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Trusts on tour: Jurisdiction clauses in trust instruments

Commercial parties have grown accustomed to addressing questions as to the law governing disputes between them and the f...

Guides 10/12/2015
  • Jersey
  • Guernsey
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Trusts on tour: Jurisdiction clauses in trust instruments

Investment funds in Guernsey

Guernsey has been an established base for collective investment funds for decades. Guernsey-based funds are promoted and...

Guides 04/11/2015
  • Guernsey
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Investment funds in Guernsey

Modern Muslim succession planning

Many modern Middle Eastern families are looking offshore to avoid the forced-heirship provisions of Shari’a law. Having ...

Guides 28/10/2015
  • Guernsey
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Modern Muslim succession planning

Limited Liability Partnerships: A new form of Guernsey partnership

Legislation for the introduction of Limited Liability Partnerships in Guernsey came into force in 2014. A general partne...

Guides 23/10/2015
  • Guernsey
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Limited Liability Partnerships: A new form of Guernsey partnership

The Jersey Depositors Compensation Scheme

The Banking Business (Depositors Compensation) (Jersey) Regulations (the "Regulations") established a Jersey depositors ...

Guides 23/10/2015
  • Jersey
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The Jersey Depositors Compensation Scheme

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”): SPAC to the future

Special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) or “cash shells” are back in fashion. We are seeing greater interest tha...

Guides 21/10/2015
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
  • Cayman
  • BVI
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Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (“SPACs”): SPAC to the future

The role and duties of an executor/ administrator

The role of an executor/ executrix or administrator is a personal one, in that you are appointed either by a will or by ...

Guides 20/10/2015
  • Jersey
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The role and duties of an executor/ administrator

Sham trusts

A substantive sham is where the terms of a trust appear to create equitable rights in others, but in fact the terms do n...

Guides 20/10/2015
  • Jersey
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Sham trusts

The supervisory jurisdiction of the court and foundations

IN THE MATTER OF THE REPRESENTATION OF A LIMITED AND IN THE MATTER OF THE F FOUNDATION AND IN THE MATTER OF ARTICLES 43-...

Guides 20/10/2015
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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The supervisory jurisdiction of the court and foundations

Review of the Foundations Law of Guernsey and Jersey

Jersey’s foundations law came into force in 2009. It gave birth to a new Jersey legal entity, this creature of statute b...

Guides 20/10/2015
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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Review of the Foundations Law of Guernsey and Jersey

A rare example of a court exploring the nature of unit trusts

Barclays Wealth Trustees (Jersey) Limited & Another v Equity Trust (Jersey) Limited and Another [2014] JRC102D Summa...

Guides 20/10/2015
  • Jersey
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A rare example of a court exploring the nature of unit trusts

Advantages of the Guernsey trust regime

Guernsey has an excellent reputation as a trust jurisdiction, recognised by the OECD through its inclusion on the first “...

Guides 20/10/2015
  • Guernsey
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Advantages of the Guernsey trust regime