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CRS reporting in Guernsey: Exemptions for pensions

In the third of Compliance Matters' series of regulatory columns by experts in Guernsey’s legal sector, we discuss ...

Insight 26/07/2017
  • Guernsey
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CRS reporting in Guernsey: Exemptions for pensions

Guernsey regulations for pension schemes and gratuity schemes now in place

Following a short but comprehensive consultation with industry, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has is...

Insight 17/07/2017
  • Guernsey
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Guernsey regulations for pension schemes and gratuity schemes now in place

HMRC's Register of Trusts Goes Live! Here is our practical guidance for trustees

On 26 June 2017, as part of the UK's implementation of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD), the Beneficial O...

Insight 17/07/2017
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
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HMRC's Register of Trusts Goes Live! Here is our practical guidance for trustees

When should Guernsey trustees submit to foreign divorce proceedings?

When a beneficiary of a trust becomes involved in foreign matrimonial proceedings, the offshore trustee can be faced wit...

Insight 08/06/2017
  • Guernsey
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When should Guernsey trustees submit to foreign divorce proceedings?

Legal professional privilege: It mustn’t be taken for granted!

Two recent English judgments have emphasised just how restrictive the scope of legal professional privilege is and the l...

Insight 02/06/2017
  • Guernsey
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Legal professional privilege: It mustn’t be taken for granted!

Common questions from employers: Pensions and employee benefit schemes in Guernsey

Both employers and trustees have a duty to ensure that any pension or employee benefit scheme (set up by them for their ...

Guides 26/05/2017
  • Guernsey
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Pensions and employee benefit schemes in Guernsey

Are you an employer? Or are you a trustee which administers pensions or employee benefit schemes? When did you last revi...

Guides 26/05/2017
  • Guernsey
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Guernsey's population management regime

It's all change at the States of Guernsey with the Housing (Control of Occupation) (Guernsey) Law, 1994 being replaced b...

Guides 22/05/2017
  • Guernsey
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The road to freedom

A review of landmark decision of Illot (Respondent) v The Blue Cross and others (Appellands) [2017] UKSC 17 As many peop...

Guides 19/04/2017
  • Guernsey
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Have you found 'the one'?

It's a question that potential claimants – including those thinking of making claims against trustees, or any company wi...

Insight 28/03/2017
  • Guernsey
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Have you found 'the one'?

The new population management law: Are you ready?

It's all change at the States of Guernsey with the Housing (Control of Occupation) (Guernsey) Law, 1994 being replaced b...

Insight 15/03/2017
  • Guernsey
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The new population management law: Are you ready?

Protected cell companies: A tool for managing an asset portfolio

Protected Cell Companies (PCCs) have existed in Guernsey for more than ten years and have been widely replicated in othe...

Guides 21/02/2017
  • Guernsey
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