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It has never been clearly decided what limitation period applies in Jersey to a claim alleging breach of fiduciary duty against a company director or other fiduciary.

At a Breakfast Briefing Event this week, entitled ‘Walking The Tightrope', Baker and Partners provided guidance on current regulatory ‘Hot Topics' to Jersey's compliance industry.

James Sheedy will be joining co-panelists for the third event in the ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client series.

Our ‘Whistleblowing: A Force for Good or Evil?' webinar will take place on Thursday 15th July and is a part of our Masterclass series that covers the multi-jurisdictional A-Z of preventing, detecting and responding to financial crime.

One might think that cyber-currencies are fundamentally unsuitable for trusts as their reputation for volatility and lack of transparency flies in the face of traditional ideas of prudence and conservatism.

Our ‘The Good, the Bad and the Outright Ugly Asset Recovery Strategies' webinar will take place on Thursday 17th June and is a part of our Masterclass series that covers the multi-jurisdictional A-Z of preventing.

Baker & Partners together with Baker Regulatory Services successfully negotiated Jersey's first deferred prosecution agreement under the Criminal Justice Deferred Prosecution Agreements...

In July 2015, in their broad reaching proposition on 'Same-sex Marriage, Divorce and Dissolution', the States agreed, in principle, to make significant changes to divorce law in Jersey.

The FCA has won a crucial legal victory after the Supreme Court ruled that it had not wrongfully identified a former senior banker at JP Morgan blamed for the American Bank's "London Whale" trading scandal.

There are very few circumstances in life that The Life of Brian doesn't have a suitable quote for. The "What have the Romans ever given us?" scene sprang to mind recently when listening to not uncommon complaints that the compliance function was hindering business development or being otherwise obstructive or unhelpful.

qualified English Solicitor, Lynne brings over 25 years of practical law expertise covering a wide range of disciplines including litigation and regulatory compliance, areas in which Baker & Partners specialises.

Two central questions lay at the heart of the trial in Dalemont which was due to commence on 30 September 2013, but which did not go ahead following a concession of the claim by Mr Senatorov less than an hour before the trial was due to start.

On 27 April 2017 the latest UK government measure designed to combat offshore tax evasion received Royal Assent. It will shortly be a criminal offence for an institution to fail to prevent...

Written by Associate Nia Statham and Partner Shaun Reardon-John, this guide shares the legal asset recovery tools available for victims of cryptoasset fraud in the British Virgin Islands.

In the recent judgment in Wang Wenwei v SPQR Limited Partnership, the BVI Commercial Court considered the novel issue of whether the Court has power to appoint provisional liquidators...

The way companies handle and control personal data is on the brink of a seismic shift, partly as a response to the ever increasing digital economy and society.

Trusts are a wonderfully flexible and durable means of preserving and enhancing family businesses and wealth over generations, as is evidenced by the fact that they remain as relevant in the modern world as they have done over centuries.