This title provides the reader with a comprehensive up-to-date compendium on New Zealand charities law. The book provides guidance on the ample change in the charitable sector over recent years with the establishment of the Charities Commission in 2005, and accompanying High Court decisions. The title also provides information on significant developments in other jurisdictions.
1. Introduction
2. Overview of Charities law
3. Statutory framework
4. Charities Commission, its role and functions.
5. Overview of approach taken in other jurisdictions.
6. Charitable entities.
7. Governance issues.
8. Accounting for the not-for-profit sector.
9. Charities and anti-money laundering.
10. The review of the Charities Act
Susan Barker LLB(Hons)(1st class), BCA (VUW), CA is the director of Sue Barker Charities Law, a boutique law firm based in Wellington, New Zealand, specialising in charities law and public tax law. Since its founding in 2012, the firm has won a number of awards, including Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards. Sue is recognised internationally as a Charity Law Scholar by the International Charity Law Network and has delivered guest charities law lectures at the University of Otago, the University of Auckland, and the University of Melbourne