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The recent case of Cafe de Lecq Limited v R A Rossborough (Insurance Brokers) Limited 2012 JRC 53 has put an end to the cry Sit"s in the small print.

There have been significant developments in the United Kingdom during the past two decades in the funding of commercial litigation.

On 15 August, the Deputy Bailiff (the second most senior Judge) handed down judgment in the landmark case of Mubarak v. Mubarak.

It has been more than 2 years since the Crown Dependencies, alongside a number of other non-EU relevant jurisdictions (including the British Overseas Territories of Bermuda, BVI and Cayman)...

Preservation of wealth – current and future – is not usually high on the agenda (or on it at all) in the romantic froth of wedding preparations.

In the matter of C Trust Company Ltd v L2 & 2D and MS, KD, JD, MaD and MD [2009 JRC 048].

A first-of-its-kind Jersey law enabling Jersey Mutual Insurance Society (Society) to restructure as a company limited by guarantee has now come into force...

Reforms to BVI probate rules have placed more pressure than ever before on practitioners to have their paperwork in proper order for grant applications ...

Assets can be classified as either immoveables (real estate) : land, freehold property, leases of over nine years; or moveables (personal estate) : cash in bank accounts, shares (including shares in share transfer properties), units in unit trusts, jewellery etc.

Andrew Deighton explains what Jersey has to offer to a specialist insurance and reinsurance lawyer and to the international insurance and reinsurance industry.

According to a report earlier this year published by Grant Thornton (Global Insurers – Mergers & Acquisitions) "… improved macroeconomic conditions in developed countries, allied to the availability of attractive financing options is having a positive effect on [insurance] firms’ appetite to re-enter the M&A market."

At the material time, A Trustees Limited had become the sole trustee of a discretionary settlement established in 1987 for the benefit of V and W (respectively, husband and wife) and their issue.

Q4/2021 saw a number of legislative updates that are directly relevant to directors of Jersey and Guernsey businesses.

A Pre-Nuptial Agreement was the subject of the recent English Supreme Court decision in the case of Radmacher v Granatino, generating great media interest. What does it mean for couples contemplating marriage in Jersey?