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Financial Crime Digest spoke with Barry Faudemer, Chief Executive of Baker Regulatory Services, regarding the evolving landscape of asset tracing and financial regulation.

The case, a summary judgment application/interim payment application, provides important guidance on the discharging of the director's duty of care.

Jersey is set to introduce statutory whistleblower protection through draft legislation that establishes a comprehensive framework for raising concerns about wrongdoing. The proposed law defines who can make protected disclosures, outlines reporting procedures, imposes investigation obligations on recipients, and provides robust protections against retaliation including automatic unfair dismissal provisions.

Dishonest assistance is a category of secondary liability that can attach to a person who assists in a breach of trust or a breach of fiduciary duty.

This is the second of two articles on disclosure in civil proceedings in Jersey. The first can be found here.

With a significant proportion of companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange incorporated in the Cayman Islands and approximately 223 Cayman-incorporated...

This Guidance Note will cover a host of practical issues for trustees seeking to step down from office and the practical implications of some recent court decisions on applications to remove a trustee.

Jersey's position as a leading jurisdiction for cross-border corporate structures means shareholder disputes are increasingly litigated in its courts. With the island set to see significant growth in special purpose vehicle usage, understanding the remedies available under Jersey law—from unfair prejudice actions to derivative claims—and how recent developments like the abolition of the shareholder rule are reshaping the litigation landscape has never been more critical for investors and corpora

Following an extensive investigation by the Panamanian authorities into its affairs, PanTrust was banned by the Panamanian regulator from conducting trust business from February 2015.

For the first time, a court has ruled that the operation of a "no consent" regime is unlawful. Under such regimes the decision of a police officer to withhold consent to move assets...

The Trusts (Jersey) Amendment Law 2026 (the Amendment Law) was adopted by the States on 12 December 2025 and, having been approved by the Privy Council on 10 March 2026, came into effect last Friday, on 20 March 2026.

The Royal Court has, in recent decisions on appeal from the Master, affirmed the central importance of compliance with discovery obligations.

The purpose of TIEAs is to facilitate the exchange between countries of information relevant to the enforcement of tax laws. TIEAs have their origins in the OECD's initiative on "harmful tax practices", launched in 1998. In 2002 Jersey publicly committed itself to supporting the initiative. The need to exchange tax information is a major part of the initiative

The legislation governing arbitration in the British Virgin Islands (the "BVI") is the Arbitration Act 2013 (the "Arbitration Act" or the "Act").

Secret commissions and bribes have unfortunately become an increasingly common feature of doing business in certain parts of the world.

Investigating and pursuing serious and complex fraud claims is about staying ahead of the game. Most serious frauds will have an international element, whether in the substantive action or in asset recovery.

Leaving aside the comparatively minor matters dealt with in the Magistrate’s Court, all prosecutions within Jersey are brought in the name of Her Majesty’s Attorney General for Jersey and by dint of modern practice are in the vast majority of cases prosecuted by a Crown Advocate.