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Protectors feature regularly in Jersey trusts, being appointed by settlors as a means of ensuring that there will be some element of control over the exercise of the trustees' powers.

In his seminal work Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law, Professor Roy Goode notes if it is only infrequently that English courts will be willing to pierce the corporate veil, it is rarer still to consolidate assets and liabilities...

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 on the principles governing the remedy of rectification.

The States of Jersey's Chief Minister's Department recently issued a consultation paper on a proposed 7th amendment to the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984.

The Judicial Committee of the UK Privy Council has confirmed three key points following the cases Tan Chi Fang and three others v His Majesty's Attorney General (Jersey)...

This was an appeal to the Court of Appeal from the decision of the Royal Court of Jersey.

On 19 March 2026, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ('JCPC') delivered its judgment in A and Ors (Appellants) v C and others (Respondents) [2026] UKPC 11, overturning the findings of the Court of Appeal of Bermuda...

On 23 September 2015 the Royal Court gave judgment in In the matter of the Representation of Jasmine Trustees Limited [2015] JRC 196.

The case, a summary judgment application/interim payment application, provides important guidance on the discharging of the director's duty of care.

The Jersey Royal Court decision of OWH v RTI [2025] JRC137 on 22 May 2025 addresses the challenge to the enforcement of an arbitral award where sanctions are at play.

Dishonest assistance is a category of secondary liability that can attach to a person who assists in a breach of trust or a breach of fiduciary duty.

This Guidance Note will cover a host of practical issues for trustees seeking to step down from office and the practical implications of some recent court decisions on applications to remove a trustee.

This briefing note is intended for trustees who are interested in trustee blessing applications (often arising in contentious or high-stakes trustee decision-making).

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it." – Samuel Johnson.

Following an extensive investigation by the Panamanian authorities into its affairs, PanTrust was banned by the Panamanian regulator from conducting trust business from February 2015.

The Royal Court has, in recent decisions on appeal from the Master, affirmed the central importance of compliance with discovery obligations.

In July 2005 the States of Jersey approved the Companies (Jersey) Law (Amendment No.8). The legislation changed in February 2006. A key purpose of the Amendment is to introduce cell companies into Jersey law.