Video: Issues in charity law, administration and litigation
The webinar, hosted by Francesca Quint, Joshua Winfield and Natalie Pratt, consists of three sections and covers charitable status: PINF – the public interest news foundation, when form affects function, and challenging Commission decisions. Cover charitable status: PINF – the public interest news foundation – hosted by Francesca Quint This talk examines the background to […]
Lehtimaki v Cooper and members of charitable companies – Article by Matthew Mills
When are members of charitable companies subject to fiduciary duties? Matthew Mills considers the Supreme Court’s decision in Lehtimaki v Cooper in this article, which was originally published in the Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal. You can read Matthew’s article here.
Video: Junior Programme: Charities – Incorporating charities and challenging Commission decisions
During the webinar Matthew Mill discusses why charity trustees may wish to incorporate an existing unincorporated charity and how they should go about doing so. Natalie Pratt then discusses how to challenge Commission decisions, with a specific focus on judicial review. Junior Programme events are aimed at recently qualified lawyers and consist of an hour […]
Video: Charity trustees: powers, duties and control by the court
In this webinar Robert Pearce KC discusses the current law relating to the control of charity trustees by the court in the light of the decision of the Supreme Court in Lehtimaki v Cooper. Matthew Mills then discusses the key sources and recent authorities on how charity trustees should exercise their powers and discharge their […]
PFA’s million-pound accounting error – Joshua Winfield comments in The Telegraph
Joshua Winfield was invited by The Telegraph to discuss the legal issues around the Charity Commission’s inquiry into the PFA Charity and its £1.9M accounting error. You can read the article with Joshua’s comments here.
Favourite Cases: Re Grove-Grady – Article by Francesca Quint
Studying Re Grove-Grady as a law student convinced Francesca Quint that charity law was her favourite subject. In Re Grove-Grady, the court held that it was not charitable to provide a nature sanctuary without human management because trusts for the benefit of animals were only charitable because of the moral lessons they provided to human […]
Lehtimaki v Cooper [2020] UKSC 33: An initial analysis – Article by Matthew Mills
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 […]
Video: Charities law and practice update: recent case law and COVID-19 guidance
James Fagan
He regularly appears in complex applications and trials in the High Court and County Court, having acted as sole advocate in both interim hearings and full trials. His cross-examination has been judicially described as “effective and forensic.” James is dual qualified and was called to the Bar of England in 2019 and Wales and the Bar […]
Natalie Pratt
Natalie specialises in injunction proceedings (including against persons unknown and in the context of protests) and contempt applications, as well as property litigation. In particular, Natalie appeared in Teledyne UK Limited v Gao & Ors [2025] EWHC 2050 (KB), MBR Acres Ltd & Ors v Curtin [2025] EWHC 331 (KB), Thurrock Council & Anr v Adams & Ors [2024] EWHC 2576 (KB) and [2024] EWHC 2750 (KB), Arla Foods Limited & Anr v Persons Unknown & Ors [2025] 7 WLUK 442 and [2024] EWHC […]
