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 narrative 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 and others (Respondents) v Cooper (Appellant) which recently went to the
• Supreme Court for judgment
• Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Derby City Council
• Charities Act 1992, 2006 and 2011
• Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016 are covered throughout the title including the new sections added in the Charities Act 2011 on the power to remove disqualified trustees and the power to make social investments
• The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Conversion) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1232