The Big Lottery Fund has contributed £6.25 million to the first Social Impact Bond scheme. A further £5 million has been allocated by the Fund to further projects planned through the scheme.

The Bill is now waiting for Royal Assent and once it is made law it will allow the trustees of charities with permanent endowments to treat the capital appreciation on those assets in the same way as income.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the government launched the Coronavirus Community Support Fund (CCSF), funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and distributed by the National Lottery Fund.

The Charity Commission has updated its guidance on ‘Raising a concern with the Charity Commission' (CC47) which sets out when to raise concerns about a charity and what the Commission can do in response.

The Charity Commission has updated its guidance on serious incident reporting to reflect the legislative changes brought in by the Charities Act 2022.

On January 31, 2018, the CII, a group representing institutional investors, sent a letter to the SEC's Director, Division of Corporation Finance, regarding the SEC's December 19, 2017 no-action determination ...

On February 13, 2018, Nasdaq proposed to amend its listing requirements so that shareholder approval will no longer be required for private issuances of more than 20% of common stock.

On June 26th, the United States Supreme Court ruled that private claims for violations of the Securities Act of 1933 arising out of securities offerings or registration statements are subject to a three-year statute of repose...

Fidelity Investments may now support shareholder proxy proposals calling on companies to provide more disclosure on sustainability matters, including renewable energy, and environmental impact issues.

Congratulations go to Alana Petraske, Special Counsel in Withers' Charities and Philanthropy team, who has been appointed as Secretary of the Charity Law Association.

Worldwide freezing orders are one of the most powerful weapons of the English Courts. But how do you get one and what will it do?

The Serious Fraud Office has published a press release announcing it has charged four men with offences of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation and conspiracy to furnish false information, contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.

The Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division recently published a summary of important topics and sample questions that it has frequently found relevant in evaluating a corporate compliance program.

Changes to pension protection on a TUPE transfer take effect from 6 April 2014.

An independent health and safety consultant has been convicted of exposing another to a risk to health and safety and jailed for 9 months.

According to the HSE, during their most recent month-long initiative of spot checks, poor standards and/or dangerous practices were found at 40% of the construction sites visited.

The Government has recently announced that it proposes to introduce measures enabling women to transfer part of their maternity leave to the fathers of their babies.

The Bill aims to address the issue of one-sided flexibility in the contracts of zero-hours and casual workers by introducing a new statutory right for workers to request a more predictable...

The recent case of Simpson v Endsleigh Insurance Services Ltd emphasises that, not only is this a misconception, but the right of a woman on maternity leave to suitable alternative vacancies is not automatic.

We reported on the Government's intention to reform the law on flexible working in December 2022.