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Kids Company: High Court exonerates former trustees of collapsed charity
Posted: 26/02/2021
The high profile collapse of Kids Company in 2015 has been used as the classic example of ‘unfit’ trustees’ mismanagement of a charity leading to its financial failure. Proceedings were brought against the trustees together with the chief executive, seeking to disqualify each of them from being ‘directors’ (or trustees)……>>
Doing good at every level: charities and ESG investing
Posted: 13/01/2021
In the struggle to protect the Earth’s environment we are all responsible for its current plight and ongoing protection. When contemplated as a whole, the enormity of the sea-change necessary on a personal and wider level to avert environmental disaster can be paralysing. However, as with all great human undertakings, change...…>>
New code of practice on data sharing provides helpful guidance for charity sector
Posted: 11/01/2021
On 17 December 2020 the ICO published its Code of Practice on Data Sharing. The code is statutory guidance under section 121 of the Data Protection Act 2018. The code includes helpful and empowering guidance which will undoubtedly be of assistance to all data controllers including charities...…>>
New year, new immigration system: what it means for charities
Posted: 08/01/2021
The UK has left the European Union (EU) with a trade deal. Free movement of people from the EU to the UK and vice versa ended at 11pm on 31 December 2020. In preparation for leaving the EU, the UK Government launched a new points-based system under which EU and non-EU citizens will be treated equally...…>>
Positive action permitted - are charities able to restrict their beneficiaries under the Equality Act?
Posted: 02/11/2020
In October, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling in a case involving Agudas Israel Housing Association (AIHA), cementing the position that restricting a charity’s beneficiary class based on protected characteristics can be permitted if the aim is to alleviate social injustice......>>

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