Beschreibung:
Robert Meakin is a partner in Stone King Sewell LLP. He was formerly a lawyer at the Charity Commission and has over 20 years experience in charity law and practice. He holds a Ph.D. in charity law and is a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University.
Robert Meakin explores how the concept of 'charitable status' has changed following the introduction of the Charities Act 2006.
1. Introduction; 2. Essential indicia of charitable status; 3. The powers of the Commission to Remove charities from the register; 4. Limits on the Commission's powers to remove controversial charities from the register; 5. Property; 6. The Charity Commission's powers of investigation and use of those powers to remove charities from the register; 7. How the Commission's powers to remove charities from the register may be affected by changes to the law of charitable status; 8. Grounds for appeal; 9. Conclusion.