Open AccessHanchett-Stamford v (1) HM Attorney-General and (2) Dr William Johnston Jordan [2008] EWHC 330 (Ch), 2008 WL 1968855
Author(s) -
James Brown
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
denning law journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2047-2765
pISSN - 0269-1922
DOI - 10.5750/dlj.v21i1.344
Subject(s) - law , economic justice , property (philosophy) , political science , philosophy , epistemology
UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS: PROPERTY HOLDING, CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND DISSOLUTIONThe decision of Mr Justice Lewison in Hanchett-Stamford v HM Attorney General and Dr William Johnston Jordan1 provides us with a useful analysis of the legal principles relating to the thorny issues of: (i) how unincorporated associations hold property; (ii) the applicability of the law of charities to unincorporated associations and (iii) the property rights of a declining membership upon the dissolution of such associations.