Anna C. Naud

Anna C. Naud

Anna C. Naud is a corporate/commercial lawyer, advising federal and Ontario for-profit corporations, not-for-profit corporations, and registered Canadian charities on a variety of issues, including regulatory, contractual, and governance matters.

Written By Anna C. Naud

The cy-près doctrine: The court’s discretionary power to vary the terms of charitable gifts

This is the third in a series of articles focused on various aspects of charity law that have been a burden on the Canadian charitable and non-profit sector for 70 years. The articles are written by members of the Canadian Bar Association’s Charities and Not-for-Profit Law Section, who deal with these issues on behalf of their clients on a regular basis. In this piece, Anna C. Naud looks at the doctrine of cy-près.