Property Law - Legally Charitable Purposes Flashcards

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CA 2011 section 3

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‘Pemsel heads of charity’ under 13 heads

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What section of what Act covers the ‘Pemsel heads of charity’?

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CA 2011 section 3

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How many heads are under CA 2011 section 3?

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13

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Name three legally charitable purposes

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Prevention/relief of poverty; advancement of education; advancement of religion

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What did the preamble to Charitable Uses 1601 say of prevention/relief of poverty?

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‘Relief of aged, impotent and poor people

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S.3(1)(j) CA 2011

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Relief to those in need due to age, ill health, financial hardship or other disadvantage

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What section of CA 2011 overlaps with s.a on prevention of poverty?

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S.3(1)(j) CA 2011 - financial hardship

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Re Niyazi’s WT judgment

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‘Working class’ not always poor but ‘construction of a working man’s hostel’

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Re Niyazi’s WT general

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‘Working class’

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What helped the decision in Re Niyazi’s WT?

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Size of gift and grave housing shortage

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Re Scarisbrick general

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Hard times

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Re Scarisbrick judgment

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Can put money on trust for X in hard times despite personal nexus (Oppenheim) and very small trust (2)

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What case showed you can put money in a charitable trust for X in hard times despite personal nexus?

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Re Scarisbrick

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Charity Commission Advice on prevention/relief of poverty

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‘People in poverty’ can mean ‘living on less than 60% of median income’

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What said that ‘People in poverty’ can mean ‘living on less than 60% of median income’

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Charity Commission Advice

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What is the main exception allowed under charitable trusts for the prevention/relief of poverty?

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Beneficiaries can be a private class, as long as the primary intent is to relieve poverty

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Dingle v Turner general

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Hardship fund, only for employees

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Dingle v Turner judgment

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Allowed because primary intent to relieve hardship, and unlikely to have been an incentive to join the company

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What did Lord Cross say of the public/private distinction in Dingle v Turner?

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It is one of degree, not decisive in itself

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What did Lord Cross say the court should have regard to in Dingle v Turner, that the others rejected?

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Fiscal consequences of the decision

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How was Dingle v Turner distinguished from Oppenheim?

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Unlikely to have been an incentive to join company as people are optimistic

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How did Lord Cross describe Oppenheim in Dingle?

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‘Fringe benefit’ which the tax payer should not have to pay for

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AG v Charity Commission general

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Dingle still valid after CA11?

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AG v Charity Commission judgment

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Poor relations cases still good law after s.3 CA11 as never a presumption of public benefit in second sense from ISC so couldn’t have abolished it

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What case stated that Poor relations cases still good law after s.3 CA11 as never a presumption of public benefit in second sense from ISC so couldn't have abolished it?
AG v Charity Commission
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Main judge in Dingle?
Lord Cross
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What are the requirements for a trust for the advancement of education?
Some kind of structure to the information and cannot actually be propaganda
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Millenium College UK
Needs to be some kind of structure to information for advancement of education
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What case stated that there Needs to be some kind of structure to information for advancement of education
Millenium College UK
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Southwood v AG general
Disarmament
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Southwood v AG judgment
Factually specific line between education and propaganda
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Factually specific line between education and propaganda
Southwood v AG
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McGovern v AG general
Amnesty International
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McGovern v AG judgment
One purpose was pressure campaigns to change deportation/torture laws so POLITICAL
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One purpose was pressure campaigns to change deportation/torture laws so POLITICAL and not advancement of education
McGovern v AG
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What case on political opinion for advancement of education is shaky after HRA?
McGovern v AG
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Why is McGovern v AG shaky after HRA?
HRA placed UK G under an obligation to protect human rights, so hard to argue now that Amnesty's objectives aren't for public benefit
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McGovern v AG per Slade J
Requirements for advancement of research to be a legally charitable purpose
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Requirements by Slade J in McGovern
Useful subject of study, will be disseminated and for public benefit without needing a teacher/pupil relationship, nor that those who are to benefit are already in the course of receiving education
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Who gave the requirements for advancement of research to be a legally charitable purpose in McGovern?
Slade J
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Charity Commission on Scientology on HR
Protection of human rights is charitable, with statutory authority in s.3(1)(h) CA 2011
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How did the Charity Commission show protection of human rights is now charitable?
S.3(1)(h) CA 2011
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IRC v McMullen general
Sport, schools
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IRC v McMullen judgment
Sport is an integral part of education and development of the young, so it is charitable
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What could have been a better way to decide the case of IRC v McMullen?
Better to say sport is good for everyone, recognised by Gordon Brown through tax exemption of amateur sport
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How did Gordon Brown recognise sport is good for everyone?
Gave tax exemption to amateur sports clubs
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CA 2011 s.3(1)(g)
Promotion of amateur sport is a charitable purpose
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What section of what act gives that promotion of amateur sport is a charitable purpose?
CA 2011 s.3(1)(g)
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Royal Choral Society of IRC
Choral singing in London charitable
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Choral singing in London charitable
Royal Choral Society of IRC
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Re Dupree's Deed Trusts
Encouragement of chess-playing among young Londoners
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Encouragement of chess-playing among young Londoners
Re Dupree's Deed Trusts
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R (ISC) v Charity Commission general
Fee-charging schools, facilities
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R (ISC) v Charity Commission made a clear distinction between what?
1st sense of PB under the Act and second as sufficiently large section of the community to benefit
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R (ISC) v Charity Commission judgment
Needed to provide beyond a 'token level', but it was for the Trustees to decide how. If there is no PB, this solely means Ts are in breach - no removal of charitable status
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What case made it clear that if a body has charitable status, but there is no PB in its work, Ts are in breach?
R (ISC) v Charity Commission
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Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust general
Education of employees' children
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Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust judgment
PB in 1st sense allowed as education, but not 2nd due to personal nexus
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What test did Lord MacDermott reject in Oppenheim?
'Compton' nexus test as 'artificial' in minority
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What example did Lord MacDermott give in the minority to highlight artificiality of personal nexus test in Oppenheim?
Railway men example - if hired by the company, no benefit, but if for them in general, allowed
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Re Resch
Allowed benefits for individuals who paid to still be a charitable purpose
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Synge on 2nd sense of PB
Many cases find PB in 2nd sense despite no benefit to the poor, e.g. describing Bs so only the rich could fall within it
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What did the court accept in ISC that Synge rejects?
That charitable purpose needs to benefit the poor in some way
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What case is Oppenheim similar to?
Re Denley
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Preamble of Charitable Uses Act on religion
'Repair of churches'
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How did courts extend preamble of Charitable Uses Act on religion?
Extended to CoE trusts only at first and then more tolerance
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Jewish Relief Act 1846
Allowing trusts for advancement of Judaism
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S.3(2)(a)(ii) CA11
Allowing for religions which do not believe in a God
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What Act allowed trusts for advancement of Judaism?
Jewish Relief Act 1846
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Why do the Charity Commission not accept scientology as a religion?
Lack of worship/veneration of a supreme being means it isn't a religion
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R (Hodkin) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
SC found Chapel of Church of Scientology 'place of meeting for religious worship'
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what case suggests scientology may be found to be a religion for CA11 now?
R (Hodkin) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages
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What did the court rely on in R (Hodkin) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages to show broad understanding of religion?
S.3(2)(a) CA11
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Edge and Loughey on Scientology
Question why CA11 would allow buddhism but not scientology, and highlight how worship requirement is heavily based on Judaeo-Christian concepts
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Who highlights how worship requirement is heavily based on Judaeo-Christian concepts
Lough and Edge
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Thornton v Howe general
Southkirk, New Messiah
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Thornton v Howe judgment
Mortmain Statutes declared gift for religion invalid so broad view, but now favourable to settlor
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What case shows that the removal of previous anticlerical statutes, when matched with broad case law to fit within anticlerical limitations, is actually beneficial to the settlor now?
Thornton v Howe
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Gilmour v Coats general
Closed contemplative order of nuns
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Gilmour v Coats judgment
Intercessory prayers too vague to be PB in second second of ISC - needed interaction
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Re Hetherington judgment
Trust for public masses is charitable
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Charity Commission decision on Scientology
Psychometric tests to members was a private, not public benefit, for second sense of ISC
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Neville Estates v Madden general
Members of Catford Jewish Synagogue
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Neville Estates v Madden judgment
Despite restricted access, the fact they mixed with fellow citizens gave public benefit in second sense
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The Preston Down Trust general
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
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The Preston Down Trust judgment
Despite members-only services and physical separation imposed with non-members, there was still public benefit in second sense of ISC
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Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
The Preston Down Trust
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Edge and Loughey on second sense of ISC for religion
Commission substitute PB for one of public interaction to avoid PB assessment
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What do Edge and Loughey criticise the Commission for in second sense of ISC for religion?
substitute PB for one of public interaction to avoid PB assessment
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What do Edge and Loughey consider to be the result of Commission substituting PB test for one of public interaction?
Shifted attention from central activities of religion to public activities
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S.45(1) Irish Charities Act 1961
Presumes a gift for the purpose of the advancement of religion is for PB in second ISC sense
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Which section of which Act shows another jurisdiction removing need to establish second sense of PB under ISC for advancement of religion?
S.45(1) Irish Charities Act 1961