A general charitable purpose (or intention) should be recognised and given effect to, even though some particular directions given by the charity’s founder are (or become) impracticable.
Judges:
Buckley J
Citations:
[1966] Ch 191
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Fraser and Another v Canterbury Diocesan Board of Finance and others HL 27-Oct-2005
Land had been acquired by a deed under the 1841 Act, but had in 1995 ceased to be used as a school ‘for the education of children and adults of the labouring manufacturing and other poorer classes . . And for no other purpose ‘. Under the Act, the . .
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Trusts, Charity
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.231639