by Dave Thomas | Jun 30, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
January 2015 Article, updated June 2018 According to comic Tom Lehrer, “Be Prepared” is the Boy Scouts’ marching song. That clarion call should now be resounding in the ears of all societies and New Zealand lawyers as replacement of the Incorporated...
by Dave Thomas | Jun 18, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
May 2012 Article, updated June 2018 In 2011, a reader raised an issue for consideration in this series of articles, saying: Over the years I have had cause to read many constitutional documents, perhaps more carefully than some of the officers or members of the...
by Dave Thomas | Jun 1, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
June 2012 Article, updated June 2018 In my article, “Responsibilities of those in Governance” I mentioned the need for those governing a community organisation to be aware of what is in the organisation’s “constitutional documentation, including any policy, strategic...
by Dave Thomas | May 3, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
2011 Article, updated May 2018 The law before the Charities Act The promotion of industry and commerce has been long been held to be charitable in both England and New Zealand. The decision in Crystal Palace Trustees v Minister of Town and Country Planning [1951] Ch...
by Dave Thomas | May 2, 2018 | Societies and Charities Articles
2012 Article, updated March 2018 A Society Problem Since I started writing and publishing articles about not-for-profit entities in 2010 they have generated various enquiries and responses, but few are more difficult to answer than the type of enquiry set out below...
