 1434. [...]
The Church of England’s General Synod will next meet in February 2026. The following papers, listed below, were issued on 5 November 2025. Comment At L&RUK, our initial
focus will be on GS Misc 1432 and GS Misc 1434. [...]
This weekend at St. John’s Law, the Mattone Center will host a regional conference of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS), “Education, Religious
Freedom, and State Neutrality.” The conference will gather scholars and judges from Europe and the United States. [...]
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has launched a national campaign on the legal duty to refer – the process organisations must follow by law when there are safeguarding
concerns about individuals in regulated activity. The Press Release is reproduced below. [...]
Last night, the Mattone Center Reading Group met to discuss natural law in C.S. Lewis’s “Mere Christianity.” Great turnout for an important topic. Thanks to all the St.
John’s Law students who participated! [...]
The Church of England has issued the following Press Release in which it marks the first anniversary of the publication of the Makin Review. Press Release 04/11/2025 Statement
from lead safeguarding bishops Joanne Grenfell and Robert Springett, who chaired the Makin Task and Finish Group [...]
The Select Committee of Tynwald’s Legislative Council on the Isle of Man Constitution Bill 2023 has published its report. As regular readers will know, the Bill proposes
the removal of the vote (but not the membership) of the Bishop of Sodor and Man in the Legislative Council. [...]
Clergy Conduct Measure In our post of 1 November 2025, we noted that the Church Times had indicated the Measure had been rejected by the Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee)
as “not expedient” on the basis of concerns about the default expectation in the CCM that tribunal hearings would be held in private. [...]
On 13 February 2025, we reported that the General Synod of the Church of England had finally approved the new Clergy Conduct Measure; a subsequent post provided links to
some earlier developments, the material presented to Synod and the amendments following discussion. [...]
The eight consistory court judgments circulated in October include: This review also includes: CDM Decisions and Safeguarding; Reports from the Independent Reviewer; Privy
Council Business; Other legal issues; CFCE Determinations; and Links to other posts relating to ecclesiastical law. [...]