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Judgement summary: directions redisclosure to foreign courts

  • Collas Crill
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  • Jersey
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  • November 27 2012

In 2011 the trustee applied for directions from the Royal Court to approve two “momentous” decisions, namely (1) the disclosure of trust information to beneficiaries knowing that the beneficiary was likely to pass the information to a non-beneficiary (a spouse) and the Family Division of the English High Court (“Family Division”) in divorce proceedings; and (2) not to submit to the jurisdiction of the Family Division in a beneficiary’s divorce proceedings

Laws and orders brought into force in 2012

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey
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  • November 9 2012

The Banking Business (Depositors Compensation) (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) (Jersey) Regulations 2012 came into force, with the exception of Regulation 23, on 2 October 2012

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"

Offshore assets and the divorce

  • Collas Crill
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  • Jersey, United Kingdom
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  • October 19 2012

This is an English High Court (Family Division) case involving a Jersey proper law trust whereby Mostyn J examined the treatment of a Jersey trust in divorce proceedings and made an interesting comment about a Jersey trustee’s potential involvement in proceedings

Laws and orders brought into force in 2012

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey
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  • September 7 2012

The Banking Business (General Provisions) (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Order 2011 came into force on 25 January 2012. The Order amends the Banking Business (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002 in relation to deposit taking

Where there's a will, there's an executor (or five)

  • Ogier
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  • Jersey
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  • July 24 2012

The Royal Court recently delivered a judgment concerning the principles to be applied where a body of executors is deadlocked

Where there's a will there's an executor (or two)

  • Ogier
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  • Jersey
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  • June 28 2012

The Jersey Court has recently delivered a judgment concerning the principles to be applied where a body of executors are deadlocked

A modern take on an old classic - equity aiding the defective execution of a power

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey
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  • April 25 2012

There is a long-standing principle in English law that, in certain circumstances, equity will aid the defective execution of a power

Laws and orders brought into force in 2011

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey
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  • April 11 2012

The Companies (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey) Regulations 2011 came into force on 23 February 2011

Powers of attorney

  • Bedell Cristin
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  • Jersey
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  • March 22 2012

The Powers of Attorney (Jersey) Law 1995 (the "Powers of Attorney Law"), which came into force on 1 October 1995, effected a number of significant changes to the previous law on powers of attorney in the Island