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Charities, Clubs & Member Governance
Member organisations, constitutions, officers, registration and reporting.
Sources last reviewed 28 July 2026
Main law guides
122
Acts, regulations and codes worth reading first
Topics
60
Plain-English clusters
Published case explainers
143
Selected cases with a business lesson
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Plain-English explainers, not legal advice. Use the linked official source for section-level detail, and get advice for your situation.
Get legal helpMain laws
Bribery Act 2010
UKPGA 2010 c 23
Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012
SI 2012/3012
Charities Act 2011
UKPGA 2011 c 25
Charities Act 2022
UKPGA 2022 c 6
Competition Act 1998
UKPGA 1998 c 41
Licensing Act 2003
UKPGA 2003 c 17
Gambling Act 2005
2005 c. 19
Small Charitable Donations Act 2012
2012 c. 23
The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) Regulations 2012
UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument 2012 3013
Cases
Dairy UK Ltd v Oatly AB
If you sell plant-based food or drink in the UK, do not assume a creative slogan, campaign line or trade mark is safe just because it is obviously non-dairy in...
On Tower UK Limited v AP Wireless II (UK) Limited
If your business hosts telecoms equipment, buys land with telecoms apparatus on it, or takes an assignment of site rights, do not assume only the original...
Providence Building Services Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd
A termination clause is a sequence, not a general fairness test. Before ending a contract, trace every notice, deadline, cure period and precondition in order. A...
easyGroup Limited v easyfundraising Limited & Ors
Read this case as a practical lesson in running two separate trade mark checks. First, if you own registrations, can you prove genuine use of the mark as registered...
Domestic & General Group Limited & Ors v Premier Protect Holdings Limited & Ors
If your business sells plans, subscriptions or cover products by phone, this case shows that the biggest legal risk is not just what your own staff say, but what...
Lifestyle Equities CV and another v Ahmed and another
For business owners, this case draws a practical line between company exposure and personal exposure in brand disputes. If your company uses a sign that infringes...
Lifestyle Equities CV v Amazon UK Services Ltd
Cross-border ecommerce teams should not assume that a foreign website stays legally foreign. Currency, delivery, checkout wording, search results and customer...
Credico Marketing Limited & Anor. v Benjamin Gregory Lambert & Anor.
If your agreement contains both an exclusivity clause and a post-termination non-compete, assess them separately. This case shows that a court may uphold the first...
Zoe Evans & Ors. v Anytime Clubs UK Limited & Anor.
If you run a franchise, keep clear records showing who controls local marketing in practice, not just on paper. A general right to protect brand standards is not...