In order for a trust to be recognised as charitable in law, it must meet the following criteria (Andrew Butler (ed) Equity and Trusts in New Zealand (2nd ed, Thomson Reuters, 2009) at 273): i) Under law be deemed charitable; ii) Satisfy the public benefit test; iii) Be beneficial, not detrimental; iv) Be for charitable purposes. It is on the issue of the public benefit test that this paper focuses, specifically in relation to those trusts that fall into the category of the advancement of religion. Before turning to the issues associated with such matters, it is worthwhile considering briefly the jurisprudential evolution of the charitable purpose requirement to contextualise the contemporary position of trusts that fall into the c...
The dedication of property for the saying of Masses or Kaddish atYahrzeit is a charitable use. The f...
The Commonwealth government proposes to enact a statutory definition of religious charity. Whether r...
This article considers the issue of whether economic and community development can be a charitable p...
In order for a trust to be recognised as charitable in law, it must meet the following criteria (And...
The advancement of religion is a controversial head of charitable trusts: whilst its foundations are...
The advancement of religion is a controversial head of charitable trusts: whilst its foundations are...
There is no explicit definition of what constitutes a ‘charitable trust’. S 2 of the Charitable Trus...
Historically a trust will be denied charitable status if its purposes are political, although this p...
The law of charity and religion has an ancient relationship and religion, for charity law purposes, ...
The recent case of Aid/Watch v Commissioner of Taxation has created sea changes in Australia in rel...
In other words, this book is concerned with the place of religion – and religious institutions – in ...
This article addresses the question of why religious groups receive charitable status in relation to...
The first express judicial reliance on the public benefit requirement for charitable trusts to concl...
For many decades case law and, more recently, statute has determined that a trust will be denied cha...
The dedication of property for the saying of Masses or Kaddish atYahrzeit is a charitable use. The f...
The Commonwealth government proposes to enact a statutory definition of religious charity. Whether r...
This article considers the issue of whether economic and community development can be a charitable p...
In order for a trust to be recognised as charitable in law, it must meet the following criteria (And...
The advancement of religion is a controversial head of charitable trusts: whilst its foundations are...
The advancement of religion is a controversial head of charitable trusts: whilst its foundations are...
There is no explicit definition of what constitutes a ‘charitable trust’. S 2 of the Charitable Trus...
Historically a trust will be denied charitable status if its purposes are political, although this p...
The law of charity and religion has an ancient relationship and religion, for charity law purposes, ...
The recent case of Aid/Watch v Commissioner of Taxation has created sea changes in Australia in rel...
In other words, this book is concerned with the place of religion – and religious institutions – in ...
This article addresses the question of why religious groups receive charitable status in relation to...
The first express judicial reliance on the public benefit requirement for charitable trusts to concl...
For many decades case law and, more recently, statute has determined that a trust will be denied cha...
The dedication of property for the saying of Masses or Kaddish atYahrzeit is a charitable use. The f...
The Commonwealth government proposes to enact a statutory definition of religious charity. Whether r...
This article considers the issue of whether economic and community development can be a charitable p...