Charity Law Extra

When should charities call in lawyers? Should charities take legal action against their public sector paymasters? And what have been the sector's biggest legal blunders? Find out in our charity law special

'A positive debate to make law efficient'

Members of the Charity Law Association don't always agree with each other, but that makes life interesting, its chair Alison Paines tells Paul Jump

Biggest blunders: from libel to conflicts of interest

Staying on the right side of the law can be tricky. Paul Jump recalls some of the sector's most serious legal mishaps

Charity lawyers illustration by Oliver Weiss

When to call in the lawyers

Legal questions come up at almost every stage in a charity's development. Mathew Little examines the key hurdles charities must overcome

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Challenging the public sector paymasters

Charities may be worried about using the law to take on their public sector funders, but such action can be effective. John Plummer reports.

The psychic solicitor

Third Sector's very own Mystic Meg, Rosamund McCarthy, a partner in law firm Bates Wells & Braithwaite, predicts what the future might hold for charity law

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