A number of leading charity lawyers believe that the regulatory compliance cases conducted by the Charity Commission in recent years were unlawful – including the investigation into the Atlantic Bridge charity set up by Liam Fox MP.

Anne-Marie Piper completes her overview of the governance and other issues arising for charities wishing or needing to trade.

"Charities badly need the social investment market to get off the ground and at the moment that’s incredibly difficult," said Anne-Marie Piper, charity partner at Farrer & Co, speaking at the Civil Society Question Time debate in Westminster yesterday.

Anne-Marie Piper looks at the aspects of the Charities Act 2006 which will impact on the governance of charities.