Charity Commission gives JLC green-light on Newmark investigation

The Charity Commission has approved the terms of reference for an independent panel to review the historic financial allegations at the Jewish Leadership Council. 

The panel will be comprised of Dawn Freedman, a retired judge; Derek Zissman, the former vice-chairman of KPMG; and Michael Scott, a solicitor for Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, who specialises in charities.

All three have confirmed they have no conflicts of interest in relation to the JLC, Jeremy Newmark or any of the 2013 trustees or current trustees.

Last month the JC revealed that an internal audit into the conduct of Mr Newmark while he was JLC chief executive reported that he deceived the organisation out of tens of thousands of pounds and misled charities about the cost of projects he worked on.