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Green & Smart case study

Background Green & Smart Holdings plc operates in the renewable energy sector in Malaysia, focusing on the generatio...

Guides 04/10/2016
  • Jersey
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One for the ages? Jersey's new age discrimination law

"Age", the actress Helen Hayes once quipped, "is not important unless you're a cheese." Or – one might be tempted to add...

Insight 24/08/2016
  • Jersey
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One for the ages? Jersey's new age discrimination law

Factsheet: State immunity case Court of Appeal win

Following a landmark case in Jersey's Royal Court earlier this year, Collas Crill has once again acted for the winning p...

Guides 08/08/2016
  • Jersey
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Cell structures in Guernsey and Jersey

There are two types of cell companies: The Protected Cell Company(PCC); and The Incorporated Cell Company(ICC) and its ...

Guides 27/06/2016
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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New market abuse regime: One month to go

From 3 July 2016, the new Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) will be brought in across the EU. MAR will have a significant im...

Insight 18/05/2016
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
  • Cayman
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New market abuse regime: One month to go

Jersey's quasi-forced heirship rules

Jersey draws a distinction between movable and immovable property (broadly speaking real estate but not share transfer p...

Guides 13/05/2016
  • Jersey
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The Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984: Have your say…

The Chief Minister's Department has recently issued a consultation paper on proposed changes to the Trusts (Jersey) Law ...

Guides 13/05/2016
  • Jersey
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The common reporting standard

With the globalisation of the financial sector, it is now much easier for individuals and corporate entities to hold ass...

Guides 05/05/2016
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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In the matter of the S Trust and the T Trust: Mistake

The Settlors of two Jersey law trusts sought orders from the Royal Court that the transfer of money into those trusts be...

Guides 05/05/2016
  • Jersey
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In the matter of the K Trust

Facts In the years following the death of the settlor and the retirement of the original trustee (who were close friends...

Guides 05/05/2016
  • Jersey
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Duties for the exercise of a fiduciary power….the smell test!

In the Representation of the Jasmine Trustees Limited [2015] JRC196 the Royal Court had to consider whether or not new t...

Guides 05/05/2016
  • Jersey
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Mistake: Setting aside voluntary dispositions

Given the favourable tax regimes in play across the Channel Islands, it is not surprising that incorrect tax advice is a...

Insight 10/03/2016
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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Mistake: Setting aside voluntary dispositions