The Office of National Statistics estimates that in 2015, there were 2.46 million cyber incidents and 2.11 million victims of cyber crime in the UK.

A landmark agreement on sharing tax information was signed on Friday 13 December by the Isle of Man and the United States.

The codification of the rule in Hastings-Bass and the principles in relation to mistake has just taken effect in Jersey.

Despite the abolition of the Slavenburg register by the UK Overseas Companies (Execution of Documents and Registration of Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 ("the Regulations"), DQ still receive some requests to register charges granted by Isle of Man companies over property in the UK.

In the recent case of Lombard Manx Limited v The Spirit of Montpelier Limited (CHP 2014/23), the principal question for the Isle of Man High Court (His Honour Deemster Doyle, the Island's Chief Justice) was whether the Court had jurisdiction at common law to rescind a winding-up order.

Many people are guilty of leaving the making of their Will to the bottom of their "to do" pile. However, drafting a Will is one of the most important things you can do to ensure that you protect your loved ones...

An independent report published in early June 2012 provides further evidence of the Isle of Man’s positive contribution to the global economy.

The scheme must represent a genuine compromise by which the members and creditors obtain some advantage that compensates them for the alteration of their rights.

His Honour Deemster Doyle recently handed down judgment in a case which considered the legal principles applicable when a party seeks to challenge decisions made by a court-appointed liquidator during the liquidation of a company.

When considering a request by a beneficiary for a distribution from a Trust Fund, a Trustee should first ensure that they have power under either the terms of the trust instrument...

If 'X' trigger event happens the trust assets, trusteeship and forum for the trust administration will automatically be transferred to another 'safe' jurisdiction.

In the case of X (as Trustee of the A Trust) v Y (as Beneficiary of the A Trust) (unreported) 15 March 2017...

The modifications to the EA 2006 reflect the changes which were made to the UK's flexible working regime in June 2014.

One of the consequences of the global turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been that travel – especially international travel – has suddenly become very difficult.

So 2013 turned out to be a good one for Textron.

Trust structures will often involve trustees holding shares in companies; those shares forming part of the trust fund held by the trustees for the benefit of the trust and the beneficiaries as a whole.

Following the successful introduction of ‘failure to prevent' offences in the areas of bribery and tax evasion, the UK government is priming another possible corporate offence with a call for evidence launched on 13 January 2017, to end on 24 March 2017, on ‘corporate liability for economic crime'.

The latest decision by the English Court of Appeal in the long-running case of Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing LLP [2020] EWCA Civ 352 has again highlighted the thorny issue...

In April 2015 the Isle of Man began to explore a potential regulatory regime for crowdfunding with the objective of diversifying the Island's economy and bringing further inward investment to the Island by attracting crowdfunding businesses to establish operations here.

The Royal Court in Jersey has recently provided guidance to trustees on their duty to disclose to their successors.