Legal Structure of the Charity in UK Law
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Social enterprise as a means to reduce public sector deficits
Purpose: Charitable organizations have long been held out as separate from other human endeavors. One of the ways that this distinction has been maintained is through the use of a tax exemption. Ho...... ... While charity gets its operatingincome from grants and ... In particular, it willexamine a new legal structure that some social enter prises are ... ...
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MUSEUMS, RESTITUTION AND THE NEW CHARITIES ACT.
... ... to introduce new possibilities for charity trustees in England and Wales (including museum ... , (10) which means compliance with their legal duties is not generally overseen by the Charity ... decisions according to their governance structure, so they need not personally decide matters in ... ...
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Fraud in small charities: evidence from England and Wales
Purpose: Despite the increasing awareness of fraud in organisations and the potential benefits of strong fraud management through deterrence and prevention in the UK, there remains limited research...... ... controlsystems and better governance structure.This paper addresses a very important topic charity sector. Whilst fraud and fund misappropriation ... aware of any best-practice guidelines and legal obligationsrelevant to their role, for example ... ...
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Chasing Shadows? Perspectives on Self-Regulation in UK Charity Fundraising
The policy developments culminating in the creation of a self-regulatory body for charity fundraising for England, Scotland and Wales are explored. Underpinned by literature on regulation, the pape...... ... a Steering Committee for final recommendations concerning structure and function. Membership of this committee confirmed the dominant ... - a submission to the PIU project on modernising the legal and regulatory framework for charities and the voluntary sector ... ...
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The employment law implications of charity mergers
Examines the employment law implications for charities considering merger. Considers the employment law problems that are involved in charity mergers and the different strategies that have been emp...... ... The applicationof the relevant legal principles may be particularly uncertain in the context of mergers ... With unincorporated charities (that isthose that adopt the legal structure of a trust or an unincorporated association ±as opposed to a company ... ...
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THE PRIVATE LAW OF PUBLIC TRUSTS
... ... INTRODUCTION THE Charity Commission, in one of its annual ... It prompts us to ask: what is the legal position of charitable trustees who wish ... the present or future financial structure of the charity. For in- stance, the ... ...
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Rivalry and its antidote in charity: Lessons from the crucifixion for wars and rumours of wars
According to anthropologist, René Girard, the crucifixion of Jesus acts as an antidote to rivalry and scapegoating through revelation of the innocence of the victim. This article assumes an Augusti...... ... should be understood as a virtue within a single narrative structure and teleology rather than just another virtue within the polis and ... Victory , from this perspective, determined the legal outcome, re-establishing the link with the ancient Roman conception of ... ...
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Duties of Charity, Duties of Justice
Everyone agrees we have duties of charity, however restrictive a view they take of our duties of justice. But duties of charity can sometimes be stronger than duties of justice, and where they are,...... ... contingencies concerning what particular social, political, and legal institutions actually got around to imposing. The contrast is between the ... Overcoming the “Do-It-Sometimes” Structure With imperfect duties, the greatest source of inconvenience and ... ...
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Liberal Neutrality and Charitable Purposes
Under UK charity law, organisations seeking charitable status must demonstrate, inter alia, that they will pursue a purpose the state deems ‘charitable’. Such purposes inevitably reflect conception...... ... Martin University College London Under UK charity law, organisations seeking charitable status ... comes to light when we see that the legal recognition of charitable status is not a ... the former requires that both the basic structure and other political decisions should be neutral ... ...
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Using the Wrong Policy Tools: Education, Charity, and Public Benefit
A recent decision on the application of public benefit under the Charities Act 2006 sidestepped the political debate surrounding the charitable status of independent fee‐charging schools. The broad...... ... trans- parency and accountability and drawing together the lay and legal view of charity. In so doing, it set out for the first time in statutory ... tensions arose between the drive for an audit-based education structure with measurable standards aimed at enabling choice, and the attempt to ... ...
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