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No fault divorces to be introduced in Guernsey

No Fault Divorce – Matrimonial Causes (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2022 The States of Guernsey has published legislation...

Insight 21/06/2022
  • Guernsey
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No fault divorces to be introduced in Guernsey

Useful clarification from the BVI Commercial Court on late amendments to statutory demands and other matters

In BEC Limited v (1) A2 and (2) A1 (BVIHC (COM) 2022/0059) in which judgment was handed down on 2 June 2022, the BVI Com...

Insight 21/06/2022
  • BVI
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Useful clarification from the BVI Commercial Court on late amendments to statutory demands and other matters

Green bonds: For us it's personal

A green bond is a debt finance instrument used to raise funds specifically for a "green" purpose such as a renewable ene...

Insight 10/06/2022
  • Cayman
  • BVI
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Green bonds: For us it's personal

Where there’s smoke there’s a fire(wall)

We discuss the difficulties of enforcing onshore judgments in offshore jurisdictions in an article published in the late...

Insight 08/06/2022
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
  • Cayman
  • BVI
  • London
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Where there’s smoke there’s a fire(wall)

Podcast: On the sofa with... Crypto-assets in private wealth structures

In episode 6 of our On the sofa podcast, Christian Hay, Collas Crill's head of dispute resolution in Guernsey, discusses...

Insight 01/06/2022
  • Guernsey
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Podcast: On the sofa with... Crypto-assets in private wealth structures

Executor not arbiter: The role of the trustee in a dispute between beneficiaries

This article examines the very recent decision handed down by the Bermuda Court of Appeal in the matter of Ingham &...

Insight 27/05/2022
  • Guernsey
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Executor not arbiter: The role of the trustee in a dispute between beneficiaries

Case update: Jersey Royal Court clarifies the scope of costs 'of and incidental to' proceedings

A very brief costs overview A successful party to litigation will likely wish to try and recover its legal costs. The g...

Insight 25/05/2022
  • Jersey
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Case update: Jersey Royal Court clarifies the scope of costs 'of and incidental to' proceedings

FATF landmark report: A Guernsey perspective

This Report is gold dust and a glimpse at what the future may hold! On 20 April 2022, the Financial Action Task Force (F...

Insight 24/05/2022
  • Guernsey
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FATF landmark report: A Guernsey perspective

New Law Journal: Overview of insolvency in the Channel Islands

In the first of a three-part series on Jersey and Guernsey law in the New Law Journal, Partner Michael Adkins, Group Par...

Insight 23/05/2022
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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New Law Journal: Overview of insolvency in the Channel Islands

Strategy for nature: Changing the use of land while enhancing biodiversity

Senior Planning Consultant Chris Crew joined Collas Crill in April 2022 to offer specialist planning advice as part of t...

Insight 27/04/2022
  • Guernsey
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Strategy for nature: Changing the use of land while enhancing biodiversity

Podcast: On the sofa with... Reporting suspicion In Guernsey

In the fifth episode of our On the sofa podcast, Of Counsel Nin Ritchie and Executive Director of Collas Crill Complianc...

Insight 26/04/2022
  • Guernsey
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Podcast: On the sofa with... Reporting suspicion In Guernsey

Divorce: Who gets the dog?

'My husband has left and taken the dog and boy do I miss her …' With apologies to Les Dawson, the issue of who gets the ...

Insight 21/04/2022
  • Guernsey
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Divorce: Who gets the dog?