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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 o...

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...

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 s...

SFO v ENRC: Legal Professional Privilege Restored?

Jersey Trust Litigation
Baker & Partners provide herewith an overview of trust litigation in Jersey. It summarises the important aspects of Jersey trust law and civil procedu...

Fraud: A Jersey Perspective
A practical guide for legal practitioners to fraud proceedings in Jersey. Investigating and pursuing serious and complex fraud claims is about staying...

Meeting Regulatory Challenges
This brochure explores some of the regulatory challenges being experienced by the finance industry and sets out the areas where Baker & Partners are m...

Commercial Litigation
This guide provides an overview of some of the key areas of commercial litigation in Jersey. It gives a brief summary of the current law, practice an...

Family Law & Matrimonial Assets in Jersey
This guide provides an overview of family law when problems arise between couples relating to finances and/or their children. It summarises important ...

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...

JSC BTA Bank v Khrapuno & 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...

The Ambit of Litigation Privilege
A number of recent cases have addressed litigation privilege and its parameters however the exact scope has remained somewhat unclear, particularly in...

Lawyer Forced to Reveal Multi-Million Pound Art Collection

Un-Tainting Protected Settlements
Important changes were made to the UK’s deemed domicile regime in 2017. These complex new rules pose yet another set of challenges for offshore trus...

The Purgative Effect of the Pugachev Judgment
In October 2017 the English High Court handed down a significant judgment in which it found that the assets of five discretionary trusts settled by Ru...
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