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Collas Crill's Financial Services and Regulatory team assisted its clients in securing the release of over GBP 100 million, informally held at financial institutions...

It is inherent to the creation of a trust that ownership of assets passes from the existing owner to the trustee.

On 24 July 2025, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council handed down two important decisions. Each decision concerned separate appeals...

Compliance Matters is a source of international news and analysis on the latest regulatory initiatives within the private banking and wealth management industries.

This is an update of our article of 19 June 2019 to advise that the reflective loss rule no longer applies to claims by creditors, following the Supreme Court's ruling on 15 July 2020 to reverse the Court of Appeal's decision on the cited Marex case.

Jersey is widely recognised as a trusted jurisdiction by UHNW/HNW families for the establishment of trusts due to its robust...

While we continue to wait for Jersey’s draft law on parental leave, employers must still consider implementing policies on maternity and paternity leave before the draft appears – probably later this year – and it is enacted.

In a recent decision the Privy Council has had the opportunity to consider the circumstances under which a trust may be declared invalid due to the reservation of powers by its settlor.

This week's guide outlines how to establish a right of way over a neighbour's land by prescription and offers case study examples to show how this might play out in practice.

We have recently been approached by our client Amir, who having seen an article about leasehold reform on the BBC news website wanted to know if he should extend the lease of his Kensington apartment, which has 81 years left to run.

Trust practitioners will be all too familiar with the fact that, in recent years, there has been a significant increase in judgments issued from onshore jurisdictions that creditors seek to enforce...

In this article we explore the UK Supreme Court's ("the Supreme Court") decision in BTI v Sequana and what this means for directors in Jersey - particularly when dealing with a company...

The Virgin Islands Special Trust Act, 2003 (VISTA) was enacted to make special provision for trusts of shares in companies and for related matters.

In the recent decision of Tianrui (International) Holding Company Ltd v China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd [2024] UKPC 36, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Privy Council) confirmed that a shareholder.

There are likely to be very few claimants who would argue with the proposition that the real value in bringing proceedings is in the judgment obtained actually being satisfied. Delinquent...

In this article Angela reflects on what is a significant period of accelerated growth for Middle Eastern private clients and how business-critical it is for us, as advisors, to adapt or die.

Legislation has been approved by the States of Guernsey for the introduction of limited liability partnerships.