Wood will sit out board decisions

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector, 14 May 2008

The Charity Commission's newest board member, John Wood, will sit out any decisions on fee-charging charities because his children attend public school.

Dame Suzi Leather, chair of the commission, excused herself from decisions on fee-charging charities last year because her daughter was at an independent school (Third Sector, 22 August 2007). Wood, who spent 25 years as a partner at Herbert Smith and headed the law firm's trust and charities practice, joined...

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