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Comedian Ricky Gervais's recent comments about potentially marrying his long-term partner to avoid inheritance tax have reignited a crucial debate about legal protections for cohabiting couples.

This guide explores the latest legislative, regulatory and enforcement developments in Jersey and provides expert analysis on industry-wide topics including the local legal framework, the main stages of a fraud case, parallel proceedings, cross-jurisdictional mechanisms, recent developments, technology and other impacting factors.

Like other major industries, the shipping industry is a regular user of arbitration.

The recent decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Chriscan Enterprises Ltd. v. St. Pierre, 2016 BCCA 442, reminds those who elect to resolve their business disputes through arbitration...

The Zambian claimants (a large number of Zambian citizens) allege that the negligence of the operator of a local mine (a Zambian company) caused them personal injury and financial loss.

In HR v JAPT (1997), the High Court refused to strike out a claim against directors of a pension trustee company, for the alleged breach of trust of the company, on the grounds that there was an arguable point of law.

This is a rare example of the court allowing an appeal on a point of law under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996.

A voir dire is essentially " a trial within trial" where matters of evidence are heard by a judge alone, without a jury.

COVID-19 has been characterised as a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation ("WHO").

In the recent case, Bromcom Computers Plc v United Learning Trust [2022] EWHC 3262 (TCC), the Defendant, United Learning Trust ("ULT"), conducted a competitive dialogue procedure for the award...

BITEL (a Kyrgyz company) sued the KFG (Isle of Man) companies in the Isle of Man. The KFG Companies counterclaimed against BITEL and obtained permission to join additional defendants to the counterclaim and to serve them out of the jurisdiction.

An EPO Board of Appeal has requested clarification from the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning how the claims of a patent or application are to be interpreted,

This guide explores the latest legislative, regulatory and enforcement developments in Jersey, and provides expert analysis on industry-wide topics.

On October 22, 2008 the President of the European Patent Office, in accordance with Article 112 (1) (b) EPC, referred four questions relating to the patentability of computer implemented inventions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO.

On 1 May 2006, the Bolivian government passed a law, Supreme Decree 28701, announcing that it was taking over the oil and gas resources in the country. This nationalisation policy sent shock waves throughout the oil and gas industry, especially foreign companies operating in Bolivia, including Repsol of Spain, B.P. of the United Kingdom, Total of France and Petrobras of Brazil.

On May 1, 2006, the Bolivian government passed a law, Supreme Decree 28701, announcing that it was taking over the oil and gas resources in the country.This nationalization policy sent shock waves throughout the oil and gas industry, especially foreign companies operating in Bolivia, including Repsol of Spain, B.P. of the United Kingdom,Total of France and Petrobras of Brazil.

Editors' Note: This is the fifth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year.