Out to play
In this world of economic uncertainty Stephen Claus discusses the increasing pressure on local authorities to make less go further and inappropriately deal with recreation grounds
All too often people only become concerned about their recreation grounds when they are about to be lost or indeed after the event. Recreation grounds can evoke very strong feelings in local communities, so strong for example that in the recent case of Derek Maidment and Lennox Patrick Ryan and the Charity Commission for England and Wales, two tenacious individuals drove their case all the way to conclusion before the Charity Tribunal. Their case involved something rather different from the text of this article, but their determination was associated with the loss of a local amenity against their wishes and the wishes of their community.1
Author: Stephen Claus
Stephen Claus is head of the Charity and Social Enterprise Team at the Brabners Chaffe Street Charities and Social Enterprise Unit.
Prior to that Stephen worked as a legal advisor with the Charity Commission, a post he held for just under 14 years. Stephen is experienced in all aspects of Charity Law.
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