The 'new' public benefit requirement
Subtitle: making sense of charity law?
By: Mary Synge ; with foreword by Hubert Picarda QC
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford, United Kingdom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781849465939; 9781509901531
Subjects: Charity laws and legislation
Description: "This book examines the 'public benefit requirement' under the Charities Act 2006, which provides that a charity's purposes must be for the public benefit, and that 'public benefit' shall be construed in accordance with existing case law and not presumed. It examines guidance published in 2008 and 2013 by the Charity This book examines the 'public benefit requirement' under the Charities Act 2006, which provides that a charity's purposes must be for the public benefit, and that 'public benefit' shall be construed in accordance with existing case law and not presumed. It examines guidance published in 2008 and 2013 by the Charity Commission and measures its accuracy against principles extrapolated from case law, with a focus on fee-charging charities, and independent schools in particular. It also considers the implementation of the Charity Commission's public benefit assessments of independent schools during 2008/2009. The book offers a comparative study of the law relating to public benefit in Scotland and presents an analysis of the decision of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery) in proceedings brought by the Independent Schools Council and Attorney General in 2011."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-253) and index.