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Court judgments
In the course of its work, Charities Services makes a range of decisions. These include decisions to register or deregister charities, or to agree to requests to restrict information from the public Register.
When we make decisions, we take a lot of trouble to ensure we get them right and that each decision is a proper exercise of our powers and consistent with our statutory objectives.
We recognise, however, that from time to time, people may not agree with the decisions we have made.
If an organisation is unhappy with a decision we have made about them, and we cannot resolve the situation together, they have the option to lodge an appeal with the Registrar of the High Court (and from there, to the Court of Appeal).
We publish all judgments as soon as possible after we receive them, to help encourage greater understanding of what, in law, is meant by “charitable purpose".
To view a judgment, click on the entity name in the table below.
How does Charities Services use court judgments when making its decisions?
Charities Services applies the law set out by Parliament (in the Charities Act 2005), and by the courts, when making its decisions. Over the years, courts have evolved a body of legal reasoning and precedents that Charities Services applies to every application and to each decision about whether to allow an entity to remain on the Register. As the courts deliver new decisions, they are added to the body of case law applied by Charities Services.
Does Charities Services make public comment on court judgments?
No. However, we may cite them in our information sheets, or, where appropriate, refer to a judgment when explaining the principles of charities law that we apply when making our decisions.