Cases

North London Central Mosque Trust v Policy Exchange & Anor

Held

Striking out the claim:

The trustees could only sue on behalf of C if C could itself sue. Not having been incorporated, C did not exist as a legal entity. Accordingly it had no reputation. While a non-corporate charity could "in a loose sense, have a good or bad reputation which might encourage or discourage people from giving it money," a reputaton in such a loose sense was "not good enough" for a claim in libel.

No useful analogy could be drawn with trade unions, which in certain circumstances can sue or be sued. Parliament had not conferred capacity to sue on C or on charitable trusts in general.

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