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Top GAAR - how a general anti-avoidance rule for the UK could affect the Channel Islands

  • Collas Crill
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  • Guernsey, Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • January 3 2013

The idea of introducing an anti-avoidance rule was first mooted by Gordon Brown but dropped, and then resurrected by the coalition in December 2010 when

The law of mistake: in B -v- C, D and E in the matter of the A Trust

  • Ogier
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • January 2 2010

In B -v- C, D and E in the matter of the A Trust the Royal Court took the opportunity fully to review the law of mistake in Jersey concerning the disposal of personal property by an individual into a trust following recent decisions by the English courts

Enviroco Limited v Farstad Supply AS

  • Ogier
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • January 27 2010

A recent case in the English Court of Appeal has considered the definition of "subsidiary" set out in sections 736 and 736A of the UK Companies Act 1985 (the "UK Act"), in circumstances where a secured party has taken security by way of assignment of title to the shares of an underlying company

Recent developments for the Fourth Quarter 2009

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia, China, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Jersey, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam
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  • February 17 2010

This letter is from the Global Equity Services ("GES") group in San Francisco, Chicago and New York

Resilient and reputable

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Guernsey, Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • March 31 2010

The status of Jersey and Guernsey as financial centres has received a further boost from an independent study commissioned by the UK Government

U.K. "round the world" scheme grounded

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Jersey, Mauritius, United Kingdom
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  • August 10 2010

It was a bright and calm day when Mr. Smallwood, a U.K. resident, decided to suggest that a Jersey Trust of which he was the settlor, and in which he maintained an interest, should dispose of certain shares

Jersey companies and English administration

  • Ogier
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • September 14 2010

There has been a considerable amount of interest from clients recently on putting Jersey companies holding UK real property and other assets into English administration

Putting Jersey companies into English administration

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • February 2 2010

A Jersey company or one of its creditors may wish the company to be placed into administration in England under Schedule B1 of the UK's Insolvency Act 1986 (the "Act"

Structuring an AIM or LSE IPO using a Jersey or Guernsey vehicle

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Guernsey, Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • November 23 2010

This Briefing covers the practical issues that are likely to be considered by UK advisers when structuring an AIM or LSE IPO using a Jersey or Guernsey-based vehicle ("FloatCo"

The future of wealth protection - trusts, pre and post-nuptial agreements

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • November 25 2010

As divorce and remarriage become more commonplace, many are realising that it may be prudent not to rely on the promise of ever lasting love, especially where finances are concerned