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Charities: When should the court intervene?
An internal dispute at a religious charity led to High Court clarification on the extent to which members of a charity are fiduciaries. Philip Reed explores the implications Jaffer represents a step towards greater certainty in respect of members’ duties outside charities established as Companies Act companies. Readers will doubtless be familiar with the Supreme …
Cases Referenced
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- Armitage v Nurse [1997] EWCA Civ 1279
- Jaffer v Jaffer [2021] EWHC 1329 (Ch)
- Lehtimäki & ors v Cooper [2020] UKSC 33; [2020] WTLR 967 SC
- Lehtimäki v The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (UK) [2018] EWCA Civ 1605; [2018] WTLR 491 CA
- Mothew (t/a Stapley & Co) v Bristol & West Building Society [1996] EWCA Civ 533
- The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation UK v Attorney General & ors [2017] EWHC 1379 (Ch)