Clitheroe v Bond [2022] WTLR 1217
Winter 2022 #189Jean Mary Clitheroe (the deceased) had three children, one of whom (her elder daughter) predeceased without issue. The appellant and respondent were her surviving children, the latter of whom was a victim of sexual abuse committed by her father. This had been detailed in letters written by her father and which were used in divorce proceedings by the deceased. The deceased had been profoundly affected by her elder daughter’s terminal diagnosis and death and became estranged from the respondent to the point that she started to maintain, and continued to maintain until her own death, that t...
Densham v Charity Commission [2019] WTLR 473
Summer 2019 #175Introduction
This case involved two inclosure awards made in the nineteenth century under powers conferred by s73 of the Inclosure Act 1845. Each award allotted land to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor for the parish “to be held by them and their successors in trust as allotments for the labouring poor of the said parish …” The land, which is in Buckinghamshire, is now held by Hughenden Parish Council.
The Charity Commission considered that the land held for local allotments was subject to charitable trusts for the relief of the...