Halsbury's Charity Law

Why you should buy Halsbury's Charity Law

For the first time Halsbury's charity law content is being made available as a single source of information. This standalone title provides a comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date statement of the law of England and Wales, and covers:

• Charitable purposes
• The creation of charitable trusts
• Failure of stated charitable objects
• Schemes and the cy-pres doctrine
• Corporate structures for charities
• Trustees of charities
• The registration of charities and local authorities' functions in relation to charities
• Conduct and administration of charitable trusts
• Control of charitable fund raising
• Jurisdiction over charities
• Court proceedings involving charities

Key material covered by this new title includes:

• The landmark case Lehtimaki v Cooper recently decided by the Supreme Court
• Other recent decisions such as Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Derby City Council
• Charities Act 1992, 2006 and 2011
• Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016
• The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Conversion) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1232