Jehovah’s Witnesses back in court – Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society

Another instalment in the long-running dispute between the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Charity Commission… 

In Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Britain & Ors v The Charity Commission [2016] EWCA Civ 154 the Court of Appeal has held that the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain (WT) may apply for a judicial review of the Charity Commission’s Production Order that it disclose sensitive documents as part of the statutory inquiry but dismissed an application by Watch Tower for review of the Commission’s decision to open an inquiry into the charity. Continue reading