In this article Matthew Mills considers the judgment of the Supreme Court in Lehtimaki v Cooper [2020] UKSC 33. Robert Pearce KC of Radcliffe Chambers acted for HM Attorney General in this appeal, which is one of very few charity cases to reach the Supreme Court in recent years. The case concerned the affairs of one of the UK’s largest grant-making charities and raises novel legal points concerning the extent of the court’s jurisdiction over charitable companies.
You can read Matthew’s full analysis here.