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CPD Course:
The Law of Charities
in Hong Kong
and Possible Reform
Presented by
Prof. Steven Gallagher,
Professor of Practice in Law,
Associate Dean
(Academic & Student Affairs),
The Faculty of Law,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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EVT000000424 |
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Intermediate |
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16 October 2023 (Monday) |
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English |
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14:30 - 17:45
(Reception starts at 14:00) |
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LSHK 3.0 CPD Points |
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Steven Gallagher was awarded a first class LL.B. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2006. Steven teaches equity and trusts, property law, and digital technology and law. Steven also teaches a course on art, antiquities, cultural heritage and the law. Steven has presented continuing professional development courses for solicitors in Hong Kong on many topics associated with property. Steven’s research interests include equity and the law of trusts, art and cultural heritage law and legal history. He is not a technologist. In 2023 Steven published the first treatise dealing formally and systematically with all the major aspects of, and entitled, Digital Technology and Law.
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| Course Outline: |
This 3-hour seminar will provide an introduction to the existing law of charitable trusts in Hong Kong and the legislative changes to this area of the law that were proposed in 2013. The seminar will begin with consideration of the existing law of charitable trusts in Hong Kong, including the benefits of charitable status for a trust and the requirements for charitable status. The seminar will then consider the problems with the modern law of charitable trusts in Hong Kong as identified in the Law Reform Commission's public consultation report published in 2013 and the recommendations on proposed legislative changes. |
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- The beneficiary principle and the problem with purpose trusts;
- The benefits of charitable status for trusts;
- Problems with charitable trusts;
- The definition of charity;
- Categories of charitable purpose;
- The public benefit requirement;
- The poor relative and poor employee exceptions;
- Mixed private and public purposes;
- Proposed changes to the oversight of charitable trusts;
- The potential civil and criminal liabilities of trustees of charitable trusts;
- A brief consideration of the doctrine of cy-près.
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Telephone: +852 3118 2371 | Facsimile: +852 3118 2372 Postal Address: P.O. Box 9993, General Post Office, Hong Kong |
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