Law Commission Charity Law Consultation

The Law Commission has published a consultation paper on specific legal matters relating to charities. Included, among other matters, are charity mergers and incorporations; insolvency; the powers of the Charity Commission and the Charity Tribunal; dispositions of charity land; the cy-près principle; ex-gratia payments; and the amendment of Royal Charters.

In July 2011, the Law Commission published its '11th Programme of Law Reform', which identified certain aspects of charity law for review and gave priority to those areas which were thought to create uncertainty or involve a disproportionate regulatory or administrative burden. Following Lord Hodgson's review of the Charities Act 2006 in 2012, the Law Commission then agreed the matters on which it would focus in terms of reference with the Cabinet Office and the Charity Commission.

On 20 March 2015, the Law Commission published a consultation paper on its proposals. The matters covered are relevant to a wide range of charities, and include:

the amendment of the governing documents of charities governed by Royal Charter or by Act of Parliament; the procedures by which charities change their purposes and the administrative provisions of their governing documents; the application of the cy-près principle; disposition of...

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