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The Channel Islands courts have issued cautionary guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in litigation, emphasizing that all parties bear personal responsibility for ensuring AI-generated legal materials are accurate and not misleading. Recent judgments from Guernsey and Jersey highlight the risks of AI hallucinations and stress the duty owed to courts to verify the authenticity of cited cases and legal authorities.

Proliferation and proliferation financing (collectively "PPF") are both significant threats to global peace and security. Given current instability arising from...

From 1 January 2013, FATCA will require foreign financial institutions (or "FFIs") to enter into an agreement with the US Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS").

In the recent Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (the Privy Council or the Board) decision in Lux Locations Ltd. v Yida Zhang...

Companies will be required to confirm the above details to their Registered Agent within 6 months of the end of the first applicable financial period, as above.

This guide outlines the statutory procedure whereby an exempted company incorporated and registered under the Companies Act (2021 Revision) (Companies Act) which proposes to be registered...

A new restructuring regime has today come into force in the Cayman Islands under the Companies (Amendment) Act 2021 (Amendment Act) and the Companies Winding Up (Amendment) Rules 2022 (Amendment Rules)...

The obvious advantage of arbitration in the context of a trust dispute is that the very private issues typically at play can be resolved confidentially behind closed doors and the affairs of the family thus remain well out of the public eye, ...

This is part of a series of guides in which we examine areas of Guernsey law that frequently arise in practice.

Guernsey was the first of the Crown Dependencies to look at introducing foundations law but will be the last to actually do so.

There has been an explosion of entrants to the ranks of the super or ultra wealthy in recent years. Members of wealthy families are mobile and base themselves in diverse jurisdictions.

It is often thought that a discretionary decision made by a trustee is difficult or sometimes even impossible to challenge.

This is the first edition of what will be a regular Collas Crill Employment Update, in which we will keep you up to date with news and best practice to ensure you are the first to know of employment changes that may affect you and your business in Guernsey, Jersey or the UK.

This overview outlines legal and regulatory issues related to investment funds in Jersey.

Jersey trust law is principally governed by the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 (the TJL). In a number of important areas, Jersey trust law has developed in a different and often more flexible...

The British Virgin Islands has emerged as a premier offshore jurisdiction for Latin American high-net-worth families seeking sophisticated wealth preservation and succession planning solutions.

The Companies Act (2023 Revision) will shortly be amended by The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 (Amendment Act), which has now been passed by the Cayman Islands Parliament.

Months after their colleagues explored the treatment of cryptocurrency as property, Collas Crill's head of dispute resolution Stephen Leontsinis and counsel Natascha Steiner-Smith...