Jonathan Fowles

Practice Areas

Jonathan is a genuine specialist in the law of charities, in which he undertakes both contentious and non-contentious work. Nearly all of his work has charity law elements, and the majority of it is charity-law focussed.

His recent work has included Nuffield Health v Merton, the first case in which the Supreme Court considered the public benefit requirement, and Mohammed v Daji (judgment awaited) which is concerned with the disputed establishment and interpretation of charitable trusts of land and a claim for a cy-près scheme. Among others, he has given charity law advice to the Charity Commission, ministerial government departments, and the charity trustees of some of England’s best-known charities. He has also acted in or advised on charity matters in other jurisdictions whose law of charities is derived from English law.

He is a co-editor of the leading textbook on charity law, Tudor on Charities, and has written numerous articles on aspects of charity law. He has also addressed the Charity Law Association annual conference.