Third Sector report:

Alison Paines of Withers solicitors says a case in the Supreme Court this week highlights how sensitive information might be made public

Charities should reconsider the type of information they supply to the Charity Commission, in the light of an upcoming court case into whether the regulator should release the details of one of its past investigations, a charity lawyer has warned.

The commission’s decision not to release details of its investigation into the fundraising organisation the Mariam Appeal, which was set up by the MP George Galloway, will be challenged at the Supreme Court tomorrow.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.