‘A group of persons may be numerous but, if the nexus between them is their personal relationship to a single propositus or to several propositi, they are neither the community nor a section of the community for charitable purposes’ (per Lord Simmonds, Oppenheim v Tobacco Securities Trust Co Ltd [1951] AC 297, 306).’
Discuss the above statement in relation to the public benefit test within the ambit of Charity Law. Your answer should also analyse whether the personal nexus test differs in charities set up for the relief of poverty
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