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Investec v Glenalla: Privy Council defines the limits of a trustee's liability and the rights of creditors

The Judicial Board of the Privy Council released its important judgment in Investec Trust (Guernsey) Ltd & Anr. v Gl...

Insight 30/04/2018
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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Investec v Glenalla: Privy Council defines the limits of a trustee's liability and the rights of creditors

Investec v Glenalla - Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust

On Monday (23 April 2018), the Privy Council (on appeal from the Guernsey Court of Appeal) handed down its much anticipa...

Insight 27/04/2018
  • Guernsey
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Investec v Glenalla - Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust

The Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust: Judgment 3/2018

In February, the Royal Court of Guernsey provided its latest written judgment in the ongoing litigation surrounding the ...

Insight 26/04/2018
  • Guernsey
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The Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust: Judgment 3/2018

Taxation can prove taxing

"I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets an...

Insight 26/04/2018
  • Guernsey
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Taxation can prove taxing

Cayman Islands anti-money laundering update

Changes to the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations: Application to unregulated (including closed ended/private equity) e...

Insight 25/04/2018
  • Cayman
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Cayman Islands anti-money laundering update

Royal Court decides that where there's a photocopy of a will, there's a way

The Guernsey Royal Court has handed down what is considered to be the first recorded judgment in Guernsey relating to th...

Insight 06/04/2018
  • Guernsey
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Royal Court decides that where there's a photocopy of a will, there's a way

Promises, promises: pursuit of claims on the grounds of proprietary estoppel

The case of Habberfield v Habberfield [2018] EWHC 317 Ch is another example of a growing trend of cases in which claiman...

Insight 05/04/2018
  • Guernsey
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Promises, promises: pursuit of claims on the grounds of proprietary estoppel

Takeover panel 1 - Rangers FC chairman 0: Avoiding own goals when buying shares offshore

Rangers Football Club has been a continual source of material for both the press and the legal profession due to its hig...

Insight 22/03/2018
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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Takeover panel 1 - Rangers FC chairman 0: Avoiding own goals when buying shares offshore

Can directors trust(ee) prescription periods to save them?

In a case that has interesting parallels for Guernsey, the Supreme Court of England and Wales recently released a judgme...

Insight 22/03/2018
  • Guernsey
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Can directors trust(ee) prescription periods to save them?

The time has come for Guernsey to codify its "get out of jail free" card…

In two cases from 2018, M –v- St Annes Trustees Limited and In the matter of the Aylesford and Achilles Trusts, the Roya...

Insight 19/03/2018
  • Guernsey
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The time has come for Guernsey to codify its "get out of jail free" card…

Litigants in person: Duties and rights

In a significant decision relating to the duties and rights of litigants in person, the Supreme Court has dismissed an a...

Insight 02/03/2018
  • Guernsey
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Litigants in person: Duties and rights

Unexplained wealth orders

Do you have property worth more than £50,000, either personally or on behalf of a client? If so, you could be on the rec...

Insight 26/02/2018
  • Guernsey
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Unexplained wealth orders