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Robert Meakin

Robert is a charity lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience advising charities and not-for-profits, and schools. He is experienced in advising clients on applications for charity registrations, high-profile charity investigations, charity disputes and mergers. Robert is an ex-Charity Commission lawyer who holds a PhD in Charity Law and is the author of The Law of Charitable Status: Maintenance and Removal (CUP, 2008) and Charity in the NHS: Policy and Practice (Jordans, 1998). Robert holds an LLM in Canon Law (Distinction) and offers canon and charity law to religious charities. · Keystone Law

EnglandCharities, Not-for-Profit

About

Robert Meakin is a charity lawyer at Keystone Law with more than 30 years’ experience advising charities, not-for-profits and schools on charity registration, regulatory investigations, disputes and mergers. An ex-Charity Commission lawyer, he holds a PhD in Charity Law and an LLM in Canon Law (Distinction) and is the author of The Law of Charitable Status: Maintenance and Removal (CUP, 2008) and Charity in the NHS: Policy and Practice (Jordans, 1998).

Practice areas

CharitiesNot-for-ProfitEducationRegulatory & ComplianceCanon Law

Office

Expertise

Religious CharitiesCharity Regulation & InvestigationsCharity DisputesCharity MergersEducation (Schools)

Education

  • PhD in Charity Law
  • LLM in Canon Law (Distinction)

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor (1998)