Articles by ‘James McNeile’

The Charity Commission has published new fundraising guidance for third sector organisations.

The head of the Law Society has renewed calls for people to make sure they’ve made a will. Jonathan Smithers, the organisation’s president, said it was important that people thought about who they wanted to benefit from their estate and said that putting affairs in order would give individuals and their families peace of mind.

The Charity Commission has issued guidance to charities, advising them on the impact that new legislation is likely to have on the third sector.

A senior Judge has ruled that a man be allowed to challenge his former mother-in-law’s will.

There have been further calls this month for the nation’s banks to do more to support the 1.2 million Britons who have been appointed as an attorney for a friend or family member.

The charity watchdog has been ordered to pay £20,000 to a miners’ charity following concerns about its “unacceptable” handling of a case over a period of more than 20 years.

A national charity has said that the number of enquiries relating to people who have died without making a will has more than doubled over the course of five years.

Charities have been warned they must pay heed to fundraising rules, after an investigation found that four organisations had breached industry standards.

More robust checks could be brought in for those charities which are handed government grants, a parliamentary report has argued.

A growing number of people are choosing to make Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) arrangements, new research suggests.

A legal dispute over who is the rightful heir to the estate of recently deceased street photographer, Vivian Maier, continues in the US.

Obvious tensions between two men who had previously been appointed to oversee their elderly mother’s finances meant that they were no longer capable of acting as attorneys, a Judge recently ruled.