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The Charity Commission issued draft guidance on trustee decision making in February this year, which has now been published in final form.

The Charity Commission has issued a warning about increasingly sophisticated fraud attempts targeting charities and their trustees.

The non-for-profit organisation 'Good Thinking Society' threatened to apply for judicial review if the Charity Commission did not remove those charities which promote homeopathy from the register of charities.

In September last year, the Justice Secretary launched a consultation entitled ‘Judicial Review: Proposals for further reform’ aimed at reducing the burden of Judicial Review.

In a rare move, the High Court has found the former trustees of disability charity the Darren Wright Foundation guilty of contempt of court, following an application by the Charity Commission.

Peace One Day, a pro bono client of Milbank and a nonprofit organization whose mission is to institutionalize and promote awareness of the International Day of Peace on September 21

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the 'Act') which received Royal Assent on 26 March this year, will introduce new transparency requirements that will require businesses to prove that no slavery and/or human trafficking is taking place within their business and/or their supply chains.

The National Audit Office’s report, published at the end of November provided a detailed review of the Gift Aid system, as well as estimates of the amount of tax lost through abuse.

The Charity Commission has published a summary of the responses received to its consultation on draft updated responsible investment guidance.

The Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, Sir Stuart Etherington, is conducting a review into the self-regulation of charity fundraising, to consider whether further powers are required.

Lord Hodgson’s Review of the Charities Act 2006 is to be laid before Parliament before this year’s summer recess in mid-July.

The Charity Commission opened a regulatory case into the activity of The Runnymede Trust, after having received complaints about the charity's response to the report by the ‘Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities' (CRED).

Charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) are a new form of legal entity.

Property is one of the biggest items on the balance sheet of a charity and the pandemic has placed cost of occupation in sharp focus.

The ACEVO Governance Commission was established in 2012 in order to review the state of governance in the charity sector and to make recommendations as to how it could be improved.

The Charity Commission has approved the new objects of the British Humanist Association ('BHA'), which include the advancement of Humanism.

Decisions upon charitable status rarely reach the higher courts.

Effective trustees are vital for charities. This popular session with James Sinclair Taylor and Sukanya Ransford assist potential and current trustees to understand their legal and governance duties...