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Charities: Power to voice?
In his concluding article David Schmitz discusses the legal position for charitable trustees faced with a gagging clause ‘If a charity was to bind itself thus, its trustees would necessarily and improperly be fettering the powers which they possess for the advancement of the purposes of the charity, and would be committing the charity to …
Cases Referenced
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- Dunn v Flood (1885) 28 ChD 586
- General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland v Lord Overtoun [1904] AC 515
- IRC v Temperance Council of the Christian Churches of England and Wales (1926) 136 LT 27
- Jones & ors v Firkin-Flood [2008] EWHC 2417 (Ch); WTLR(w) 2008-08
- McGovern v AG [1982] Ch 321
- Mortlock v Buller (1804) 32 ER 257
- National Anti-Vivisection Society v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1947] UKHL 4
- Re Gibson's Settlement Trusts [1981] Ch 179
- Southwood v AG [2000] EWCA Civ 204; [2000] WTLR 1199
- Swales v IRC [1984] 3 All ER 16
- Weld-Blundell v Stevens [1920] AC 956