The Law and Practice Relating to Charities: First Supplement to the Fourth Edition

This is a supplement to the fourth edition of Law and Practice Relating to Charities (ISBN 978 1 84766 074 9, [2010]). The supplement takes into account the consolidation following the UK's Charities Act 2006 and includes analysis of the recent October 2011 ruling in The Independent Schools Council v The Charity Commission for England and Wales regarding what schools must do to justify their charitable status. The supplement also includes: Incorporating Charities Act 2011
• Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
• Summarizing Lord Hodgson's Charities Act review and reactions
• initiatives being undertaken in Ireland, Hong Kong, and Australia
• Exclusive Brethren Gnostic Center Druid Network case
• Helena Partnerships Ltd v HMRC [2012] EWCA Civ 569
• Young and another v HM sg [2011] EWHC 37832 Ch (Wedgwood Museum case)
• Catholic Care v Charity Commission and Equal Human Rights Commission[ 2010]
• EWHC 520 Ch Briggs J
• a new definition of charity for tax purposes.