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Clare is a Partner in our Charities and Social Economy Team.

Clare has a background in trust law and advises on a wide range of charity law matters, including: the establishment of charities; trustees' duties and governance; serious incidents; charity mergers; trading; fundraising; and cause related marketing. She has particular expertise in establishing and advising corporate foundations and in advising charities on their interactions with the Charity Commission.

Clare is a member of the Charity Law Association and Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), a Dementia Friend and is a trustee of the Sylvie Nunn Trust.

Hayley is a Managing Associate in our Charities and Social Economy Team.

Hayley trained with Wrigleys and qualified in 2017. Hayley advises on all aspects of governance for charities and not-for-profit organisations. She has recent experience of advising clients on their interactions with the Charity Commission and Fundraising Regulator, and has advised several charities on the governance aspects of their relationships with overseas partners.

She delivers regular trustee training, and her particular expertise includes governance reviews, advising on trustee duties, charity incorporations and mergers, and conflicts of interest.

Hayley regularly gets involved with sector consultations, and has participated in the Charity Tax Group working party on VAT on private school fees and the Charity Law Association (CLA) working party on the new Code of Fundraising Practice. She is a member of the CLA Model Documents Standing Committee.

Nicola is a Senior Charities Counsel in our Charities and Social Economy Team.

Nicola joined the Charities and Social Economy team at Wrigleys Solicitors in 2024 as Senior Charities Counsel. With a distinguished career spanning over two decades, Nicola brings extensive expertise and commitment to the charity sector, having qualified as a solicitor in 1996 in the trusts and charities team at (what was then) Herbert Smith and spent 19 years as the charities knowhow lawyer and in-house counsel at BDB Pitmans (as was).

Nicola was elected to the Charity Law Association (CLA) Executive Committee from 2008 to 2020, and served as its Chair from 2016 to 2019. During her tenure, she played a pivotal role in shaping charity law, contributing to and leading various working parties to respond to key consultations. Notably, she chaired the working party that responded to the Law Commission’s consultation on 'Technical Issues in Charity Law 2015'.

Her contributions extended to ongoing consultations with the Law Commission, culminating in the Charities Bill, introduced in Parliament in 2021, which became the Charities Act 2022. Nicola also provided evidence to the Parliamentary Special Bill Committee.

Nicola has also had liaison with the Charity Tax Group, providing expert input, and she is a regular speaker and commentator on charity law, sharing her insights and knowledge in articles and at various forums and events.

Daniel is an Associate in our Charities and Social Economy Team.

Daniel qualified into the Charities and Social Economy team in September 2020, having trained at Wrigleys.

Daniel has experience working with a range of charitable organisations and social enterprises, including community benefit societies and community interest companies, advising on formation, structures, governance, trustee duties and mergers. Daniel is a member of the firm’s community-led housing, students’ unions and societies teams.

Daniel is a member of the Charity Law Association.