Clark Bursary Fund (Mile-End) Trustees Petitioners [1903] ScotLR 40_352 (05 February 1903)

Clark Bursary Fund (Mile-End) Trustees Petitioners [1903] ScotLR 40_352 (05 February 1903)

The Court held that, given the change in university regulations allowing women to attend and graduate, it was appropriate to authorise the trustees to extend the bursaries and scholarships to female students on the same terms as men.

Citation
[1903] ScotLR 40_352
Parties
Petitioners: Clark Bursary Fund (Mile-End) Trustees
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judgment Date
05 February 1903
Procedural Posture
Petition / Final Order on Petition
Outcome
Petition granted
Legal Topics
Extension of Trust Scheme, University Scholarships and Bursaries, Gender Equality in Educational Trusts
Trusts and Estates Education Law Extension of Trust Scheme University Scholarships and Bursaries Gender Equality in Educational Trusts

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Parties

Clark Bursary Fund (Mile-End) Trustees

Petitioners

Procedural Posture

Petition / Final Order on Petition

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the trustees of a trust for bursaries restricted to male students may extend the benefit to female students in light of changed university regulations.

Ratio Decidendi

The Court held that, given the change in university regulations allowing women to attend and graduate, it was appropriate to authorise the trustees to extend the bursaries and scholarships to female students on the same terms as men.

Court Disposition

Petition granted

Orders

  • Trustees authorised to extend bursaries and scholarships to female students at the University of Glasgow on the same terms as men.