Charitable Trusts in UK Law
- 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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Recreational Charities Act, 1958
... ... R. C. v. Baddeley concerned certain trusts “ for the promotion of the moral social and physical ... ” Harman J.a decided that these trusts were not charitable. The Court of AppealS unanimously decided that they were ... ...
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THE CHARITIES ACT, 1960
... ... of charity by reference to the Preamble to the Charitable Uses Act, 1601, should be repealed, and (ii) in its stead ... Legal Problems 102; the Nathan Report on Charitable Trusts (Cmd. 8710) 1952, Chap. 3. LOC. cit. para. 140. 444 ... ...
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H Reynold Galbraith, SCOTTISH TRUSTS: A DRAFTING GUIDE Edinburgh: W Green & Son (http://www.wgreen.co.uk), 2006. xii and 258 pp. ISBN 9780414015999. £69.
... ... The discussion of the issues involved in creating a liferent of heritable property was helpful ... The material on drafting charitable trusts suffers from having been prepared as the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 was being brought into force so that, for ... ...
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Evaluation in the age of evidence-based policymaking: Promises, pitfalls and paths forward
Evaluators have long sought a world in which our work makes a tangible difference to society, but that goal has often seemed out of reach. However, in recent years, advocates have proclaimed an era...... ... facilitate access to information across clearinghouses, the Pew Charitable Trusts has established the Results First Clearinghouse Database, which ... ...
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Native Title Tax Reforms: Bull's Eye or Wide of the Mark?
Twenty years on from Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1, there is change afoot in the tax treatment of native title. On 25 June 2013, the federal Parliament passed reforms which render certa...... ... amounts received and distributed by the trustee o f a charitable trust. However, since this article was originally written, the ... ', introduced by the NT Tax Act , to include charitable trusts. 8 The impact of the additional reforms is therefore considered ... ...
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The experience of projects providing community-based female offender support
... ... These thematic reports make recommendati ons to all probation trusts and not just to those inspected. The recommendations reflect the summary ... , NOMS funding, local health trust funding and funding from charitable trusts. The key findings were that: 89 per cent of projects felt their ... ...
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