In In the Matter of the C Trust [2018] JCA 219 (the ‘Trust’) the Jersey Court of Appeal has, for the first time, considered and given guidance o...
Two rape cases were discontinued within days of each other in the UK in December last year. One of them was already three days into the trial, but was...
This case is a welcome further affirmation, following decisions such as that of the Supreme Court in Prest v Petrodel [2013] UKSC 34, that those who s...
The Royal Court of Jersey, Channel Islands has considered a case (The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Doraville Properties Corp and The United States of...
From a Jersey perspective the two most interesting aspects are that (i) contempt of court can constitute unlawful means for the purpose of the tort of...
A number of recent cases have addressed litigation privilege and its parameters however the exact scope has remained somewhat unclear, particularly in...
Important changes were made to the UK’s deemed domicile regime in 2017. These complex new rules pose yet another set of challenges for offshore trus...
In October 2017 the English High Court handed down a significant judgment in which it found that the assets of five discretionary trusts settled by Ru...
In Round 2 of our series of 3 articles on Jersey’s approach to the concept of transparency in respect of beneficial ownership information, we discus...
The recent decision of the English Court of Appeal in SCF Tankers Limited (formerly known as Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation) and Others v Yuri Priv...
The so called “Paradise Papers” data leak has reinvigorated criticism. Such criticism is in large part misplaced where Jersey is concerned. Proper...
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