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On 23rd September 2015, The States voted to legislate to enable same-sex marriage by January 2017 at the latest.

It is important not to be put off by the size of the task and the sheer volume of material.

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal has ruled that the "no consent" regime, under which the Hong Kong police can withhold consent to move suspect funds indefinitely without a court order, is constitutional.

When a marriage breaks down and one party issues divorce proceedings it can be a difficult time for everybody involved.

The report following the Council of Europe's MONEYVAL 2024 review of the Bailiwick of Guernsey's approach to combating financial crime, has been issued.

The Cayman Islands Grand Court has clarified that it has no jurisdiction to wind up an exempted limited partnership upon a petition presented by a creditor.

Foundations are a relatively new legal concept in Jersey having been introduced by the Foundations (Jersey) Law 2009.

The recent judgment in Dalemont v Senatorov and Others [2012] JRC 044A, in which a Jersey Foundation was found to have committed contempt of court for failing to comply with disclosure orders, contained stark and critical observations regarding the administration of the Jersey Foundation.

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ("ICCPR") is a United Nations multilateral treaty which extends to Jersey.

The risks posed by ‘traditional' forms of fraud (undertaken by dishonest employees or directors diverting funds from client accounts) will always be of concern to financial services businesses.

Following on from the webinar hosted by Baker Regulatory, the Jersey headquartered regulatory experts, discussing the thorny topic of "How Do You Assess Your AML Culture?" below is a summary of the topics discussed.

Freezing orders (formerly known as a Mareva Injunctions) were famously described as "one of the law's two nuclear weapons"[1]. The metaphor has been invoked ever since.

In an important judgment, the Deputy Bailiff of the Royal Court of Jersey has clarified the Jersey law position in relation to two points. Firstly, whether the object of a mere power has standing to sue for breach of trust against trustees. Secondly, whether the principle of 'reflective loss' is directly applicable to a discretionary trust which wholly owns a company.

We are pleased to share the article that Adam Crane and Nicosia Lawson prepared for the ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE | TL4FIRE 2022 Year in Review Magazine on Remedies Available...

You are divorced. You thought it was over and then you hear the names "Wyatt" and "Vince"; does a shiver run down your back or do you throw a party and go to see a family lawyer?

DPAs are arrangements under which an entity voluntarily discloses its own criminal activity to the criminal authorities, and as recognition for this it can avoid criminal prosecution.

On the 15th May 2017, the Chancery Division of the English High Court in O'Keef & Anor v Caner & Ors [2017] EWHC 1105 (Ch) held, as a matter of fact, that the appropriate prescription period...