The new guides provide the latest legal information on
litigation funding, initiating a lawsuit, pre-trial proceedings,
discovery, injunctive relief, trials and hearings, settlement,
damages and judgment, appeals, costs, alternative dispute
resolution (ADR) and arbitration.
1 General
1.1 General characteristics of the legal
system
Sources of law
As a largely self-governing British Overseas Territory, the
legal system of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is rooted in
English common law and equitable principles, supplemented by
legislation passed by the BVI's legislature and certain
statutes and instruments passed by the UK Parliament historically
or recently extended to the territory by Order in Council.
