A new system for registering security over aircraft and aircraft engines recently came into force in the BVI.

The recent decision put before the courts the question of whether sanction should be given to a liquidator to appoint lawyers in the Isle of Man and various jurisdictions worldwide.

Cohabitation agreements can be useful for couples who live together but are not married.

Digital assets are closely intertwined with our everyday life, from supermarket reward cards, photographs, blogs, music accounts, online banking, emails, eBooks, social media accounts…the list goes on.

The recent case Sanderson Ltd v Simtom Food Products Ltd (February 2019) is of interest, particularly for suppliers of software solutions and support, and their clients.

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has issued guidance on new rules regarding Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) which take effect on February 4 2013 which website operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will need to be familiar.

As levels of obesity make headline news Simcocks director Irini Newby considers the implications for employers.

It may be necessary for the personal representative(s) of the deceased to obtain a Grant of Representation to allow them to administer the estate.

Zero-hour contracts can leave workers with little security, uncertainty about earnings and vulnerable to exploitation.

Companies in the BVI are incorporated under the BVI Business Companies Act 2004.

A discussion on who requires a work permit in the Isle of Man.

Divorce, or civil partnership dissolution, is a stressful time and it can be difficult to know where to start.

We all know that the Isle of Man and Channel Islands are not part of the UK. However, as Advocate Chris Brooks explains, in a recent case the English Court of Appeal found a ...

In Ohpen Operations UK Limited v Invesco Fund Managers Limited [2019 EWHC 2246] the English High Court recently held that mediation was a condition precedent to the commencement of litigation and therefore ...

Simcocks has an experienced family law team with specialist skills in all aspects of what has become an increasingly complex and challenging area of the law.

In addition to the obvious benefits of the Isle of Man's stable political and economic environment the benefits of the Isle of Man as a jurisdiction for aircraft (high quality private and corporate jets and high quality twin turbine-engine helicopters which are not used for commercial air transport) registry are primarily:

In banking and finance matters, a legal opinion is often sought to confirm the capacity and valid incorporation and existence of a legal entity.

AIM is the London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller growing companies, ranging from young, venture capital-backed start-ups to well-established, mature businesses seeking to expand.

Whilst the law surrounding summary judgment and strike out is well trodden and extensively documented, two recent cases involving the Simcocks Dispute Resolution team have served as a timely reminder from the Manx courts ...

In a dissolution, property vested in the company would usually be applied to its creditors and then its members so that at the point of dissolution no assets are owned.