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Back Where it Belongs: Part II
On 31 May 2019 $267 million was recovered offshore to the benefit of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which had been the victim of gross corruption under the kleptocrat regime of G...
Back Where it Belongs
At the end of 2018, there was much press coverage of the visit of External Relations Minister Ian Gorst to Kenya to sign an asset-sharing agreement for £3 million. The money was c...
Parents Beware: Lessons from Vedanta v Lungowe
Dishonesty and Accessory Liability
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Capital Gains?
The Supreme Court has ruled that Jersey has the status of a ‘third country’ for the purpose of the free movement of capital in Routier & anor v Commissioners for HMRC UKSC 2017...
Guernsey Royal Court: Application to Terminate Trust
Onward for the Ombudsman
Disclosure in Jersey: What, When and From Whom? (Part 1)
Disclosure in Jersey: What, When and From Whom? (Part 2)
Freezing Orders: Another Cautionary Tale
Litigation Privilege and Adversaries
Test for Rectification Clarified
In In the Matter of the C Trust [2018] JCA 219 (the ‘Trust’) the Jersey Court of Appeal has, for the first time, considered and given guidance on the principles governing the...
Disclosure in the Digital Era
Two rape cases were discontinued within days of each other in the UK in December last year. One of them was already three days into the trial, but was undone by the revelation of t...
Economic Torts: Pursuing the Corporate Veil
This case is a welcome further affirmation, following decisions such as that of the Supreme Court in Prest v Petrodel [2013] UKSC 34, that those who seek to abuse the separate lega...
SFO v ENRC: Legal Professional Privilege Restored?
Lobster Baron’s Millions Caught in the Net
Civil Asset Recovery in Action
The Royal Court of Jersey, Channel Islands has considered a case (The Federal Republic of Nigeria v Doraville Properties Corp and The United States of America) under the Civil Asse...
JSC BTA Bank v Khrapunov & Jersey Ripple Effect
From a Jersey perspective the two most interesting aspects are that (i) contempt of court can constitute unlawful means for the purpose of the tort of conspiracy and (ii) the UKSC ...
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