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AML actions for Cayman financial services providers

Recent amendments to the Cayman Islands Proceeds of Crime Law (2018 Revision) ("POCL") and the Cayman Islands Anti-Money...

Insight 27/09/2018
  • Cayman
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AML actions for Cayman financial services providers

Privilege is a right not a privilege

The Court of Appeal's decision in SFO v ENRC In 2017 we wrote on the risk to privilege not applying to certain document...

Insight 21/09/2018
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
  • London
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Privilege is a right not a privilege

Collas Crill looks at recent legal technology trends in Jersey

NOTE: Article originally published in Jersey Association of Directors, Quorum magazine A key trend that we have seen rec...

Insight 29/08/2018
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Collas Crill looks at recent legal technology trends in Jersey

Hazel Liang v RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited

For the first time, the Royal Court of Guernsey has had to deal with the consequences of Guernsey's law enforcement, the...

Insight 20/06/2018
  • Guernsey
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Hazel Liang v RBC Trustees (Guernsey) Limited

The clock is ticking on Cayman's Beneficial Ownership Regime. Are you compliant?

If you are weary of all the changes currently happening with respect to regulatory obligations of Cayman Islands compani...

Insight 05/06/2018
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The clock is ticking on Cayman's Beneficial Ownership Regime. Are you compliant?

Jersey court considers interpretation of trust in foreign language (Titris SA v A)

First published on Lexis®PSL Private Client on 17 April 2018. This article explores the case of Titris SA v A, a Jersey ...

Insight 22/05/2018
  • Jersey
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Jersey court considers interpretation of trust in foreign language (Titris SA v A)

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