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The Royal Court of Jersey, in the recently handed down judgment in M v W Limited and Others, has provided useful guidance for trustees in circumstances, outside the context of discovery ...

In December 2018 the Jersey Court of Appeal issued a judgment which has clarified the test for rectification of a trust, with some corresponding criticism of the rationale in the Royal Court's original decision...

The Banking Business (Jersey) Law 1991 (Banking Law) allows Jersey banking business (technically deposit-taking business) to be transferred from one licensed bank to another by means of a court-sanctioned scheme.

In the matter of the Y Trust, Royal Court Reported Judgment 25 March 2015.

The common law restriction on enforcing nonmoney judgments (Rule 35(1) of Dicey Morris & Collins) ("Dicey") has been amended in Jersey.

The Trust has only one material asset.

A former trustee’s equitable lien is separate from any contractual right to an indemnity a former trustee may have under a deed of retirement of trustees.

The doctrine of tracing involves rules by which to determine whether one form of property interest is properly to be regarded as substituted for another.

When a marriage breaks down and one party issues divorce proceedings it can be a difficult time for everybody involved.

General Mohammed Abacha, President of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998, stole millions of dollars of Nigerian public money when in power.

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...

Will a Jersey trustee be compelled to reveal otherwise confidential trust information to a foreign court where that foreign court issues a letter of request asking for the information?

The recent case of Barclays Wealth Trustees Limited as trustee of the R2R Bulgaria Property Fund & Others v Equity Trust Limited & Others [2013] JRC094 provides further clarification as to the position of third party litigation funding in Jersey.

The latest application dealing with the law of mistake has been decided by the Jersey Royal Court.

The Jersey Court has shown that it continues to expect, and if necessary will demand, compliance with its orders.

The Royal Court has recently clarified the Jersey law position of whether a trust is able to lose its substratum.

You are divorced. You thought it was over and then you hear the names "Wyatt" and "Vince"; does a shiver run down your back or do you throw a party and go to see a family lawyer?