ABSTRACT
There has been a general distillation in the courts’ attitudes to purportedly charitable trusts over the years into one of two conflicting approaches towards the validity of charitable purposes: first, a requirement that the applicant merely show a general charitable purpose (see Dingle v Turner below); or secondly a requirement that the applicant demonstrate that there is no personal nexus between the settlor and the class of people to be benefited, but rather that there be sufficiently public benefit (see Re Compton below).
