Proposals for reform of dealing with charity land
Maxim Cardew analyses the background and the implications of the report.
On 22 March 2021 the government responded to the Law Commission’s report on Technical Issues in Charity Law. It agreed to most of the recommendations, including those which are designed to reduce some of the administrative burdens associated with dealing with charity land. Maxim Cardew analyses the background and the implications of the report.
Maxim Cardew analyses the background and the implications of the report.
This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 01/04/2021 and can be found here (subscription required).
Source: Lexis®PSL
Charity Land: Do Charity Trustees have power to sell designated land?
Questions often arise regarding proposed transactions involving charity land: Is there power to sell? What factors do trustees have to bear in mind? What is specie land and designated land? This article tries to answer some of these questions.
Source: Practical Law
Can a charity's assets be protected from creditors?
Donors often ask if their prized work of art or historical artefact can be given to charity but protected from creditors. This article considers some of the options available.
Source: Practical Law
The Good Name of Charity – charities and their reputations
The management of charities’ reputations is much in the news. This article explores trustees’ legal duties in this respect and the limitations of the present law.
Source: Practical Law
Conflicts of loyalty: can a charity trustee ever serve two masters?
The Charity Commission is increasingly taking regulatory action in response to conflicts of interest and conflicts of loyalty. This article explores conflicts of loyalty and the extent to which it is (and is not) possible to authorise a trustee who owes duty to two different organisations to continue to act.
Source: Practical Law
Charitable companies: how far do fiduciary duties of members extend?
In 2014 the High Court decided the biggest divorce case in English history: Sir Chris Hohn, hedge fund manager, was ordered to pay his wife, Jamie, $530 million.
But the real money didn’t lie in their household fortune. It lay in the charity they had created together.
Matthew Smith reviews this important charity law case.
Source: Practical Law
It’s time charities paid
Charities are already required to pay all manner of fees to other regulators. Why shouldn’t they pay a fee to their own?
Source: The Lawyer