Ecclesiastical Law Journal

No. 16 Winter 1995

Volume 3

Editorial CONTENTS 269

A message from the Chairman on Working Parties 270 Quentin Edwards

An Evidential Privilege for Priest-Penitent Communications 272 D. W. Elliott

What is a Peculiar? 299 Paul Barber

The Church and Housing 313 David Faull and John Rces

Report of Working Party on the Legal Preliminaries to Marriage 323 The Reverend M. G. Smith and others

The Church of England and the European Union: Establishment and Ecclesiology 337 Augur Pearce

The Governing Body of the Church in Wales: Recent Legislation 341

Book Reviews: Heritage and Renewal The Report of the Archbishops' Commission on Cathedrals 343 A review by the Right Revd. Dr. E. W. Kemp, Bishop of Chichester Treasures on Earth by Peter Burman (ed) 344 A review by Peter H. B. Allsopp Legal Opinions concering the Church of England 346 A review by Chancellor Francis Aglionby Recent Court Cases 347 Edited by Chancellor Timothy Briden and Nigel Mason

Memorandum for the General Synod Working Party on Lay Office-Holders 354

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Patrons The Most Revd. and Rt. Hon. the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury The Most Revd. and Rt. Hon. the Lord Archbishop of York

President The Rt. Revd. the Lord Bishop of Chichester (to 1997)

Elective Officers (to 1994) CHAIRMAN: The Worshipful Chancellor Quentin Edwards, Q.C.f VICE-CHAIRMAN: The Revd. Canon Christopher Hillt SECRETARY: Peter Beesley, Esq.t DEPUTY SECRETARY: Nicholas J. Richens, Esq.t TREASURER: David Faull, Esq. O.B.E.t

Executive Officer The Ven. T. Hughie Jonest

General Committee The Officers together with: ELECTED: The Revd. and Worshipful Chancellor Rupert Bursell, Q.C.t (to 1995) David Cheetham, Esq. (to 1995) The Ven. the Archdeacon of Chesterfield (to 1995) The Worshipful Chancellor Michael Goodman *t (to 1995) Jonathan Cryer, Esq. (to 1995) Raymond Hemingray, Esq. (to 1996) John Holden, Esq. (to 1996) The Revd. John Masding (to 1996) Charles Mynors, Esq. (to 1996) The Revd. Canon Peter Boulton (to 1997) Brian Hanson, Esq. (to 1997) David Harte, Esq. (to 1997) CO-OPTED: Dr. Norman Doe (to 1995) Mark Hill, Esq.

t Member of Executive Committee * Chairman of the Editorial Committee