ABSTRACT
Re Dominion Students’ Hall Trust [1947] 1 Ch 183, HC Evershed J: The purpose of both the petition and the summons is that a restriction which has hitherto been characteristic of the charity, limiting its objects so as to exclude coloured students of the British Empire, should be removed and that the benefits of the charity should be open to all citizens from the Empire without what is commonly known as the ‘colour bar’. Having regard to the interest of the Inns of Court in Imperial Students, I have thought it right to be particularly careful to see that I have jurisdiction to authorise the scheme and to sanction the petition. The proposed removal of the ‘colour bar’ restriction has been put to a substantial number of the subscribers. Owing to the necessities of the case, it has not been possible to put it to all, but those to whom it has been put represent over 75% in value of the subscription and none dissents from what is now proposed.
