Jennifer Scott

Jennifer Scott is a senior solicitor in our Corporate & Commercial team and a member of our Charities & Education team. She advises clients from our Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Wokingham offices, as well as remotely.

Jennifer primarily advises charities, schools and other third sector organisations in relation to charity law and regulatory matters, including general governance, Charity Commission and Charity Law compliance and the formation, incorporation or conversion of charities.

She also advises a broader range of businesses and organisations on a variety of commercial issues. Jennifer is recommended in The Legal 500.

She re-joined Blandy & Blandy in 2024, having completed her training at the firm and spent time working in-house for large national charity and at another regional firm.

Examples of recent work

• Data protection: drafting cookie and privacy policies (for external and internal business use), carryout data protection audits and advising and, and dealing with, DSARs on behalf of clients.
• Intellectual property: advising and preparing trade mark applications, copyright, advising on oppositions and disputes, drafting licensing agreements and negotiating co-existence terms and undertakings.
• Contract matters (for private and third sector clients): general terms and conditions (B2B and B2C) that incorporate distance, off-premises and on-premises sales of products, influencer and social media endorsement agreements, SaaS agreements (including software as a subscription), supply arrangements for goods and services.
• Advising charity clients on incorporating, recommending suitable charitable vehicles (including Charitable Incorporated Organisations and Community Interest Companies), dealing with the transfer of assets and obtaining the Charity Commission's consent (where required).
• Dealing with Charity Commission compliance and submitting cases to make regulated amendments to a charity's governing document requiring Commission consent.
• Drafting governing documents.
• Charitable objects and preparing applications for organisations to be registered with charitable status.
• Advising on regulatory and compliance matters, from drafting conflict of interest policies to advising trustees in carrying out investigations following internal allegations and advising on charity mergers.