United Kingdom charitable trustscertainty of objectspublic benefit

Gibbs v Harding

[2007] EWHC 3 (Ch); [2008] Ch 235

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court (Chancery Division)

Year2008

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A testamentary gift to a fluctuating body such as the inhabitants of a locality can take effect only as a charitable trust, and where the purpose is charitable the gift will not fail for uncertainty of objects; a discriminatory reference (here to the 'Black community') that contravenes race-relations legislation is severed/disregarded, leaving a valid charitable trust for the whole community.

Area of Law

General

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