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Bafta trustees may have broken charity law by accepting free guest tickets

Chair of membership council says legal advice obtained at own expense suggests offences could have been committed Bafta trustees may have breached charity and company law by accepting free tickets for guests at the organisation’s awards ceremonies, the chair of its membership council has claimed. Michael Pritchett told members at Bafta’s annual general meeting that legal advice obtained at his own expense suggested offences could have been committed by trustees who approved the charity’s account