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Recognition of foreign insolvency office holders

  • Ogier
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • September 10 2009

The provisions governing the recognition of a foreign (including a UK) insolvency office holder under Jersey law are found in Article 49 of the Bankruptcy (Désastre) (Jersey) Law 1990 (the 'Law') and Article 6 of the Bankruptcy (Désastre) (Jersey) Order 2006 (the 'Order'

Trusts: benefit: reduction of debt

  • Bedell Cristin
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • September 21 2009

This decision of the Royal Court in Jersey provides further illustration of the established principle to the effect that a reduction of a debt is not necessarily a benefit to a beneficiary

Trusts: power of the court to vary a trust: appointment of a receiver

  • Bedell Cristin
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • September 4 2009

This Court of Appeal decision relates to appeals in respect of orders made by the Royal Court in April 2008 (the "April Orders") and on which judgment was issued by the Deputy Bailiff on 15 August 2008 (the "Royal Court Decision"

Undermining or corruption of litigation

  • Bedell Cristin
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • September 21 2009

This is an important judgment of the Court of Appeal in Jersey, setting out the principles applied when determining whether to hear an application to strike out the plaintiffs' claims on the ground that the plaintiffs had deliberately sought to undermine or corrupt the whole process of the litigation

Territorial jurisdiction of the Jersey Employment Tribunal

  • Bedell Cristin
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • September 21 2009

On 4 June 2009, the Jersey Employment Tribunal (the "Tribunal") handed down its judgment in the case of Wagner -v- Aviation Staffing Company Ltd

Sanction of a compromise under Article 170 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991

  • Bedell Cristin
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • September 21 2009

This judgment is of interest as being the first occasion on which the Royal Court in Jersey was asked to sanction the compromise of a claim under Article 170 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the "Companies Law"

Merger of companies in Jersey

  • Ogier
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • January 30 2009

The Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the “Law”) permits two or more companies incorporated in Jersey to merge and continue as one company if none of them have unlimited shares or guarantor members

Retiring Trustee Duty v Saisie Judiciaire

  • Bedell Cristin
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • August 31 2009

Briefly, Mr Kaplan, a US businessman had made large sums of money from establishing an online gaming business

Disclosure and cross examination of witnesses

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey
  • -
  • August 31 2009

Can cross examination of a witness be delayed whilst full disclosure is given and considered and can a party be bound by the evidence of another party's witness if he has not been given the opportunity to cross examine that witness?

What is a foundation?

  • Ogier
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • February 13 2009

Foundations are vehicles for holding assets