Jack Crisp

Jack Crisp 

Professional Support Lawyer | Guernsey

  • It has been a lot less painful than we expected, and I put this down to the non-confrontational approach Jack suggested.
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  • Jack's ethic, attitude, courtesy and commitment augur well for his future.
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  • Seriously impressive and a great credit to the firm.
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Overview

Jack is a Professional Support Lawyer in the knowledge management team in Guernsey.

Experience

Jack has varied experience on a broad range of work including: corporate and commercial disputes, construction litigation, contentious trust matters, and insolvency. As a fee earner he specialised in legal issues arising from cross-jurisdictional matters including serving documents outside the jurisdiction, forum, applications to use documents from one set of proceedings in another jurisdiction (collateral use), injunctions in support of foreign proceedings (including Mareva freezing, proprietary freezing, and Bankers Trust injunctions) and enforcement of foreign judgments.

Recent experience includes:

  • Advised the vendors of a Guernsey trustee in defending a breach of warranty claim worth in excess of £3.5 million in deferred consideration;
  • Acted for two beneficiaries of a trust in a dispute over how the trust should be divided during a significant family dispute;
  • Acted for investors in a successful attempt to exclude their sub-fund from the liquidation of a protected cell company, and extract it to a new vehicle;
  • Advised an Austrian client on enforcing a €4.5 million judgment against a Guernsey company; and
  • Advised the buyers of a local services business in an action against the sellers for breach of non-compete clauses.

Jack has a passion for problem-solving and prides himself on his direct, no-nonsense style. However, he is approachable and friendly, and prides himself on being able to discuss complex issues without legal jargon.

Background

Jack spent three months on secondment from Collas Crill with Osborne Clarke in London, advising on acquisitions and venture capital, giving him an insight into disputes that arise around SMEs and growing businesses.

Jack qualified as a solicitor of the senior courts of England and Wales with Collas Crill and holds a Masters in Pure Mathematics, specialising in logic.

Jack was admitted to the Guernsey Bar in September 2023.

12 Aug 2024

Court-ordered creditors' winding up of a Jersey company

Jersey is a popular place to establish an asset-holding company. It is well-regulated, creditor-friendly, and the Companies Law is modern, flexible and modelled on English companies legislation.  But what happens when things go wrong and a company b...

24 Jul 2024

Guide: A shareholder-initiated creditors' winding up of a Jersey company

Jersey is a popular place to establish an asset holding company. It is well regulated and creditor friendly, and the Companies Law is modern, flexible and modelled on English companies legislation. But what happens when things go wrong and a company beco...

7 May 2024

Winding up a Jersey company on just and equitable grounds

Jersey is a popular place to establish an asset holding company. It is well regulated, creditor friendly, and the Companies Law is modern, flexible and modelled on English companies legislation. But what happens when things go wrong? This guide looks at ...

18 Jul 2022

New Guernsey charities law deadline

In April 2022, new charities legislation in Guernsey came into force, replacing the Charities and Non Profit Organisations (Registration) (Guernsey) Law 2008 which previously regulated charities and non-profit organisations (NPOs). For those involved in ...

22 Feb 2022

Insolvency year in review: 2021

Welcome to Collas Crill's insolvency year in review of 2021, where we reflect on insolvency developments from last year, both within our firm and across the industry in the jurisdictions in which we operate. 2021 was another year defined by the ongoing p...

19 Aug 2021

GFSC review on reporting suspicion

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has reported the results of its 2020 thematic review. The review centred around the effectiveness of the policies, procedures and controls businesses apply to reporting suspicion of money laundering and t...

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