Chris Murphy
Senior SolicitorChris advises on a wide range of matters including subsidy control, public procurement and grants.
Chris primarily focuses on working with public sector clients in relation to procurement, governance, public law compliance, devolution issues and legal structures.
He also regularly advises clients across the third sector in matters of charity law, including the formation of new charities, governance and structural issues. In addition, he advised in the first successful appeal to Scottish Ministers against conditions set by a Local Authority under a Community Asset Transfer request.
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Attention Charity Trustees! Charity accounting rules are changing
Changes to accounting rules for charities will come into force from 1st January 2026 under the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 ("2025 Regulations") for financial years beginning on or after 1st January 2026.
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Scottish charities face new disqualification rules from 31 August 2025 - how to prepare
The Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023 has introduced new rules on the automatic disqualification of individuals from acting in Scottish charities, which will apply from 31 August 2025.
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Attention Charity Trustees! New Legal Requirement to Submit Trustee Information from 30 June 2025
As part of new measures being introduced under the Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Act 2023, OSCR has advised that from 30 June 2025, there will be a new legal requirement for all registered charities to provide details of their charity trustees.