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The Guernsey Court has confirmed that, in rare circumstances, it is appropriate for trustees to demand information from beneficiaries.

The Court of Appeal of Guernsey has overturned a decision holding the Guernsey based former trustees of a Jersey law trust personally liable to repay debts.

Mr Y was an executive director of the Licensee company X. Under the terms of his employment with X, Y was not permitted to accept any other work except with the permission of X.

In modern cross-border litigation it is often absolutely critical to be able to secure evidence and to identify assets in advance of commencing a legal claim.

Trustees holding confidential and commercially sensitive information and documents sometimes face claims for disclosure by third parties who are not within the beneficial class.

On 14th July 2015 the Royal Court of Guernsey handed down judgment in a case that will be of interest to all trust and fiduciary practitioners.

The Court of Appeal has handed down a landmark judgment in M v. St Anne's Trustees Limited, in which Carey Olsen acted for the trustee.

Carey Olsen has successfully represented Utmost Worldwide Limited ("Utmost") in defending claims advanced by International Healthcare Solutions Limited ("IHSL") in the Royal Court.

Carey Olsen's Guernsey litigation team achieved success in an application before the Royal Court of Guernsey recently in what is believed to be a first application of its kind to be determined in this jurisdiction.

The Guernsey Court of Appeal in Molard International (PTC) Limited and Pullborough Int. Corp v Rusnano Capital AG (in liquidation),

In England & Wales proceedings are subject to a series of "Pre-Action Protocols" which set out the steps a Court would expect parties to take prior to commencing proceedings.

The Royal Court of Guernsey gives important guidance to trustees on the decision-making process when reaching a "momentous decision".

The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in Siong Beng Seng v Caldicott Worldwide Limited BVIHCMAP 2020/0020 affirmed the well-established but important principle that an appellate court should be slow to interfere with the case management decision of the lower court.

It is generally accepted that litigation privilege will only apply in circumstances where legal proceedings are already in existence or are reasonably contemplated.

In the recent case of A Limited FURBS [2017] 21/2017, the Guernsey Court held that, in the exceptional circumstances arising...

The recent decision of the Royal Court of Guernsey (the Royal Court) in the matter of Domaille and others v the Guernsey Financial Services Commission involved an appeal to the Royal Court by three individuals (the Appellants) against sanctions imposed upon them by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (the Commission) as directors/managers of a fiduciary services company.

In a recent UK inheritance claim case (Fennessy v Turner & anr [2022] WTLR 1295), an adult child won an inheritance claim against his mother's estate.