‘Dozens of leading charities could face insolvency within weeks after the Government ruled they must pay millions of pounds in back payments to overnight carers.’
The Independent, 19th July 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The RSPCA is seeking new powers in England and Wales to search some private property, including sheds and gardens, without a police warrant.’
BBC News, 8th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Charities which pester donors for cash face being fined up to £25,000 under new rules introduced this week as the new watchdog head warns organisations they must “restore their reputations”.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Campaigners have launched a High Court challenge against the Government over the number of unaccompanied child refugees accepted into the UK under the Dubs scheme.’
The Independent, 20th June 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A former Crufts winner has been banned from keeping dogs for life after more than 30 animals were found living in “disgraceful” conditions at her home.’
Daily Telegraph, 20th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (UK) v Attorney General and others [2017] EWHC 1379 (Ch)
‘The claimant was a substantial English registered charity and a company limited by guarantee without a share capital. It was founded by the second and third defendants, who were two of its trustees and, along with L, its only members. As a result of the breakdown in the relationship between the second and third defendants it was agreed that the third defendant would resign as a member and trustee of the claimant and that she would found another registered charity, also a company limited by guarantee without a share capital. If the payment of the grant was a “payment for loss of office to a director” of the claimant for the purposes section 215 of the Companies Act 2006, it would, by section 217, prima facie require to be sanctioned by a resolution of the claimant’s members before it could be paid.’
WLR Daily, 9th June 2017
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘People bereaved and injured following the attack on London Bridge will be offered free legal advice through a panel of solicitor firms to be convened by the Law Society of England and Wales with LawWorks, the solicitors’ pro bono charity, and the City of London Law Society.’
Law Society, 6th June 2017
Source: www.lawsociety.org.uk
‘For decades they have provided a confidential listening service for those on the edge of despair or contemplating suicide.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Charities have been silenced from speaking out about the Conservative social care plans despite believing they will be hugely damaging to elderly and disabled people across the country, it has been claimed.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hundreds of slavery victims in the UK are being “abandoned” by the authorities as soon as they are identified, placing them at risk of falling straight back into the hands of traffickers, experts have warned.’
The Independent, 22nd May 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘‘Groomers can give them access to alcohol, to drugs and make them feel grown up, which makes them feel they are choosing those relationships,’ says UK‘s leading children’s charity.’
The Independent, 12th May 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court has fast-tracked a judicial review brought by three charities challenging the new costs regime for cases involving the environment.’
Litigation Futures, 24th April 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The England and Wales Cricket Board’s child protection policies are likely to come under close scrutiny after it emerged a convicted child sex offender worked at a schools cricket association with written permission from the ECB – and also attended junior cricket festivals in the company of an ECB executive.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Anti-racist group Hope Not Hate is suing Nigel Farage for libel after he alleged that it makes use of “violence” in its campaigning.’
The Independent, 23rd April 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Stalking behaviour has been identified in nine in 10 murders studied by criminologists as part of research examining a link between the two crimes.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘It has become a familiar moment in the aftermath of any catastrophe – the appearance of a slew of online fundraising pages designed to funnel donations for the traumatised, injured and bereaved.’
The Guardian, 17th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Today, BBC Devon carried the story “Strip ‘violent wine’ monks of charity status, say secularists“; this states: “monks who make Buckfast tonic wine linked to violent crime in Scotland should be stripped of charitable status…The National Secular Society says the beverage made at Buckfast Abbey in Devon is harmful. Buckfast Abbey Trust does not pay tax on the income because it is a charity, which the society claims is an;abuse of the charitable system’”.’
Law & Religion UK, 11th April 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘When I spoke out about corruption in the charity, I was ostracised and then fired. Little has changed since then. My advice is proceed with caution’
The Guardian, 10th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Fly-tippers could be forced to pick up litter as part of community service, the environment secretary, Andrea Leadsom, has said.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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