The report on the House Price Index (HPI) for the third quarter of 2025 has been released and gives us a clear position as to how the market has performed as the year progresses.

Jersey's economy has been somewhat cocooned from the impact of events occurring in Westminster and beyond. However it has not been without impact on the local property market.

On Tuesday 22 October 2013, Guernsey and Jersey signed inter-governmental agreements (IGAs) with the UK in relation to tax information exchange.

On Friday 24 February 2012, Jersey’s Chief Minister, Senator Ian Gorst, and Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K. C. Chan, signed a double taxation agreement ("DTA") jointly.

It has long been possible, under Rule 17/3(1)(b) of the Royal Court (Jersey) Rules 2004, for the Judicial Greffier to hear and determine (in chambers) an application for the registration of a power of attorney...

Since Collas Crill opened its Singapore office in August - the first Channel Islands law firm to do so - there has been a great deal of interest in the various wealth planning structures both Channel Islands have to offer.

A conveyancer is the professional who deals with the act of transferring the legal title to the property or land; your new home.

The First-tier Tribunal of England and Wales has not accepted the settlors’ / protectors’ position that they do not possess the information requested by HMRC.

The Supreme Court of Bermuda refused a minority shareholder's application to expedite a section 106 appraisal trial arising from the Golden Ocean Group merger.

In a recent decision Guernsey’s Employment and Discrimination Tribunal dismissed an applicant’s claim for unfair dismissal and held that the respondent employer had acted reasonably in treating the applicant’s misconduct as a sufficient reason for his dismissal.

It has been said that sometimes one spends so much time looking at the door that is closing that one does not see the door that is open. For Jersey the door that is closing is the UK as the benefits of offshore structures have been almost completely stripped away for UK domiciled persons.

In recent years, the reporting obligations on trustees worldwide have been increasing incrementally, with FATCA and the Common Reporting Standards imposing an extra annual obligation on top of the usual menu of tasks...

In unanimously dismissing the appeal, the Board found that in determining whether payments had been made for an improper purpose, on the facts general purpose could not be separated...

The Grand Court granted an ex parte injunction restraining Blue Gold Limited from proceeding with an EGM intended to cause the passing of a resolution...

The Cayman Islands Grand Court (the Court) has introduced a significant enhancement to its discovery framework through the addition of Rule 7A to Order 24 of the Grand Court Rules, which came into force on 30 March 2026

This decision concerns the purpose of a worldwide freezing order (WFO) and the relevance of asset disclosure to the policing of a WFO.

As part of the Cayman Islands' implementation of the OECD's enhanced Common Reporting Standard (CRS) framework, commonly referred to as CRS Regime 2.0, the Tax Information Authority (International Tax Compliance) (Common Reporting Standard) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 introduced a new requirement for all Cayman Financial Institutions (FIs) to appoint a Principal Point of Contact (PPOC) based in the Cayman Islands.

This decision provides helpful guidance on the appropriate scope of powers to be sought in a recognition of liquidators by the High Court of Hong Kong. The powers sought should be no wider than those genuinely required.

In a much anticipated and significant judgment, the United Kingdom Supreme Court this week confirmed in Rukhadze and Others v Recovery Partners GP Ltd and another [2025]...

Collas Crill has contributed to the Clifford Chance Unilateral Opinion Clauses Survey 2024.