Authors: Peter Luxton, Judith Hill
ISBN-13: 9780198267836, ISBN-10: 0198267835
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: June 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Professor Peter Luxton was appointed to the Chair in Property Law at the University of Sheffield in 2002, and is also a qualified solicitor. His research interests are broadly in the areas of land law and equity and trusts, more particularly commercial property and the law of charities. His published books include Commercial Leases (CLT Publishing, 1998, with Margaret Wilkie), and The Law of Charities
The Law of Charities has quickly established itself as one of the leading texts in its field. Highly practical in its outlook, it combines a comprehensive and authoritative account of the law with pragmatic advice on procedure.
This timely new edition offers essential commentary on the UK Charities Act 2006 and the companion consolidation legislation, and will guide practitioners and academics alike through the important changes to the lawincluding the establishment of a Charity Tribunal, the creation of new charitable corporations (CIOs), and changes to the administration, registration, and accounting procedures of charities.
The Law of Charities 2e is essential reading for everyone involved in the law of trusts or estate management and will guide readers through the first comprehensive changes to the UK's charities regime for 400 years. All of the changes introduced by the Charities Act will be addressed, including: the new statutory list of charitable purposes; the new form of charitable corporation, the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), that merely requires registration with the Charity Commission; the setting up of a Charity Tribunal to hear appeals from the Charity Commission; the changes to the administration of charities, including registration and accounting requirements; the new unified regime for public charitable collections; changes to the constitution of the Charity Commission.
I | Introduction | |
1 | The Shaping of Charity Law | 3 |
2 | The Advantages and Disadvantages of Charitable Status | 61 |
3 | Charities and Taxation | 73 |
II | The Meaning of Charity | |
4 | Charitable Purposes | 111 |
5 | Benefit to a Sufficient Section of the Community | 171 |
6 | Wholly and Exclusively Charitable | 201 |
7 | Political Purposes and Political Activity | 221 |
III | Legal Structures and Governance | |
8 | Legal Structures and the Distribution of Power | 251 |
9 | Trustees, Committee Members, and Directors | 335 |
IV | Supervision and Control | |
10 | The Charity Commissioners | 421 |
11 | The Court's Jurisdiction Over Charities | 483 |
12 | The Visitatorial Jurisdiction | 495 |
13 | Legal Proceedings | 511 |
14 | Mediation and Dispute Resolution | 533 |
V | Charity Property | |
15 | Cy-pres and Schemes | 543 |
16 | Charity Investment | 603 |
17 | Dealings with Land | 643 |
18 | Disclaimer of Property and Ex Gratia Payments | 681 |
VI | Charitable Giving and Fund-Raising | |
19 | Charitable Giving and Taxation | 691 |
20 | Charities and Trading | 729 |
21 | Regulation of Fund-raising | 751 |
22 | Public Charitable Collections | 773 |
23 | Advertising and Broadcast Appeals | 803 |
24 | Lotteries, Competitions, and Amusements | 815 |
25 | Disaster Funds | 829 |
VII | Dissolution of Charities | |
26 | Dissolution of Charities | 841 |
App. A | Trustee Act 2000 | 853 |
App. B | Charity Law Association Model Documents | 879 |