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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

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

Representation of U - application by trustee for directions concerning disclosure of confidential information

  • Ogier
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • September 29 2011

Representation of U 2011 JRC 131 is a Jersey trust case in which the trustee of a Jersey law trust sought directions as to whether it should disclose confidential financial information to a person designated as an excluded person ("B")) under the terms of the trust

Unravelling transactions open your eyes

  • RPC
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • August 2 2011

We recently reported on the English Court of Appeal’s decision in the combined appeals of Futter v Futter and Pitt v Holt which clarified the approach to setting aside transactions for mistake under English law

Jersey Separate Limited Partnerships versus Scottish Limited Partnerships - which are better?

  • Ogier
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • October 7 2011

The Separate Limited Partnerships (Jersey) Law 2011 introduced the Separate Limited Partnership into Jersey law

New legislative approval process to reduce waiting times

  • Ogier
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • January 24 2013

A new approval process for legislation is under consideration, through which a significant amount of the work to review legislation that was previously undertaken by the Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom will now be dealt with by the Law Officers' Department

Iniquitous acts and sharp practice - fraud unravels all

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • November 8 2012

This briefing explains the crimefraud exception to legal professional privilege and considers the position in Jersey in light of the English case of BBGP Managing General Partner Ltd and others v Babcock & Brown Global Partners ("BBGP"

Positive news for intra-group debt listings and the CISX

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Guernsey, Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • October 11 2012

Earlier this year, a consultation paper was issued by the United Kingdom tax authorities, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), in relation to possible changes to taxation rules on interest

Between the devil and the deep blue sea

  • AO HALL Advocates
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  • Guernsey, Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • October 3 2012

This paper is concerned with neither the perpetrators nor the victims of a fraud, but rather with those who, innocently or otherwise, fall between the two, in the sense either that they receive andor deal with fraudulently obtained property or its traceable proceeds, or are complicit in effecting the fraud itself