The significant recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case of MacLennan v The British Psychological Society [2024] EAT 166 considered whether charity trustees have the right to protection from detriment for whistleblowing. Background Workers who make a...
We have decades of experience of advising charities, not-for-profit organisations, social enterprises, religious and community organisations. LBMW is ranked in Legal 500 as a leading Charity and Not for Profit firm.
We advise charities and not-for-profit organisations on a range of issues and have a team of highly skilled charity law experts who use their specialist knowledge, expertise and experience to provide a range of services to charities with varying social purposes and sectors. We also draw on a wider expertise within LBMW in various other legal disciplines to provide a complete service to our charity and not-for-profit clients to ensure that they have the legal resources necessary to deliver their charitable objects.
All our charity lawyers are members of the Charity Law Association and are engaged widely in the sector either as members of the CLA working groups or as Trustees, school Governors or advisors.
We have strong links with the Charity Commission, Privy Council and other stakeholders and run seminars and workshops throughout the year examining the latest challenges and opportunities posed by a rapidly changing legal and regulatory landscape.
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We advise charities and not for profit organisations among others on the following: -
- Ecclesiastical
- Faith & religious organisations
- Setting up & managing a charity
- Education
- Charity property
- Charity dissolution & merger
- Not for profit & philanthropic foundations
- Charity Commission Visits, Investigations and Inquiries
- Safeguarding
- Clergy discipline
- Employing staff and managing volunteers
- Trademarks & Brand Protection
- Fundraising standards & regulations
- Trustees training, duties and board development
- Freedom of Information requests
- Dispute resolution
Testimonials
‘We find the team to be extremely knowledgeable in the area of charity work’
‘The lawyers are experts in their field and they provide comprehensive advice. They have good communication skills and quick response times along with availability’
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