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The Charity Commission's Annual Report for 2019-2020 records that there were 5,730 serious incident reports made to the regulator, an increase of almost 50% from the previous year. Nearly 60% of these reports related to safeguarding.

The Bill is expected to receive Royal Assent by the end of 2012 so that the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme can be launched on time in April 2013.

In October, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling which upheld that some charities can restrict which groups of people they provide services to, without breaching equality law.

The proposed 2025 employer NICs increase to 15% will cost charities £1.4 billion annually, compounding financial pressures. Sector leaders warn this could force charities to reduce services, cut jobs, or exit public service delivery contracts.

The Charity Commission has published a plan setting out its strategic priorities for the next three years.

The Human Dignity Trust (HDT) first applied for charitable status in 2011. HDT’s application was rejected by the Charity Commission in June 2012.

The previous regime of 'Notifiable Events' (analogous to the serious incident reporting requirements in England & Wales) was introduced in 2016.

This article was originally published in December 2019 for the Trusts & Trustees Journal (Vol 25, No 10, pp 1025-1032), under the title ‘To reserve or not to reserve? That is the question – Part I'.

In October the Charity Commission published its findings from an inquiry into CWM Harry Land Trust Limited.

In November the Charity Commission published a set of short, user-friendly guides aimed at trustees, which it describes as a ‘core syllabus', covering the five areas considered to be key...

The Charity Commission has released a report on its approach to whistleblowing, which also gives information on the types of whistleblowing disclosures it received between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.

The Charity Commission has amended the timetable setting out the implementation of the Charities Act 2022, which received Royal Assent on 24 February 2022.

On July 24, 2018, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the Delaware General Corporation Act were amended.

On May 15, 2018, the FTC issued guidance clarifying that, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 ("HSR"), FTC reporting is required for certain mergers, acquisitions...

The SEC recently announced regulatory relief for publicly traded companies, investment companies and others impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.

On March 20, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified that the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (the SLUSA) does not bar state courts from hearing ...

A discussion on a highly technical case concerning the Birmingham Hippodrome, where the Upper Tribunal has decided that it is not possible for a claim to be made for the period preceding 1996 when, if all periods, including those post dating 1996, were taken into account, the taxpayer would owe money to HMRC.