Members of XXIV Old Buildings focus on helping organisations navigate the complex legal landscape surrounding their charitable operations, specifically in relation to international trust disputes and fraud litigation.
They have experience working with a wide range of charitable organisations, from small local charities to large international NGOs. In addition to their legal expertise, some barristers are also trustees of charitable trusts bringing first-hand experience to the matters on which they are instructed, and a strong understanding of the charitable sector and the unique challenges that charities face.
For more information on our members’ expertise or to discuss a particular matter, please contact us.
Multi-billion-dollar litigation in Bermuda challenging the validity of, and transfers, into five charitable and non-charitable purpose trusts. One of the issues argued was whether it is permissible to establish purpose trusts with linked charitable and non-charitable purposes.
A landmark judgment on investment powers of charity trustees in the face of climate change. This is now the leading authority on how charity trustees should properly approach their powers of investment.
This matter highlighted that the Court will consider and promote alternative methods of dispute resolution before permitting litigation in charity proceedings as the cost of litigation is a factor the Court will weigh when considering whether litigation is the best course in interests of the charity.
This matter was the first time the High Court considered the scope of section 1(2) of the Recreational Charities Act 1958, now re-enacted as section 5(2) of the Charities Act 2011.
In this matter the Court of Appeal acknowledged potentially significant limits on the court’s inherent jurisdiction to supervise charities.
