Private Law Theory

ABSTRACT
In a recent decision, the British Columbia Supreme Court held that a trust created to assist people who had been terminated improperly from their employment was not established for a valid charitable purpose because (a) it was an inefficient method of relieving poverty and (b) may not have assisted a sufficiently large segment of society. Joel Nitikman outlines the facts and reasoning of the Court and suggests that its reasons may not have been altogether correct.

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Joel Nitikman, More about Poverty and Public Benefit – Re Jim Crerar Charitable Trust, Trusts and Trustees, https://doi.org/10.1093/tandt/ttac020. Published 29 March.

First posted 2022-04-02 11:00:36