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Pitfalls of the homemade will from a Cayman perspective
This article was first published by STEP Cayman on 15 February 2021 As a longstanding wills and estate practitioner I ha...
Insight 09/11/2021- Cayman
Latest guidance from ECSC Court of Appeal on global anti-suit injunctions
The Court of Appeal in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court recently handed down its Judgment in relation to an applicati...
Insight 04/11/2021- BVI
Fears for TIEAs: Mutual exchange agreements want to rule the offshore world
The OECD website lists 518 Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) entered into between 2000 and 2012. They are huge...
Insight 19/10/2021- Guernsey
The BVI common law after Broad Idea
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has recently handed down its heavily anticipated Judgment in the conjoined B...
Insight 08/10/2021- BVI
Jersey: Ideally placed for Islamic investors
Group Partner Mike Williams and Associate Alexander Price feature in the latest edition of Jersey First for Finance. Sup...
Insight 07/10/2021- Jersey
Liquidator investigations and witness immunity
In Al Jaber v Mitchell [2021] EWCA Civ 1190 the English Court of Appeal has recently grappled with the issue of whether ...
Insight 05/10/2021- Jersey
Jersey employment law: What are the risks of dismissing an employee with less than 52 weeks' continuous service?
Employees in Jersey have the benefit of statutory protection from being unfairly dismissed after 52 weeks' continuous se...
Insight 01/10/2021
Changing times, changing needs: The growing demand among Middle Eastern families for succession planning structures in the Channel Islands
An article by Group Partner Angela Calnan has been published in eprivateclient:'Changing times, changing needs: The grow...
Insight 28/09/2021- Guernsey
Cryptocurrencies in liquidation: Perspectives from Cayman and the BVI
This article was originally published in Global Restructuring Review in September 2021. In this article, we consider how...
Insight 20/09/2021- Cayman
- BVI
New amendment in BVI supercharges Financial Investigation Agency's powers
Readers beware - the Financial Investigation Agency's (FIA) functions and powers have been extensively expanded. FIA can...
Insight 02/09/2021- BVI
Time waits for no MLRO: GFSC thematic review on reporting suspicion
The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has reported the results of its 2020 thematic review. The review centr...
Insight 19/08/2021- Guernsey
SPAC to the future: Part II
From 10 August 2021, the long awaited changes to the United Kingdom Listing Association (UKLA) Listing Rules will come i...
Insight 09/08/2021- Guernsey
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