The Government of Jersey has approved official COVID-19 Guidance relating to rent and other payments for landlords and tenants of commercial and residential property during the coronavirus pandemic.

Government advice and new mandatory legislation passed to combat the spread of COVID-19 has caused significant and ongoing disruption to many businesses.

Since our last update on cash box structures at the start of April 2020 (see Jersey cash box structures: a fast route to funding) the UK economy has endured a turbulent Q2 and Q3. According to...

The COVID-19 (Construction Work) (Jersey) Order 2020 (Construction Order) was enacted on 22 April 2020 and applies from 23 April 2020 onwards.

The potential for construction contract disputes has risen sharply in recent months with the true impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on such contracts starting to emerge

Jersey law is not alone in having strict rules regarding the execution of wills. Except in the case of holograph wills of movables (written entirely in the hand of the testator)

Companies and cells can migrate from one jurisdiction to another. In Jersey we are seeing an increased number of entity migrations (or ‘continuances'), both inbound and outbound, with a definite up-tick...

Additional mask wearing restrictions have been introduced for employees working in Jersey's retail premises.

The latest judgment from the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal is believed to be the first employment decision relating to the restrictions imposed on businesses in Jersey due to COVID-19.

In September 2020, only months into what we now know was to become a two-year Global Pandemic, we looked at what Covid-19 might mean for businesses and their creditors.

The problem of confirming identity without face-to-face meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought digital systems for the verification of identity ("Digital ID") into focus...

Currently, the only creditor-driven insolvency process for a Jersey company are désastre proceedings, where the Viscount (the head of the executive arm of the courts of Jersey)...

In light of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, many of us are having to implement measures that see all or a majority of our workforces transition to working remotely.

The Capacity and Self Determination (Jersey) Law 2016 came into effect on 1 October 2018, giving islanders the opportunity to put lasting powers of attorney in place which, ...

Increasing cash flow pressure on businesses caused by the economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation has resulted in a heightened risk for Jersey directors that a company may be...

Many companies are facing new and challenging circumstances given the fast-moving COVID-19 situation. It is likely that during the coming weeks you and your fellow board members will be called upon to make difficult decisions.

With a host of good advice available on hygiene practices and travelling to affected areas, we take a look at some of the issues you might not have considered yet.

It is no surprise, as a result of the wider economic unpredictability arising from COVID-19, that listed companies requiring urgent access to capital are turning their attention back to Jersey

A seismic shift in the employment landscape as a direct consequence of Covid-19 is a real appreciation of whether working from home ‘works'. Historic reticence or a lack of adequate technology previously ...

Developments in technology and the increase in remote working, particularly as a consequence of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), have made the desire or need to use electronic signatures much more acute.