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How to exit a customer (and minimise separation anxiety)

UK Finance* recently published a set of principles to assist banks in managing this potentially awkward exercise. Underp...

Insight 08/07/2019
  • Guernsey
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How to exit a customer (and minimise separation anxiety)

Agent's authority: Going too far?

A recent decision of the UK High Court involving a banking transaction highlights the importance of a proper understandi...

Insight 08/07/2019
  • Guernsey
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Agent's authority: Going too far?

Banks' liability for fraud on customers by third parties

Earlier this year the UK High Court considered the extent of a bank's duty of care to its customer to prevent fraud on t...

Insight 08/07/2019
  • Guernsey
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Banks' liability for fraud on customers by third parties

A quick glance at reflective loss and shareholder remedies

This article has since been updated to reflect that the reflective loss rule no longer applies to claims by creditors, f...

Insight 19/06/2019
  • Jersey
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A quick glance at reflective loss and shareholder remedies

Capital call facilities: All change?

A recent case, and perhaps the only fund finance case, at least to the authors' knowledge, has seen some lenders rush to...

Insight 19/06/2019
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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Capital call facilities: All change?

The Growing popularity of Private Trust Companies (PTC) in Guernsey

Private Trust Companies (PTC) are currently in vogue. So far in 2019 the Collas Crill International Private Client and T...

Insight 17/06/2019
  • Guernsey
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The Growing popularity of Private Trust Companies (PTC) in Guernsey

Regulating the regulators: The importance of public law

One aspect of compliance that rarely gets mentioned is public law compliance. Public bodies, just like commercial busine...

Insight 11/06/2019
  • Guernsey
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Regulating the regulators: The importance of public law

Settling the 'score' on employers' duties

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal serves to provide employers with a useful reminder of the importance of the dut...

Insight 07/06/2019
  • Guernsey
  • London
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Settling the 'score' on employers' duties

Pragmatic solutions for sensitive trusts: Benjamin Orders and publication of judgments

The matter of the Banayou Trust [2019] JRC 078 The Royal Court has taken a pragmatic approach in blessing a trustee's de...

Insight 05/06/2019
  • Jersey
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Pragmatic solutions for sensitive trusts: Benjamin Orders and publication of judgments

Investing for good: What is "impact" investing?

What is "impact" investing, sometimes referred to as responsible or sustainable finance, and what do trustees, family of...

Insight 31/05/2019
  • Guernsey
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Investing for good: What is "impact" investing?

Channel Islands pensions, savings plans and gratuity schemes update

Angela Calnan was invited to speak at the Channel Islands International Pensions Conference last week to discuss the lat...

Insight 29/05/2019
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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Channel Islands pensions, savings plans and gratuity schemes update

Termination of Guernsey Discretionary Trusts

A recent Royal Court decision has considered when beneficiaries of a discretionary trust are able to require the trustee...

Insight 29/05/2019
  • Guernsey
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Termination of Guernsey Discretionary Trusts