Viberts' client (the "Contractor") entered into a property development JCT contract (modified to be governed by Jersey law).

Financing agreements frequently include a provision that requires an agent to be appointed for service of process, more commonly known as a Process Agent.

The Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012 (the Law) provides for registration as a means of perfecting security over intangible moveable property.

There is no generally implied term of good faith in all Jersey law contracts, the Royal Court has held. In doing so, it has answered a question left open in earlier Jersey judgments...

Jersey contracts are not subject to a general duty of good faith and mere silence, without more, cannot amount to a misrepresentation.

19-year-old Zara Holt is spending her summer working alongside lawyers in our Jersey office as part of our legal bursary scheme which supports the next generation of legal professionals through work placements...

Appleby's property team in Jersey has evolved into one of the island's most respected practices through collaborative expertise and strategic growth.

Rather than applying the English common law concept of set-off, some Jersey cases suggest that the local courts should instead apply an analogous Jersey concept of ‘compensation’ as referred to in the Privy Council case of Dyson and Another v Godfray 1884 9 App. Cases 726 and more recently in Guidon Investments Limited v de Carteret (1980) JJ 109.

Ogier recently ventured across the Channel to London to attend the Wilberforce Chambers Commercial Conference 2022 in full force with Alex Horsbrugh-Porter, Mathew Newman, Margeaux Malherbe and...

The extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges for all of us. At Ogier, our robust business continuity planning and technological infrastructure have been...

The decision of the Royal Court in Hong Kong Foods Limited and Another v Robin Hood Curry Limited and Another has brought much needed clarity to the law on misrepresentation...

HMRC has recently, on 31 January 2023, updated its published guidance to confirm that Jersey Property Unit Trusts (JPUTs) are within scope of the trust registration service (TRS)...

The Bank (Recovery and Resolution) (Jersey) Law 2017 (the "Law") was passed by the Jersey States Assembly on 14 February 2017 and registered in the Royal Court on 12 May 2017, ...

On Monday the Government of Jersey confirmed that it will be following a new policy in order to provide additional support to businesses operating from properties that are Government owned.

At its simplest, a family office can be described as a private organisation established to hold and manage the wealth of one or more families. This briefing note will focus...

The Amendment Law will bring into force a modernised LP Law, clarifying a number of existing provisions and enhancing others.

The doctrine of fictional fulfilment works so that where parties enter into a contract subject to a condition precedent and that condition precedent fails, because one of the parties has caused it to fail...

Planning your funeral arrangements in advance can provide crucial guidance for loved ones and help avoid family disputes during an already difficult time. Julian de la Cour, Managing Funeral Director at Maillards Funeral Directors, discusses the practical benefits of documenting funeral wishes, the role of prepaid funeral plans, and how modern funeral services are evolving to celebrate life rather than simply mourn death.

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ("ICCPR") is a United Nations multilateral treaty which extends to Jersey.

1.It has long been postulated that Jersey law imposes a duty of good faith in the performance of contractual obligations.