Jonathan Fowles discusses the recent Supreme Court judgment in Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) (UK) v Attorney-General in an article for Trusts & Trustees. The article “Making an exception: the general superintendence of all charitable uses” looks at whether the Supreme Court's endorsement of the exceptional, public nature of charities had proper place in its reasoning. In particular, Jonathan considers how the imposition of fiduciary duties on members of charitable companies fits into the development of charity law as applied to corporate entities, and whether Lady Arden JSC's alternative analysis of jurisdiction, referring to the court's special jurisdiction over charities, can be justified.

If you subscribe to Trust & Trustees then you can read Jonathan’s article here.  

To read Jonathan's SerleShare Update relating to this judgment please click here.  The Supreme Court's judgment in in Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) (UK) v Attorney-General can be accessed here.

Jonathan Fowles is co-editor of Tudor on Charities (with William Henderson), 10th ed. (Sweet & Maxwell).  William Henderson represents the Second Respondent in the case.