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For this assignment I will focus on charitable trusts, what gives them charitable status? It will be noted that the jurisdiction dates back to Tudor England and still provides the definition for charity. I will address both the tax and trusts law which fall within this spectrum and certain Acts by law that need to be adhered to. My critical analysis and evaluations of this topic will lead to my conclusions dealing with present and past reform to change this 400 year plus Act. The legal definition of Charity has developed over several centuries. The Statute of Charitable Uses 1601 also referred to as Statute of Elizabeth was used as a guideline to establish which purposes were charitable. The preamble, has listed, purposes that at the time was regarded as charitable. These purposes fell within the 'spirit and intendment' of the preamble and were accepted by the courts as being charitable....

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