“Charity Commission considers whether to launch inquiry after allegations prince has undue influence over direction of Foundation for the Built Environment.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The head of the organisation that represents the country’s top independent schools today issued a threat to the government’s charities watchdog that it may consider legal action against moves to force private schools to open up their facilities to pupils from low-income homes.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Catholic charities who discriminate against homosexual couples who want to adopt children are breaking the law, the Charity Tribunal has ruled.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Hundreds of children fleeing war and persecution will be wrongly denied education and given no more help than adult asylum seekers in the UK under controversial changes introduced by the government, a leading charity warned yesterday.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Prince of Wales’ youth charity broke the law by running a joint fundraising event with an offshoot of the Conservative party, watchdog the Charity Commission ruled today.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Persche v Finanzamt Lüdenscheid
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“Article 56 EC on the free movement of capital enabled eligible tax deductions on gifts made to charitable bodies in the taxpayer’s state also to be claimed on gifts made to charities within the European Union outside the taxpayer’s state.”
The Times, 3rd February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Persche v Finanzamt Lüdenscheid (Case C-318/07); [2009] WLR (D) 27
“It was contrary to Community law to refuse income tax deductibility for a donation to a charity established in another member state where it was allowed in the case of charities established in the taxpayer’s state and the taxpayer had no opportunity to show that the donation satisfied the legislative requirements for the grant of deductibility.”
WLR Daily, 28th January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Immigration minister Phil Woolas faced a scathing attack from leading lawyers after suggesting those representing asylum seekers were ‘playing the system’.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An education charity has been found to have breached charity laws by donating £7,500 of its funds to the Labour party.”
The Guardian, 8th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Government guidance on cohesion is thought to have spurred some councils to stop funding black and minority ethnic charities. But now a high court victory could force a serious rethink. Saba Salman reports.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A thinktank with close links to Gordon Brown was today found to have breached charity laws by getting involved in party politics.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2008
Souce: www.guardian.co.uk
“Human rights and freedom of information legislation should be extended to cover charities and social enterprises that deliver public services, such as care homes, a report said today.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Charity watchdogs are to crack down on fundraisers who send out unsolicited gifts to make potential donors feel guilty enough to give money.”
The Guardian, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Independent schools are threatening legal action over new rules that would force them to offer more free places to children from poor backgrounds.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Faith charities encouraging or promoting violence or hatred risk losing their charitable status as part of a radical overhaul proposed by the Charity Commission.”
The Guardian, 29th February 2008
source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Independent schools should not operate as exclusive clubs for children of the well-off but must show that they exist for the wider public benefit if they are to retain charitable tax breaks worth about £100 million a year.”
The Times, 16th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s leading public schools have rejected as unworkable regulations that would force them to open their doors to pupils from poor families.”
The Times, 14th January 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Britain’s high street banks have raised billions of pounds in funds through complex financial deals that use supposedly charitable trusts which are not donating a penny to good causes, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 5th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Northern Rock is facing a Charity Commission investigation after it emerged that the bank exploited the name of a charity for disabled children while creating an elaborate financial arrangement for maximising profits from home loans.”
The Guardian, 28th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Camelot, the National Lottery operator, will be questioned by the Charity Commission this week over the running of its charitable arm.”
The Observer, 21st October 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
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