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Charles Russell is recognised as one of the leading charity law firms in the country. We are active in the ecclesiastical sector and act for a number of religious communities, church authorities, and other religious and faith based organisations.

Our experience
Our clients need advice on a wide range of legal issues, including:

Property planning and environmental matters of all kinds
Employment and pension issues
Trust issues, including trustees powers and responsibilities
Corporate and commercial advice
Taxation issues
Charity Law and dealing with the Charity Commission
Patronage
Dispute resolution and Faculty applications
Children’s Act issues

The religious charities group is a group of lawyers within the firm who can provide this advice. The firm as a whole offers a full range of legal services in the charity, commercial and private fields, and the religious charities group is able to draw on this wide ranging experience, co-ordinating the input of other experts where necessary.

In addition, our lawyers have up-to-date practical experience of guiding clients through the legislation and regulation in this area and providing cost effective and focused solutions. Recognising the importance of any existing professional relationships, we are very happy to work in association with the existing advisors, or on an ad hoc basis where our expertise can be brought to bear on a specific problem.

Our services
We go further than simply advising our clients in response to particular problems that arise. We understand the need for our clients to be kept up to date with the practical implications of legal developments. We achieve this by:
Regular bulletins, Email alerts on urgent business and Seminars.

Client training
In some areas, such as employment, we can also provide access to the extranet, providing practical, easy-to-interpret guidance on a range of key topics. Click here for further information.

For further information of the services we provide please contact one of our lawyers within the religious charities team.