Charitable Trusts in UK Law
Leading Cases
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Latimer and Others v Commissioner of Inland Revenue
...... . 12 Clause 9 set out the trusts on which the forestry rentals were to be held: ... of the Trust (assisting Maori claims before the Tribunal) was a charitable purpose under the law of New Zealand. But that is no longer an issue ......
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Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Baddeley
...... to be regarded as "made to a body of persons established for charitable purposes only or to trustees of a trust so established" within the meaning ... agree with Lord Justice Jenkins that the overriding purpose of the trusts therein respectively contained are the promotion of the religious, social ......
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Harding v R & C Commissioners
...... Gift to the Diocese of Westminster on charitable trusts 4 ......
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Re Richardson Deceased Ireland and Another v Spalding and Another
...... The question is, whether the testatrix has effected a valid charitable disposition? Since the case in this Court ( of In re Compton 1945 y Division, 123) the law in relation to educational trusts cannot, I think, be regarded as in doubt. That was a case, it may be ......
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Legislation
Books & Journal Articles
- Report of the Committee on the Law and Practice Relating to Charitable Trusts [Cmd. 8710]
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Public Trusts
Public, as distinct from charitable, trusts were authoritatively recognised in 1827, when the House of Lords determined that the permanent basis of equitable jurisdiction protected ‘public money’ f......... determined that the permanent basis of equitable jurisdiction protected‘public money’ from unlawful application , on the same basis as charitable funds were protected . These trusts made the relevant publicfu nctionaries subjectto equitable remedies, but the remedies were dis- placed from ......
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Trusts for Religious Purposes and the Question of Public Benefit
It is a well‐established principle that no trust may be regarded as charitable in law unless carrying out its purposes will benefit the public. Trusts for religious purposes have traditionally been......... us Purposes and the Question of Public Bene ¢t Matthew Harding n It is a well-established pri nciple that no trust may be regarded as charitable in law unle ss carrying out its purposes wil l be ne¢t the public.Trusts for religious purposes have traditionally been pre- sumed ......
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PUBLIC PURPOSE TRUSTS
...... PURPOSE TRUSTS (1) INTRODUCTION MUCH has been written on the correlation between the validity of trusts for charitable purposes and the fiscal privileges afforded to such trusts; and despite recent recommendations to the contrary,‘ opinion ......
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Law Firm Commentaries
- Changing And Reorganising Charitable And Public Trusts
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Today in Legal Artificial Intelligence
Here’s Bob Ambroji’s take on The Pew Charitable Trusts’ entry into A2J: A Potentially Major Lifeline For Low-Income Legal Tech And A2J. Bob discusses how Pew will attack several specific A2J obstac...... Here’s Bob Ambroji’s take on The Pew Charitable Trusts’ entry into A2J: A Potentially Major Lifeline For Low-Income ......
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Private Wealth - Horizon Scanning 2020
With a number of changes affecting the private wealth world to come over the next 12 months, our private client team take a look at some of the key UK legal developments for 2020, including the ext......... to register on the UK trust register: all UK resident express trusts non-UK resident express trusts where the trustees acquire an ... will be exempt from having to be registered - including charitable trusts. The government is still considering whether bare trusts and ......
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Trusts (Capital And Income) Bill Set To Become Law
......The changes will affect almost 14,000 charitable trusts. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your ......
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