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On 2 December 2024, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) released several key documents to guide insurance entities in their year-end reporting and compliance obligations.

On 22 April 2008 the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Alfa Telecom Turkey Limited v Cukurova Finance International Limited, reversing the original decision of the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Third party costs order: Does the Court have power to permit service of application out of the jurisdiction?

In a twist of misfortune, the Claimant's solicitors applied to come off the record immediately before the security for costs application and its demitting solicitors appeared with only instructions to seek an adjournment.

The recent amendments to the British Virgin Islands Trustee Act (the Act) has rightly resurrected an old rule commonly known as the rule in Hastings-Bass which is restricted by the decision...

One of the many flexible features of the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (the BC Act) is the ability both to continue a foreign company as a BVI company under the BC Act...

The British Virgin Islands’ Mutual Legal Assistance (Tax Matters) Act, 2003 as amended in 2005 (the "Act") has given effect in the BVI to EC Directive 2003/48 on the taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (the "Directive") for the last six tax years.

The legacies of the global financial crisis continue to permeate the global landscape.

On 4 November 2015 the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Cavendish Square Holdings BV v Makdessi [2015] UKSC 67.

The Cayman Islands Government is set to grant the CIMA new enforcement powers under an amendment to the Monetary Authority Law currently before the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly.

The changes that have been made to the Cayman Islands anti-money laundering regime are to bring Cayman in line with international best practice and are a welcome update to the financial services landscape in Cayman.

It has long been popular for high net-worth people who are not domiciled in the United Kingdom to form an offshore company, often in the British Virgin Islands, for the purposes of holding property in the United Kingdom.

In our previous alert on this topic, we gave the background to the implementation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Common Reporting Standard for the exchange of tax information.

The enforcement toolkit available in the BVI is similar to many other common law jurisdictions. However, the BVI Courts have tailored their approach to meet the challenges...

At the 11th hour, the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission announced that the Companies Act, 1884 would not be repealed on 31 December 2007 as previously indicated.

Generally speaking the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") is an extremely flexible jurisdiction in relation to the granting and registering of security interests.

Cyprus has become a leading forum in the international maritime industry mostly due to the attractive tax system for ship owners and ship managers and due to its ratification of major international maritime conventions.

During the last quarter of 2024, several breach notices were issued by the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority's Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) to Cayman Islands.