Charities Law

Landmark Cases in Charity Law

Edited by Rebecca Fry · John Picton
Coming Soon Hart Publishing Available November 2026

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ISBN-13
9781509982868
Publisher
Hart Publishing
Publication
November 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Part of the iconic Landmark Cases series, this book is the first collection to bring together original research and analysis by leading scholars, judges and practitioners on the most significant cases in charity law.

It focussing exclusively on the judicial development of charity law, tracking the emergence of charity law as a distinct field of scholarship and practice and draws on the perspectives of a diverse range of expert writer.

The collection places the most significant cases in the field in their historical context, explains their contemporary importance, and considers their future relevance.

The carefully curated selection of cases come from England and Wales since the legal concept of charity in many common law jurisdictions is founded on the English case law. These cases are analysed by contributors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore, as well as from the UK, shedding new light on the rich diversity of and the defining principles in charity law across the common law world.

Table of Contents

1. Foreword
Lady Arden, Justice (Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (retired), UK)
2. Introduction
Rebecca Fry (Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, UK) and John Picton (University of Manchester, UK)
3. Jones v Williams (1767) Amb 651; (1767) 27 ER 422
Jonathan Garton (University of Warwick, UK)
4. Attorney General v Earl of Craven (1856) 21 Beav 392
Charles Mitchell (University College London, UK)
5. Special Commissioners for Income Tax v Pemsel [1891] AC 351)
Iain Murray (University of Western Australia)
6. Re Wilson [1913] 1 Ch 314
John Picton (University of Manchester, UK)
7. Gilmour v Coats [1949] AC 426
Kathryn Chan (University of Victoria, Canada)
8. Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust Co Ltd [1951] AC 297
Lara McMurtry (University of Sussex, UK)
9. Inland Revenue Commissioners v Baddeley [1955] AC 572
Lord Justice Newey (Court of Appeal of England and Wales, UK)
10. In Re Resch's Will Trusts [1969] 1 AC 514
Lord Sales (Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, UK)
11. Re Snowden [1970] Ch 700
Jonathan Fowles, (Serle Court, UK)
12. Liverpool and District Hospital for Diseases of the Heart v Attorney General [1981] Ch 193
Lord Briggs (Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, UK)
13. McGovern v Attorney General [1982] Ch 321
Jane Calderwood Norton (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
14. Harries v Church Commissioners for England [1992] 1 WLR 1241
Rebecca Fry (Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, UK)
15. R (Independent Schools Council) v Charity Commission for England and Wales; Attorney General v Charity Commission for England and Wales and another [2012] Ch 214
Robert Pearce KC (Radcliffe Chambers, UK)
16. Lehtimaki and others v Cooper [2020] UKSC 33
Yip Man and Alvin See (Singapore Management University)
17. R (Z and another) v Hackney London Borough Council and another [2020] UKSC 40
Jennifer Sigafoos (University of Liverpool, UK)
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