Stone King's charity team reflects on the most significant cases this year, including religious and sexual orientation discrimination, contested legacies and the role of the Charity Tribunal
New laws introduced more than a year after the European Court of Justice''s ruling on tax benefits for foreign charities end up creating more confusion and unfairness, says Jonathan Brinsden
With increasing complexity between residency and domicile, practitioners must ensure they understand the international aspects of drafting wills in the UK and overseas or they could face costly disputes, says Saleem Sheikh
The Charity Commission must review its approach to assessing public benefit and give more credit to what independent schools offer the wider community, says Claris D'cruz
Merging or working collaboratively can be a life-saving move for charities facing funding cuts, but it must be planned carefully, warns Catherine Rustomji
DNA can be a vital tool for the CPS in criminal prosecutions, but the defence should bear in mind that this evidence is based on scientific opinion rather than fact and only forms part of the case against the defendant, says Julian Young
