Inadvertently disempowering members
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Inadvertently disempowering members

6 Jan 2012

The committee members of a learning disability charity recently transferred all the assets and liabilities to a charitable company to protect themselves from personal liability without informing the membership of the unicorporated charity. A charity lawyer and governance consultant respond.

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Inadvertently disempowering members

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