A gift to the schoolchildren of Turton was as valid a charitable gift as a gift to the inhabitants of the Borough would be. The gift was a gift ‘for purposes beneficial to a section of the community’; and the schoolchildren themselves were ‘a very important section of the community’.
Judges:
Eve J
Citations:
[1918] 1 Ch 228
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Gibbs v Harding and others ChD 12-Jan-2007
The testatrix left a will anticipating making another. The court was asked whether a clause leaving her estate to ‘be taken over by the Diocese of Westminster to hold in trust for the Black community of Hackney’ was valid.
Held: The gift was . .
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Charity
Updated: 14 May 2022; Ref: scu.247693