1,044 results found

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (the Privy Council) has recently had to consider when a company can and should be wound up on a just and equitable basis.

Jersey trusts are a popular and flexible vehicle for asset protection, estate planning, and wealth management for UHNW...

In response to a fast-changing and unpredictable world, important decisions about how best to structure and shelter private...

The long awaited Control of Housing and Work Law 2012 is due to come into force on 1 July 2013 replacing the Housing (Jersey) Law 1949, the Regulation of Undertaking & Development (Jersey) Law 1973 and the Hawkers and Non-Resident Traders (Jersey) Law 1965.

On 17 and 18 November of this year, the British Virgin Islands financial services community gathered to give tribute to Dr Robert Mathavious OBE, the man responsible for building the BVI into...

It is high tide for investment in real estate assets in UK and European markets. 2014 has been a strong year with double digit returns and London leading rental growth throughout the UK.

In the last of a three-part series on Jersey and Guernsey law in the New Law Journal, Senior Associate Karen Stachura provides an overview of restructuring procedures available in the Channel Islands...

As the final whistle sounds on the long running case between Leeds United, Admatch and Admatch’s director Mr Weston, the Court of Appeal has reaffirmed the law on the issuing of costs against a non-party to court proceedings and clarified the occasions when indemnity costs will be ordered.

A new Code of Practice has just been produced and published by the Information Commissioner's Office which provides the controllers and processors of personal data with a useful point of reference.

Welcome to the Collas Crill Caribbean Brief – a concise round-up of significant recent decisions and legal developments affecting offshore and cross-border litigation.

The English Court of Appeal (the Court of Appeal) has recently issued a judgment which will be of particular interest to liquidators and those that they pursue in the case of Hunt v Ravneet Ubhi [2023] EWCA Civ 417.

In this article David Harby and Dave Marshall outline the findings of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court's (the "Court") Court of Appeal in Greater Sail Limited v Nam Tai Property Inc,...

In a detailed decision of Mr Justice Segal in Re Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund, Ltd (in official liquidation) (DLIFF), handed down on 13 March 2024...

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands' (the Court) fair value ruling in Re Sina Corporation (FSD 128 of 2021 (RPJ)) was released today. Collas Crill represents a group of dissenting...

The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (CICA) has recently handed down its decision[1] following the jointly heard appeals in Re HQP Corporation Limited (in Official Liquidation)...

On 31 August 2022 the Cayman Islands entered a new generation of corporate restructuring when the Companies (Amendment) Act 2021 came into effect.

Importantly, it also construed s.90 of the Trust Law as not affording the Cayman Islands courts an exclusive statutory jurisdiction to determine such issues.

The circumstances leading to the liquidation of a company are often contentious. One bone of contention which often arises is who should be appointed as the official liquidator...