A question of public benefit By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, In this article we look at the recent Supreme Court judgment in Merton LBC v Nuffield Health …
Changes to charity legislation and guidance By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, This article reviews the second set of changes being introduced by the Charities Act 2022, which…
Charities update - July 2023 By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, In this edition of our newsletter we look at a number of recent developments impacting charities,…
Challenging charity registration By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, In a recent case , the charity Mermaids sought to challenge the decision of the Charity Commission…
Charities update: changes to rules on ex gratia payments delayed By Emma-Jane Dalley, In our recent article for charities setting out the latest on changes to be introduced by the…
Charity annual returns to become more onerous? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory Completing your charity’s annual return is potentially going to be harder work from next year, with…
Latest on legislative changes and code of practice updates for charities By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As reported in our article published on 11 May 2022, the first tranche of provisions of the…
Is your charity reporting serious incidents as it should? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charity Commission’s recently published annual report for 2021-22 saw a 20% reduction in the…
Trustee duties on bullying and harassment By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory In August the Charity Commission clarified the responsibilities of trustees in preventing and…
Recent Charity Commission inquiry: what can your charity learn? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory Charity Commission inquiry reports continue to give real life examples of the Charity Commission’s…
Charities update - September 2022 By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory More changes are afoot for charities and, in this edition of our newsletter, we focus on important…
Ethical investment - latest for charities on striking the right balance By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory How should charity trustees approach the thorny issue of avoiding investments that conflict with…
How anti-corruption compliant is your charity? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, compliance focus has been (understandably) dominated…
Update on Charity Commission inquiries By Emma-Jane Dalley, Anne-Marie Gregory, Alistair Robertson Over the last three months there have been a number of Charity Commission inquiry reports…
Charities Update - May 2022 By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As ever, there has been lots happening in the world of charity law and regulation and, in this…
Virtual meetings - does your charity’s governing document allow them? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charity Commission has recently removed the flexibility it applied during the pandemic for…
Charities Act 2022 - when will the changes happen? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As reported in our last Charities Update the Charities Bill received Royal Assent on 24 February…
Charities Update By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As life begins to return to normal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes are afoot for the…
Charity mergers on the rise? By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory As charities think strategically about how to adapt for their future in the wake of the Covid-19…
Charities Bill receives Royal Assent By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charities Bill received Royal Assent on 24 February 2022 and has now passed into law as the…
Kids Company inquiry - what your charity needs to know By Emma-Jane Dalley, Alistair Robertson, Anne-Marie Gregory The Charity Commission’s recently published inquiry report into the running of ‘Kids Company’ prior…