06 Dec, 2024 Charity mergers roundtable By Catherine Gibbons On 23 October, we had the pleasure of hosting CEOs and senior managers from 17 prominent charities within the social care sector for a...
30 Jun, 2022 Princess Diana: "Family is the most important thing in the world" (but possibly not in the charity world) By Edwina Turner So many people would agree with that quote from Princess Di but charity lawyers might not. In fact, they might take a sharp intake of...
02 Mar, 2022 Charity Commission issues statement on Ukraine crisis By Catherine Gibbons The Charity Commission has issued a public statement on the invasion of Ukraine and its implications for the charities it regulates. The...
02 Jul, 2021 End of the road for single academies? By Phil Watts What many of us had anecdotally believed to be the case for a couple of years now, appears to have been confirmed as fact. Recently...
11 Jun, 2021 A welcome clarification on charitable rates relief and trading By Catherine Gibbons When I first started to specialise in charity law I did not imagine that I would find the law on business rates enthralling. It will seem...
27 May, 2021 Lessons for trustees from the Royal charities By Catherine Gibbons I was interested to read the Charity Commission's conclusions following their investigations into two royal charities: MWX Foundation...
12 May, 2021 Why are charity laws just like buses...? By Catherine Gibbons In the Queen's Speech yesterday the Government announced, not one, but two bills that will bring long-awaited and very welcome reforms to...
29 Apr, 2021 'Try before you buy' - not really that new By Phil Watts Interesting to note the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, suggesting in his speech at the Confederation of School Trusts' Annual...