In brief

What charities and trustees can learn from Kids Company

As Kids Company demonstrates, trusteeship is a role that comes with significant duties as well as rewards, writes Jennifer Emms.

Posted by Jennifer Emms on 17 March 2021

Where there's a Will, there's a way..

Where there's a Will, there's a way....to save potentially invalid charitable bequests.

Posted by Sophie Mazzier on 8 January 2021

Charities - a second look behind the scene

This, the second part of a two-part article on the operation of charities by Jennifer Emms and Sophie Wettern, discusses the duties of the charitable trustee.

Posted by Jennifer Emms on 2 December 2020

Times Best Law Firms 2021

Maurice Turnor Gardner has been included in the Times 2021 list of the best lawyers for business, public and private-client law of the top 200 legal practices in England and Wales.

Posted by Clare Maurice on 7 November 2020

MEET | THE | EXPERTS - Charities: navigating uncertainty

Register now for the next MEET | THE | EXPERTS discussion on how those running charities can navigate difficult these waters.

Posted by Ed Powles on 16 July 2020

Charity begins at home

"Charity begins at home" has never been more true than in the midst of the UK’s current Covid-19 lockdown.

Posted by Jennifer Emms on 27 March 2020

Why Britain’s philanthropy is still thriving

Contrary to a report that noticed a drop in charitable giving in developed countries, UK philanthropy is still alive and kicking, with more creative solutions than before.

Posted by Sophie Wettern Kirk on 22 March 2018

Here’s how HMRC is billing Brexiteers

An obscure inheritance tax law is allowing the Revenue to punish those who donated to the Vote Leave campaign, in a similar fashion to the 2013 IRS controversy.

Posted by Jonathan Neumann on 12 January 2018

Why football needs more philanthropy

There is one football related story that may have gone under the radar this August and which perhaps did not receive the coverage it deserved, possibly because its impact may not be felt for years to come.

Posted by Stuart Smyth on 4 September 2017

Charity Law Firm of the Year 2017

Citywealth 2017 Magic Circle award

Posted by Jennifer Chambers on 19 May 2017

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