Case Comment: Christian Brothers Decision Exposes Charitable Trust Assets to Tort Creditors
Introduction The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decisions in Christian Brothers of Ireland in Canada ( Re) released on April 10, [2000] O.J. No. 1117,
Introduction The recent Ontario Court of Appeal decisions in Christian Brothers of Ireland in Canada ( Re) released on April 10, [2000] O.J. No. 1117,
*Editor’s Note: So that readers may have the full text and Appendices of this important contribution to the current debate surrounding the restructuring of the
This article has been developed from the monograph “Federal Regulation of Charities: A Critical Assessment of Recent Proposals for Legislative and Regulatory Reform” (Toronto: York
Introduction Charitable gaming has become both a large service industry in Canada and an important source of revenue for charitable organizations. The legal authority for
In this issue, we offer two contributions to the continuing debate about the federal government’s role in the charity sector. In Part I of a
Application of Trust Law to Charities Introduction Trust law dealing with investment powers and duties may be applicable to charities in any of three ways:
1 [Rarely does the Supreme Court of Canada take up the perennial question: What does “charity” mean?2 Even rarer is the case where it does so
When all is said and done, the views of lawyers, academics and other bystanders about the “meaning” of a Supreme Court decision become secondary to