Property Law - Legally Charitable Purposes Flashcards

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1
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CA 2011 section 3

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‘Pemsel heads of charity’ under 13 heads

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What section of what Act covers the ‘Pemsel heads of charity’?

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CA 2011 section 3

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How many heads are under CA 2011 section 3?

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13

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Name three legally charitable purposes

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Prevention/relief of poverty; advancement of education; advancement of religion

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What did the preamble to Charitable Uses 1601 say of prevention/relief of poverty?

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‘Relief of aged, impotent and poor people

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S.3(1)(j) CA 2011

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Relief to those in need due to age, ill health, financial hardship or other disadvantage

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What section of CA 2011 overlaps with s.a on prevention of poverty?

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S.3(1)(j) CA 2011 - financial hardship

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Re Niyazi’s WT judgment

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‘Working class’ not always poor but ‘construction of a working man’s hostel’

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Re Niyazi’s WT general

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‘Working class’

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What helped the decision in Re Niyazi’s WT?

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Size of gift and grave housing shortage

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Re Scarisbrick general

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Hard times

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Re Scarisbrick judgment

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Can put money on trust for X in hard times despite personal nexus (Oppenheim) and very small trust (2)

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What case showed you can put money in a charitable trust for X in hard times despite personal nexus?

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Re Scarisbrick

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Charity Commission Advice on prevention/relief of poverty

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‘People in poverty’ can mean ‘living on less than 60% of median income’

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What said that ‘People in poverty’ can mean ‘living on less than 60% of median income’

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Charity Commission Advice

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What is the main exception allowed under charitable trusts for the prevention/relief of poverty?

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Beneficiaries can be a private class, as long as the primary intent is to relieve poverty

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Dingle v Turner general

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Hardship fund, only for employees

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Dingle v Turner judgment

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Allowed because primary intent to relieve hardship, and unlikely to have been an incentive to join the company

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What did Lord Cross say of the public/private distinction in Dingle v Turner?

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It is one of degree, not decisive in itself

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What did Lord Cross say the court should have regard to in Dingle v Turner, that the others rejected?

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Fiscal consequences of the decision

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How was Dingle v Turner distinguished from Oppenheim?

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Unlikely to have been an incentive to join company as people are optimistic

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How did Lord Cross describe Oppenheim in Dingle?

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‘Fringe benefit’ which the tax payer should not have to pay for

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AG v Charity Commission general

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Dingle still valid after CA11?

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AG v Charity Commission judgment

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Poor relations cases still good law after s.3 CA11 as never a presumption of public benefit in second sense from ISC so couldn’t have abolished it

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What case stated that Poor relations cases still good law after s.3 CA11 as never a presumption of public benefit in second sense from ISC so couldn’t have abolished it?

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AG v Charity Commission

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Main judge in Dingle?

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Lord Cross

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What are the requirements for a trust for the advancement of education?

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Some kind of structure to the information and cannot actually be propaganda

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Millenium College UK

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Needs to be some kind of structure to information for advancement of education

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What case stated that there Needs to be some kind of structure to information for advancement of education

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Millenium College UK

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Southwood v AG general

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Disarmament

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Southwood v AG judgment

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Factually specific line between education and propaganda

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Factually specific line between education and propaganda

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Southwood v AG

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McGovern v AG general

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Amnesty International

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McGovern v AG judgment

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One purpose was pressure campaigns to change deportation/torture laws so POLITICAL

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One purpose was pressure campaigns to change deportation/torture laws so POLITICAL and not advancement of education

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McGovern v AG

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What case on political opinion for advancement of education is shaky after HRA?

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McGovern v AG

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Why is McGovern v AG shaky after HRA?

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HRA placed UK G under an obligation to protect human rights, so hard to argue now that Amnesty’s objectives aren’t for public benefit

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McGovern v AG per Slade J

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Requirements for advancement of research to be a legally charitable purpose

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Requirements by Slade J in McGovern

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Useful subject of study, will be disseminated and for public benefit without needing a teacher/pupil relationship, nor that those who are to benefit are already in the course of receiving education

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Who gave the requirements for advancement of research to be a legally charitable purpose in McGovern?

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Slade J

41
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Charity Commission on Scientology on HR

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Protection of human rights is charitable, with statutory authority in s.3(1)(h) CA 2011

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How did the Charity Commission show protection of human rights is now charitable?

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S.3(1)(h) CA 2011

43
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IRC v McMullen general

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Sport, schools

44
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IRC v McMullen judgment

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Sport is an integral part of education and development of the young, so it is charitable

45
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What could have been a better way to decide the case of IRC v McMullen?

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Better to say sport is good for everyone, recognised by Gordon Brown through tax exemption of amateur sport

46
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How did Gordon Brown recognise sport is good for everyone?

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Gave tax exemption to amateur sports clubs

47
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CA 2011 s.3(1)(g)

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Promotion of amateur sport is a charitable purpose

48
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What section of what act gives that promotion of amateur sport is a charitable purpose?

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CA 2011 s.3(1)(g)

49
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Royal Choral Society of IRC

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Choral singing in London charitable

50
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Choral singing in London charitable

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Royal Choral Society of IRC

51
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Re Dupree’s Deed Trusts

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Encouragement of chess-playing among young Londoners

52
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Encouragement of chess-playing among young Londoners

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Re Dupree’s Deed Trusts

53
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R (ISC) v Charity Commission general

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Fee-charging schools, facilities

54
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R (ISC) v Charity Commission made a clear distinction between what?

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1st sense of PB under the Act and second as sufficiently large section of the community to benefit

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R (ISC) v Charity Commission judgment

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Needed to provide beyond a ‘token level’, but it was for the Trustees to decide how. If there is no PB, this solely means Ts are in breach - no removal of charitable status

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What case made it clear that if a body has charitable status, but there is no PB in its work, Ts are in breach?

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R (ISC) v Charity Commission

57
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Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust general

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Education of employees’ children

58
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Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust judgment

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PB in 1st sense allowed as education, but not 2nd due to personal nexus

59
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What test did Lord MacDermott reject in Oppenheim?

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‘Compton’ nexus test as ‘artificial’ in minority

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What example did Lord MacDermott give in the minority to highlight artificiality of personal nexus test in Oppenheim?

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Railway men example - if hired by the company, no benefit, but if for them in general, allowed

61
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Re Resch

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Allowed benefits for individuals who paid to still be a charitable purpose

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Synge on 2nd sense of PB

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Many cases find PB in 2nd sense despite no benefit to the poor, e.g. describing Bs so only the rich could fall within it

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What did the court accept in ISC that Synge rejects?

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That charitable purpose needs to benefit the poor in some way

64
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What case is Oppenheim similar to?

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Re Denley

65
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Preamble of Charitable Uses Act on religion

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‘Repair of churches’

66
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How did courts extend preamble of Charitable Uses Act on religion?

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Extended to CoE trusts only at first and then more tolerance

67
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Jewish Relief Act 1846

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Allowing trusts for advancement of Judaism

68
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S.3(2)(a)(ii) CA11

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Allowing for religions which do not believe in a God

69
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What Act allowed trusts for advancement of Judaism?

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Jewish Relief Act 1846

70
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Why do the Charity Commission not accept scientology as a religion?

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Lack of worship/veneration of a supreme being means it isn’t a religion

71
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R (Hodkin) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages

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SC found Chapel of Church of Scientology ‘place of meeting for religious worship’

72
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what case suggests scientology may be found to be a religion for CA11 now?

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R (Hodkin) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages

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What did the court rely on in R (Hodkin) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages to show broad understanding of religion?

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S.3(2)(a) CA11

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Edge and Loughey on Scientology

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Question why CA11 would allow buddhism but not scientology, and highlight how worship requirement is heavily based on Judaeo-Christian concepts

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Who highlights how worship requirement is heavily based on Judaeo-Christian concepts

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Lough and Edge

76
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Thornton v Howe general

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Southkirk, New Messiah

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Thornton v Howe judgment

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Mortmain Statutes declared gift for religion invalid so broad view, but now favourable to settlor

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What case shows that the removal of previous anticlerical statutes, when matched with broad case law to fit within anticlerical limitations, is actually beneficial to the settlor now?

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Thornton v Howe

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Gilmour v Coats general

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Closed contemplative order of nuns

80
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Gilmour v Coats judgment

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Intercessory prayers too vague to be PB in second second of ISC - needed interaction

81
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Re Hetherington judgment

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Trust for public masses is charitable

82
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Charity Commission decision on Scientology

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Psychometric tests to members was a private, not public benefit, for second sense of ISC

83
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Neville Estates v Madden general

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Members of Catford Jewish Synagogue

84
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Neville Estates v Madden judgment

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Despite restricted access, the fact they mixed with fellow citizens gave public benefit in second sense

85
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The Preston Down Trust general

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Plymouth Brethren Christian Church

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The Preston Down Trust judgment

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Despite members-only services and physical separation imposed with non-members, there was still public benefit in second sense of ISC

87
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Plymouth Brethren Christian Church

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The Preston Down Trust

88
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Edge and Loughey on second sense of ISC for religion

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Commission substitute PB for one of public interaction to avoid PB assessment

89
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What do Edge and Loughey criticise the Commission for in second sense of ISC for religion?

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substitute PB for one of public interaction to avoid PB assessment

90
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What do Edge and Loughey consider to be the result of Commission substituting PB test for one of public interaction?

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Shifted attention from central activities of religion to public activities

91
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S.45(1) Irish Charities Act 1961

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Presumes a gift for the purpose of the advancement of religion is for PB in second ISC sense

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Which section of which Act shows another jurisdiction removing need to establish second sense of PB under ISC for advancement of religion?

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S.45(1) Irish Charities Act 1961