The former Bailiff of Jersey, Sir Philip Bailhache has recently delivered a judgment in In re R [2011] JRC 117 which declines to follow the English Court of Appeal’s test for mistake established in Pitt v Holt .

A question of crucial importance for the Royal Court - Commissioner Page QC - was therefore, whose knowledge could be attributed to the acts of the Defendant Companies.

On 26 September 2024, the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 (the "Amendment Act") was published in the BVI Gazette, marking a significant development in the jurisdiction's corporate legislative framework.

The recent judgment of the Royal Court of Jersey in Pender v GHH (Jersey) Ltd & Ors [2019] JRC228 has provided important guidance on the approach to be taken when joining parties to

A recent judgment[1] of the Royal Court casts light on the Island's conviction-based confiscation regime at a time when the States of Jersey is busy sharpening the claws of Jersey's investigatory...

On 16th July 2014 the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in FHR European Ventures LLP and others v Cedar Capital Partners LLC [2014] UKSC 45.

On 18 March 2010, the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, signed into law the "Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act". A number of incentives are contained within the Act for boosting employment, such as payroll tax relief and business credits for "hiring and retaining unemployed workers".

Litigation privilege is an auxiliary principle that buttresses the constitutional right of access to justice and should be kept within justifiable bounds. Without litigation privilege

On 2 November 2023, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former billionaire head of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), was convicted on seven counts of fraud...

Up until the landmark Privy Council decision in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd & Ors No 2 (Bermuda) [2025] UKPC 34, a company could not, in the course of litigation between...

The Supreme Court last week handed down its much-anticipated judgment in Philipp, clarifying the rationale and scope of the duty established in Barclays Bank...

The Jersey Court of Appeal ("Leeds United Football Club Limited v Weston and Levi" [2012] JCA 083) has confirmed the Royal Court’s ruling ([2011] JRC 185) that there is a clear distinction between challenging the jurisdiction of the Jersey court and seeking a stay in favour of a more appropriate forum.

The UK's new Bribery Act has been long in the making. After much debate and speculation, sometimes informed and sometimes not, it is to come into force later this summer, namely on 1 July 2011.

A Jersey law trust. A Jersey corporate trustee. Divorcing beneficiaries, both of whom are resident in a foreign jurisdiction. What should you do? What shouldn’t you do?

A Pre-Nuptial Agreement was the subject of the recent English Supreme Court decision in the case of Radmacher v Granatino, generating great media interest. What does it mean for couples contemplating marriage in Jersey?

The application was brought by two individuals (the Petitioners) who were retail users and investors on the centralised cryptocurrency exchange, Atom Asset Exchange (AAX), via its platform...

In October 2017 the English High Court handed down a significant judgment in which it found that the assets of five discretionary trusts settled by Russian oligarch, Sergei Pugachev could be used to satisfy claims by Mr Pugachev's creditors.

Following the world's largest hack of a cryptocurrency exchange, ByBit, on 21 February 2025, in which approximately USD 1.4 billion dollars was misappropriated...

Under the various Codes of Practice issued by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the "JFSC") the Boards of regulated businesses are required to undertake and keep an up to date Business...

Never come across the term Decentralised Autonomous Organisation ("DAO") before? You're not alone, but as of 13 January 2025, these virtual organisations...