On 17 October 2023 the British Virgin Islands (the "BVI") was removed from the European Union (the "EU") list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes...

Whether this principle has survived in practice into the present era is a matter of speculation.

A recent case before the Royal Court clarified important aspects of the law relating to Employer's liability for personal injury as well as the approach to apportionment of damages...

Partner Amy Benest, an advocate at Baker & Partners, tells Emily Moore how valuing diversity can foster change within the legal sector.

You provide goods or services to a company, but the company is unable to pay. You know that the person behind the company, who received the benefit of the contract, has the money to pay – and that he is responsible for the company being insolvent.

In JSC BTA Bank v Khrapunov the UK Supreme Court ("UKSC") has provided a stir of excitement for civil fraud practitioners which will, no doubt, sustain many conference speeches over the coming months.

Financial crime is constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated and complex, meaning that new threats are regularly emerging for Jersey. As an International Finance Centre...

The notorious litigation in Mubarak v Mubarik may finally have come to a conclusion in the Jersey Court of Appeal decision on the 19 November 2008.

A recent judgment of the Royal Court has reinforced the wide nature of the court's jurisdiction to order a just and equitable winding up of an insolvent company whilst underlining the court's apparent distaste for désastre in the context of corporate insolvency.

What can you do if you think the sole director of the company you have a shareholding in has given away all its assets? Is a just & equitable winding up justifiable where there is uncertainty as to ...

The way an organisation responds to a regulatory crisis is often as important as the crisis itself. A thoughtful, transparent, and expertly led approach to verification...

The Court of Appeal of Jersey has held that a Jersey statutory provision is not compatible with a human right protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.

Imagine discovering as a newly appointed Non-Executive Director of a financial services business that the client reviews of high-risk clients have not been undertaken for two years...

An ex parte application places a weighty burden upon the court hearing it. This is why the applicant has a duty to make full and frank disclosure of material which both assists and/or hinders their case.

A recent judgment of the Guernsey Royal Court provides comprehensive guidance on the duties of directors. In Carlyle Capital Corp Limited (in liquidation) and ors v Conway and ors there is extensive consideration of the duties owed by a director to the company and the standard of care to be expected. The judgment will be of great interest to the wider offshore financial services market.

The Supreme Court of England & Wales recently affirmed in Jones v Kernott [2011] UKSC 53 the principles upon which the Courts in England & Wales may determine the beneficial interests of unmarried couples in their family home.

In Morelli v Morelli, the Royal Court of Jersey has for the first time ruled on the mechanism and approach by which an undertaking in damages, given pursuant to ex parte injunctive proceedings, is to be enforced.

The Cayman Islands implemented the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (otherwise known as the "New York Convention") via the Foreign Arbitral Awards Enforcement Act...

Major changes to the legislation empowering the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) to impose civil penalties came into force on 12 of March 2026 and could have a significant impact...

In the latest decision in the long-running Sheyko v Consolidated Minerals Limited litigation[1], the Royal Court has revised its approach to awards of pre judgment interest.