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The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (Court of Final Appeal) has delivered its highly anticipated judgment in Zhang Hong Li and others v DBS Bank (Hong Kong)

A question we are regularly asked by clients is whether a shareholders' agreement (Shareholders' Agreement) should be filed with the Jersey Companies Registry (the Registry).

It is perhaps not surprising, in the current economic times, that wrongful dismissal has been an issue considered by the Jersey Employment Tribunal on several occasions recently.

What is needed is to slow things down and create clarity. A simple cashflow plan – mapping income, outgoings and the impact of any settlement payments over time – helps you understand what you can afford now, what may become tight later, and which decisions are genuinely urgent versus those that can wait.

Purchasing your first property is a huge life step and, in many cases, it's important to utilise the assistance schemes on offer in Jersey to help with this.

The issue of succession may not be a primary consideration when incorporating a company in the BVI or indeed in any jurisdiction.

'Without prejudice' privilege (WPP) is a valuable tool for parties who are genuinely trying to settle a dispute out of court. As the Royal Court noted in Kilbey v Grafters Limited [2015]...

A Platform Fund ("P-Fund") is an investment fund established as a limited liability company or limited partnership, forming part of an umbrella type platform (the "Platform").

A Cayman Islands private trust company (PTC) is a corporate entity which is incorporated for the sole purpose of acting as trustee of a single or group of 'connected' trusts.

In Cayman the Grand Court in AA v JTC (FSD 12/2024 (IKJ)) has, for the first time, set down the principles applicable to an application by an enforcer under Cayman's...

In recent months we have seen growing demand in the Channel Islands from Ultra High Net Worth US families and their advisors who are interested in establishing asset protection structures in well regulated 'safe harbour'...

On 2 January 2025, amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act (BCA) and the BVI Business Companies Regulations came into force by way of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024...

Imagine the scene. You're breathing in the clean air through the window of an electric tram on your short, subsidised morning commute from home to the centre of the city.

The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal has delivered its highly anticipated judgment, overturning the earlier judgments and confirming that trustees may continue to rely...

This is part of a series of guides in which we examine areas of law that frequently arise in practice. Further guides will be released weekly...

Guernsey has been an established base for collective investment funds for decades.

There must have been close to an audiblesigh of relief from banks and other financialinstitutions when the final decision in thelandmark case Shah and another v HSBCPrivate Bank (UK) Ltd ("Shah") was handeddown by the High Court of Justice in May2012, not least because it ended four and ahalf years of litigation, six reported decisions(three from the Court of Appeal) and a gooddeal of uncertainty during that time.

In the first of a series of articles relating to the review of Guernsey's Island Development Plan, Senior Planning Consultant Chris Crew focuses on current issues with...