12/23/2015
Re PAC Limited (in official liquidation): how to empower Cayman liquidation committees
A Cayman Islands Grand Court ruling on 11 December 2015 serves as a reminder that this is incorrect.
12/23/2015
Brazil: Private Client, Family And Succession
Taxpayers interested in applying for RERCT must declare to Brazilian tax authorities the balance of assets they held on December 31, 2014, and pay applicable taxes and a fine.
12/22/2015
The Appleby Property team has produced a number of articles for the local press in the past few months. In case you missed the articles first time around, this update provides a link to them. We hope you will find these articles interesting and informativ
12/22/2015
Application highlights issues in Legal Practitioners Law
12/22/2015
Rasmala is publicly quoted in the UK, authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
12/22/2015
In this Briefing Note, we aim to provide a brief overview of the principles governing derivative and multiple derivative actions in the Cayman Islands.
12/22/2015
Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund (the Fund) was placed into liquidation in March 2009 after it was revealed that the Fund's main asset, being a basket of interest rate swaps entered into with a related entity, were worthless (the Swaps).
12/22/2015
On 16 December 2015, the Royal Court of Jersey handed down judgment in the cases of In Re the Matter of the Great Escape Trust and In Re the Matter of the Wentworth Trust.
12/22/2015
They also explain why this case is headed for appeal.
12/22/2015
Between five and six thousand persons are expected to benefit from the payout.
12/21/2015
The new regulations take effect on 1 January 2016.
12/21/2015
Legal experts say court order for restaurant’s parent company based in British Virgin Islands could lead to resolution of more disputes in city
12/21/2015
By Peter A.S. Pearman, Alec R. Anderson, Craig W. MacIntyre
12/21/2015
The mortgage portfolio was held by the Jersey mortgages trustee and comprised performing and non-performing residential mortgages and unsecured loans from the legacy book of NRAM, the former Northern Rock mortgage business.
12/18/2015
Fifty Swiss bank accounts allegedly linked to world football governing body Fifa have been frozen.
12/17/2015
The application related to the interests of the deceased in a BVI company called Five Star. Five Star held a substantial number of shares in Paladin, a listed Hong Kong company, which in turn owned a valuable property on the Peak (Peak Property).
12/17/2015
Richard Fagan, a director in Volaw’s Wealth Structuring Group, looks at the rise in popularity of family offices, and the services that Volaw can provide to them.
12/16/2015
Common Reporting Standards Self-Certification Templates and Participating Jurisdiction list issued in the Cayman Islands
By Gene A. DaCosta, Jonathan R. McLean
12/15/2015
High Court issues worldwide freezing order
The court was also not dissuaded from granting the injunction by the fact that the applicant companies were insolvent and the resulting weakness of their cross-undertakings in damages.
12/15/2015
‘Judicial luminaries’ gather in Cayman to create model law
The draft model law will serve as a benchmark for Commonwealth jurisdictions to compare and improve their own practices.