McGovern v Attorney General
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Year | 1981 |
| Date | 1981 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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R v Radio Authority, ex parte Bull
...consider the meaning of "political" in some detail. I agree with them and Mr Pannick that the judgment of Slade J. in McGovern v A.- G. [1982] Ch 321 provides assistance. Slade J. was concerned with the question whether a trust of Amnesty International was entitled to charitable status. He......
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Wong, Wen-Young v (1) Grand View Private Trust Company Ltd, (2) Transglobe Private Trust Company Ltd
...attempt to do so’ 132.” 767 In oral argument, counsel also relied on the further observations of Slade J (as he then was) in McGovern-v-Attorney-General at page 337A-C, where he quoted Lord Diplock's warning ( Duport Steel Ltd.-v-Sirs [1980] 1 W.L.R. 142 at 157) about the need to have rega......
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Re Greenpeace of New Zealand Inc.
...purpose to change the law as charitable. 75 37 Considerations such as these were addressed by Slade J in his important decision in McGovern v Attorney-General. 76 There it was held that Amnesty International, which promoted humane treatment of prisoners of conscience in foreign countries, w......
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Colgan v IRTC
...AC 931 MURPHY V INDEPENDENT RADIO & TELEVISION COMMISSION 1997 2 ILRM 467 R V RADIO AUTHORITY EX-PARTE BULL 1995 3 WLR 572 MCGOVERN V AG 1982 CH 321 RADIO & TELEVISION ACT 1988 S9(1)(v) RADIO & TELEVISION ACT 1988 S10(6) EAST DONEGAL CO-OP V AG 1970 IR 317 1 JUDGMENT of O’Sullivan ......
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U.K. Charity Commission Decision In The Human Dignity Trust Overturned Implications Of The Decision
...We find that this process falls entirely outside the categories of activity considered by Slade J in McGovern". [McGovern v AG [1982] Ch 321]. The Tribunal supports this distinction by recognizing the difference between circumstances where the activity relates to changing a domestic law thr......
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Table of cases
...v Steel, [1997] EWHC QB 366 ............................................... 58 McGovern et al v A-G (1981), [1982] 1 Ch 321, [1981] 3 All ER 493 ......................................................................................244, 268, 269 McHale v Ontario (AG), 2010 ONCA 36 ................
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A CHARITY IN ALL BUT LAW: THE POLITICAL PURPOSE EXCEPTION AND THE CHARITABLE SECTOR.
...Law Review 871, 871-2, 875-6 ('Distinguishing Charity and Politics'). (2) Re Green's Will Trusts [1985] 3 All ER 455. (3) McGovern v A-G [1982] 1 Ch 321 ('McGovern'). (4) Juliet Chevalier-Watts, Law of Charity (Thomson Reuters, 2014) 5-6. (5) Statute of Charitable Uses 1601, 43 Eliz 1, c 4 ......
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‘A Monstrous and Unjustifiable Infringement’?: Political Expression and the Broadcasting Ban on Advocacy Advertising
...The Independent 20 June 1995.31 n 29 above, 306. In this he drew support from the judgement of Slade J in McGovern vAttorneyGeneral [1982] Ch 321 340.The Modern Law Review [Vol. 66228 rThe Modern Law Review Limited oriented to a public audience.32Thus, as they stand, the restrictions in the......
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Foundations of Charity Law in the New Welfare State
...1992) 147; Marilyn Taylor, ‘The Canary in the Coalmine:Issues Facing the Voluntary Sector’ (1996) 8 Social Policy Review 40.60 [1982] Ch 321.61 It is gener ally assumed that opposing changes in the law is also ‘political’ and therefore non-charitable:see Re Hopkinson [1949] 1 All ER 346, 35......
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K.S.A. 74-5204 [Repealed]
...by L. 2012, ch. 111,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2012.Prior History: L. 1965, ch. 449, § 4; L. 1973, ch. 330, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 414, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 321, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 41, § 2; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 329; July...
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Miss. Code § 9-3-61 General Rule-Making Power Vested In Supreme Court
...courts and administrative boards and agencies, and certiorari from the Court of Appeals.Notes:Source: Laws, 1975, ch. 501, § 15; Laws, 1982, ch. 321, § 1; Laws, 1993, ch. 518, § 22; Laws, 1996, ch. 384, § 1, eff....
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Miss. Code § 9-3-71 and 9-3-73 [Repealed]
...by Laws, 1996, ch. 384, § 7, eff. 7/1/1996.Prior History: § 9-3-71. [Laws, 1975, ch. 501, § 20; 1982, ch. 321, § 2] § 9-3-73. [Laws, 1975, ch. 501, § ...