Re Snowden, decd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 1969 |
| Date | 1969 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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4 cases
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Attorney General v Trustees of the British Museum
...the belief of the trustees or other persons administering the funds that the charity is under a moral obligation to make the payment", see Re:Snowden [1970] Ch.700, 709. 5 In 2002 the Trustees considered a claim advanced by The Commission for Looted Art in Europe ("CLAE") on behalf of the h......
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Sarah Butler-Sloss (as trustee of the Ashden Trust) v The Charity Commission for England and Wales
...limiting the involvement of morality in trustees' decision-making. And the Vice-Chancellor had had cited to him the case of Re Snowden [1970] 1 Ch 700 in which there was discussion as to whether the Attorney General or the Court had power to approve a payment which is motivated purely by th......
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Trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland v Her Majesty’s Attorney General for Northern Ireland
...set up. Furthermore it would be an abuse of the privileged position in tax which a charity can enjoy. However in 5 Re Snowden Deceased (1970) Ch. 700 the High Court was invited to consider whether there was an exception to this general rule. It is interesting to note the submissions of NCH ......
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Stillman Estate, Re, [2003] O.T.C. 1148 (SC)
...- General - See paragraphs 1 to 59. Cases Noticed: Attorney General v. Lady Downing (1776), Wilm. 1, refd to. [para. 4]. Snowden, Re, [1970] Ch. 700 (Ch. D.), refd to. [para. Halifax School for the Blind v. Chipman et al., [1937] 3 D.L.R. 9 (S.C.C.), refd to. [para. 10]. Levy, Re, [1960] Ch......
2 books & journal articles
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MUSEUMS, RESTITUTION AND THE NEW CHARITIES ACT.
...Charity Commission in guidance published on its website at [accessed 13 Oct. 2022]. (3) See Charities Act 2022, ss. 1-4, 9-13 and 30. (4) [1970] Ch. 700. (5) Ibid, at p. (6) Ibid, at p. 710F-G. (7) See Charity Commission, Ex gratia Payments by Charities (CC7), OG539, May 2014. (8) Two recen......
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Empty "international" museums' trophy cases of their looted treasures and return stolen property to the countries of origin and the rightful heirs of those wrongfully dispossessed.
...[section] 6(1) (Eng.). (36.) Trustees of the British Museum, [2005] EWHC, supra note 9, at [4] (citing Re Snowden v. Attorney-General, [1970] Ch. 700, (37.) Id. at [37], [43]. (38.) Id. at [41]. (39.) Id. at [45]. (40.) Id. at [46]. (41.) See analysis infra Part I.D. (42.) Trustees of the B......