This means that clients of Cayman Islands' firms with foreign international offices cannot recover the fees of lawyers in those offices in relation to Cayman legal

In Bermuda, our superior court of first instance, the Supreme Court of Bermuda, has the power to judicially review the determinations of public decision makers.

On 23 April 2018, judgment was handed down by the Privy Council in the long running dispute of Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and another v Glenalla and others.

Bermuda, as a British Overseas Territory, is a party to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Convention) ...

On 1 January 2025, the Personal Information Protection Act, 2016 ("PIPA"), finally came into full force and effect in Bermuda.

The hardening of the insurance markets may have reduced the appetite for certain emerging risks but the increasing prevalence of so-called digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, ...

While shareholders rightly view themselves as owners of the company in which they hold their shares, as any student of English company law will know from the seminal nineteenth century decision in Salomon v Salomon.

The arrival of new entrants to the ILS market has demonstrated continued investor confidence in Bermuda as a domicile.

In Deslauriers v Guardian Asset Management Limited [09.11.2017] (on appeal from the Court of Appeal of Trinidad & Tobago), the Board of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council considered whether the respondent, ...

There have been recent changes for Bermuda companies in relation to the gathering and registration of beneficial ownership details and more changes are on the horizon, following a consultation on proposed amendments to the Exchange Control Regulations 1973.

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has published a White Paper entitled Evolution of Asset Intensive Insurance - Update to the Supervision and Regulation of Private Equity Insurers in Bermuda.

Trustees faced with a "momentous" decision concerning the affairs of a trust are well advised to seek prior sanction from their supervising court.

In September 2017, the UK's Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the Act) came into force, creating two new offences:

The LCIA's publication of 24 challenge decisions (2017–2022) highlights increased transparency, the difficulty of arbitrator challenges, their deterrent effect, and comparisons with global arbitral institutions.

If the settlor's intention is to give the protector the wide role as espoused in Piedmont, it is important to address this specifically in relation to provisions requiring the protector's consent.

The Code will help underpin the jurisdiction's claim to regulatory excellence and adherence to international standards.

For most of us 2017 was the year when we first heard the word "blockchain".

This paper describes the process under Bermuda law by which an insurance company may transfer its corporate domicile to or from Bermuda.

Fears that the implementation of an "economic substance" regime in Bermuda might dent its prominent captive industry appear to have been misplaced.

The Insurance Amendment (No. 2) Act 2018 (the Act) has been passed in both the House of Assembly and the Senate and now awaits royal assent from the Governor.