Examining the English Necessary Interest Rule in the Charitable Trust Setting
On 8 August 2023 the Obligations Group held a lunchtime seminar titled 'Examining the English Necessary Interest Rule in the Charitable Trust Setting', presented by Dr Hui Jing (University of Hong Kong).
In England, Parliament introduced the necessary interest rule through the enactment of section 115 of the Charities Act 2011 (England and Wales), allowing ‘any person interested’ in a charitable trust to initiate charity proceedings against defaulting trustees in their administration of charitable assets. In the presentation, Jing first, explained the ways in which the courts have interpreted the necessary interest rule and, secondly, discussed the theoretical implications of the necessary interest rule for understanding the conceptual nature of English express trusts.
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About the Speaker
Dr Hui Jing is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Law, The University of Hong Kong. Jing completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne, where his doctoral thesis was awarded the Melbourne Law School Harold Luntz Graduate Research Prize for Best PhD Thesis. Prior to his PhD, Jing obtained his master’s degree (by research) in intellectual property law from Peking University and his LLB from China University of Political Science and Law, graduating in the top 5% of his class. Jing teaches and conducts research in equity and trusts, land law and charity law.