Case Law

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Case Law

In Blair v Duncan 1902 AC 37 and Houston v Lord Advocate 1917 55 SLR 208 it was held that a benefit for a political party was for public purposes.

National Anti-Vivisection v IRC 1948 AC 31 considered the terms ‘public purposes’, ‘public benefit’ and ‘charitable purposes’