This should be required reading for all Anglican ordinands, clergy, churchwardens, PCC members and, indeed, anyone else with an interest in how the church functions.
David Parrott's easy, eminently-readable style belies the fact that this is a detailed and accurate guide through the quicksands of the law as it applies to churches. Want to know about how to appoint a vicar? It's all here. Need a Faculty? He tells you all about it in understandable terms. Worried whether you're complying with the law on protecting children, or health & safety, or the Charities Act or a host of other legislation? Worry no longer; this book has it all covered.
I shall be recommending this book to all my clergy and wardens. It could halve the number of phone calls I receive, and do the same to the levels of anxiety in those with responsibilities in our parishes.