Over the last year Covid-19 restrictions (including lockdown) have been justified on the basis that they are intended to flatten the curve whilst a vaccine was being developed.

The Government of Gibraltar yesterday published its ‘Unlock the Rock' plan for lifting restrictions and restart the economy. It is the first report produced by HMGOG's Taskforce Restart and Recover and runs to 75 pages covering all ...

The Crimes Act 2011 (the "CA") introduced four offences relating to bribery which can broadly be described as: taking bribes, receiving bribes, bribery of foreign officials and, in relation to corporate entities, failing to prevent bribery.

Peter Young & Anthony Jimenez report on behalf of the Gibraltar Funds and Investment Association (GFIA).

Whilst not much is guaranteed during this strange time, the people behind ranking law firms in the legal directories can...

Video games are no longer confined to small rooms. From personal entertainment systems, to ‘LAN party' subculture, to mainstream media, the industry has transformed and is changing at a...

Last week, data protection lawyer and Partner at Hassans' Michael Nahon received confirmation from WhatsApp that their European Privacy Policy would apply to Gibraltar residents going forward.

Landlords and tenants need to have sensible discussions about the impact of the recent lockdown and restrictions on the tenants' particular businesses,...

The global credit crunch and the resultant slowing of Spain’s housing market has hit tens of thousands of expatriate Britons – as well as other northern Europeans – who own holiday or retirement homes in Andalucia.

The long awaited appeal in Weal v FSC has now been heard and the Judgment of the Court of Appeal handed down (it is available from the Gibraltar Court Service website).

In answer to the question, "not quite". The use of Administration in Gibraltar for insolvent companies is a fairly recent, and in the case of insurance companies, an innovative use of this insolvency procedure.

On the 15 June 2016, Nigel Feetham, partner of Hassans, published an article on a judgment concerning PCC cells recently handed down by the Courts of Guernsey.

Brexit was the most serious threat the Gibraltar financial services industry had ever faced. The 2016 U.K. Brexit referendum result cast ...

On 30th March 2012, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (‘OECD’) released its report evaluating the UK Bribery Act 2010 (‘the Act’) and its enforcement of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (‘the Convention’). The report, running to 79 pages, took an in-depth look at how the UK had implemented the Act, how it has been enforcing it, but cautiously reminded the UK that there was still plenty of work to be done

Gibraltar implemented Protected Cell Company legislation in 2001 and was the first European jurisdiction to do so. Since then Malta has implemented a PCC Act and the UK itself has introduced its own regime for Open Ended Investment Funds.

Regulation (Eu) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories ("EMIR") entered into force in August 2012

Here are a few thoughts on the Gibraltar insurance market as we push into 2018. Hope readers find it interesting and if you have any questions please do let me know.

Time is an abstract concept that in our minds captures the past, the present and the future. Like a clock that constantly measures and tells us the length of the day

Data protection, cybersecurity and privacy – these are the defining talking points of our age. They also represent the three biggest challenges to business in the 21st century.

The optimism over Gibraltar’s on-going economic growth and the development of the jurisdiction as a leading and well regulated finance centre has continued in 2005 despite some uncertainty surrounding the final outcome of a legal ruling on Gibraltar’s proposed new measures on corporate taxes