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The BVI Commercial Court has just provided guidance on wasted costs principles and their application to the duties of an applicant's legal practitioner on an ex parte application.

The Contracts Law gives third parties the ability to enforce contractual rights expressly granted to them in Cayman Islands law governed contracts to which they are not a party, subject to certain exceptions.

The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Law (the Law) gives third parties the ability to enforce contractual rights expressly granted to them in Cayman Islands law governed contracts to which...

Here in the UK the debate is intensifying around the EU referendum on 23 June on whether the UK should remain in or leave the EU.

A derivative action is brought where a wrongdoer, most commonly a director of the company, has caused the company loss through their wrongdoing.

The BVI today adopted new guidelines for communication and cooperation between courts in cross-border insolvency matters.

Russian thin capitalisation rules do not permit a tax deduction for excessive interest payments between related parties.

The facts behind Mr. Justice Lewison’s recent judgment in Stanford (STANFORD INTERNATIONAL BANK LIMITED [2009] EWHC 1441 (Ch)) have no direct connection with either the British Virgin or Cayman Islands but lawyers there do have particular reason to note the more general principles around the seemingly vexed but important issue of COMI in the context of multi-jurisdictional insolvency.

In our previous articles, we considered several fund issues in the context of open-ended funds.

On 12 February 2015 the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal handed down its long-awaited judgment in Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Ltd v Peterson and Ekstrom.

A domain name is an intangible asset of a company, establishing the company's presence on the internet. The abuse of domain names is a phenomenon that we see evolving in the past few years.

Entering into security financing transactions with BVI Business Companies (BCs) is a familiar part of the global financial services landscape.

The Cape Town Convention will come into force in the UK on 1 November 2015. We are pleased to announce that on 1 November 2105 the Cayman Islands will gain the status of a territorial unit of a Convention State...

We sat down with Hong Kong Partner Calvin Chow, who recently joined Harneys from a local onshore firm to get to know him a bit better.

One way in which BVI companies remain relevant and popular is as a vehicle for taking a company or group public on a stock market

Historically receiverships were viewed as a draconian remedy of last resort. Today, however, receivers are appointed to address a wide range of legal circumstances.

Section 92(e) provides that a company may be wound up if the court is of the opinion that it is just and equitable to do so.