08/05/2014
When a UK resident but non-domiciled individual taxed on the remittance basis takes out a loan, either in the UK or overseas, which is secured on foreign income and gains and brings the funds borrowed into the UK, there are two aspects of the loan which m
08/04/2014
Ogier Legal has announced that four Channel Island based lawyers were promoted on 1 August as part of their continued investment in training and developing top quality lawyers.
08/04/2014
A federal jury found the Wylys liable for a system of offshore trusts in the Isle of Man that netted the brothers $553 million in profits through hidden trades between 1992 and 2004 in companies they controlled.
08/04/2014
Jersey Finance says its members will comply fully with all the legal obligations placed upon the business community in its interactions with Russia.
08/01/2014
Former UBS AG banker Raoul Weil, accused of helping Americans evade taxes, may be allowed to call fellow bankers as witnesses to testify from overseas by video because they fear arrest if they travel to the U.S.
08/01/2014
The US IGA was just the first piece of the complex legislative process required to allow the Cayman Islands government and authorities to agree IGAs with other governments (a similar IGA was signed with the UK Government on 5 November 2013 (UK IGA)) and t
08/01/2014
Amendment 11 was approved by Privy Council on 16 July 2014. It was registered in the Royal Court on 25 July 2014 and came into force on 1 August 2014.
07/31/2014
Bermuda’s Life Insurance Amendment Act 2014 (Amendment Act) became operative on 24 June 2014 and makes two key amendments to the Life Insurance Act 1978 (Principal Act).
07/31/2014
The anonymised case dealt with the trustees’ momentous decision to sell a property which was a substantial part of the trust assets.
07/31/2014
The Logistics Property Partnership was established in January 2012 by MREF II and SEGRO as a 50-50 joint venture to acquire the UK Logistics Fund and was jointly managed by the Moorfield Group and SEGRO.
07/29/2014
This IPO is the fourth Business Trust listed in Hong Kong, Conyers having advised on each of such listings.
07/29/2014
Employee contributions into the QIC Group Savings and Participation Scheme are matched by QIC
07/28/2014
Her husband left her a canal-side house and more but she claims she has received only a small part of the estate.
07/27/2014
''The present proceedings simply prolong what has all the appearance of a vendetta and that should, in the public interest, be brought to an end. The process of the court is, in my view, being misused and that should not be allowed.''
07/24/2014
Court ruling halts construction project
07/24/2014
Appleby adds to charities’ coffers
Offshore legal and finance firm Appleby has handed out checks to 10 local charities to distribute funds raised in its inaugural charity day.
07/24/2014
Vanessa Lawlor joins Bedell Cristin in Guernsey
She advised on significant financing projects in the BVI
07/24/2014
Rathbones to pay £15m to end Jersey trust battle
The terms of settlement are confidential and conditional upon various matters, including receipt of Court approval in Jersey.
07/24/2014
In his article for STEP Journal, Keith Robinson discusses the reasoning behind a recent decision on disclosure in the case of Bermuda purpose trusts.
07/23/2014
Overseas territories weigh beneficial ownership registry
Britain’s remaining overseas territories in the Caribbean, including the Cayman Islands, appear to be in a holding pattern regarding the mother country’s suggestion that a public registry of beneficial company and fund ownership in those count