A statutory image right regime and associated register and legislative regime in Guernsey has been given the go-ahead after debate in the States of Guernsey today.

Guernsey will be the first jurisdiction to have a registrable image right and is therefore ideally placed to structure image rights on behalf of sports and media celebrities.

The legislation is expected to be passed in early 2012, at which point Guernsey will be ideally placed as the key global centre for image rights registration and management.

With the legislation imminent, now is the time to review how the legislation is likely to benefit clients who want to control the way their own image is used and to begin planning for the opportunities that will arise.

This legislation will allow celebrities, sporting personalities and teams and other media personalities to structure their image rights in Guernsey, safe in the knowledge that there is a clear legislative framework. 

Read more in Collas Crill's news release.