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Exploring Offshore Litigation is a captivating podcast series containing audio of written blog content that dives deep into the intriguing world of offshore litigation, including the BVI and Cayman.
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When Irrevocable Becomes Revocable: Jersey Royal Court Blesses Reversal of Settlor Exclusion Following Abolition of the Non-Dom Regime Background The Article 47 variation The B Trust The Article 51 Blessing Comment (opens the original)
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In In the Matter of the Affinity Trust and the V Trust, the Jersey Royal Court approved the variation of a discretionary trust to reverse the irrevocable exclusion of its settlor as a beneficiary and blessed the trustee's decisions to re-admit the settlor and distribute approximately £4.8 million to him. The decision addresses the application of Articles 47 and 51 of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 in the context of trust restructurings prompted by the abolition of the UK Non-Dom regime. The V Trus
Drelle overruled: what the Supreme Court's judgment means for BVI and Cayman insolvency Summary of Supreme Court decision BVI implications Cayman Islands implications Conclusion (opens the original)
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The UK Supreme Court's judgment in Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle overruled the English Court of Appeal's January 2025 decision and has significant potential implications for offshore practice in the BVI and Cayman Islands with respect to the issue of when unrecognised foreign judgments can be used to found a bankruptcy or winding up petition. This blog first summarises the Supreme Court decision before considering its potential impact in the BVI and Cayman Islands. In Drelle, a Russian creditor c
Drelle overruled: what the Supreme Court's judgment means for BVI and Cayman insolvency Summary of Supreme Court decision BVI implications Cayman Islands implications Conclusion (opens the original)
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The UK Supreme Court's judgment in Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle overruled the English Court of Appeal's January 2025 decision and has significant potential implications for offshore practice in the BVI and Cayman Islands with respect to the issue of when unrecognised foreign judgments can be used to found a bankruptcy or winding up petition. This blog first summarises the Supreme Court decision before considering its potential impact in the BVI and Cayman Islands. In Drelle, a Russian creditor c
Crypto-fraud, injunctions against persons unknown and the cost of Exchange non-cooperation Facts Freezing injunction Disclosure Costs Conclusions (opens the original)
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In the recent English High Court decision in Wilden v Person Unknown, DHCJ Guy Vassall-Adams KC continued a proprietary and worldwide freezing order against an unknown cryptocurrency fraudster, reaffirming that crypto assets are property to which rights can attach and that exchanges which refuse to cooperate with fraud victims risk adverse costs orders. The Court also granted a Bankers' Trust disclosure order against the cryptocurrency exchange, HTX, on which the assets were held. While Harneys
Denali v Manson and the intersection of sanctions law and insolvency (opens the original)
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The consequences of getting it wrong are severe yet the legislation often leaves practitioners without clear answers to commercially significant questions. The recent English High Court decision in Denali Corp – FZCO v Manson considers one of those unanswered questions: when a designated person holds contractual rights whose value is uncertain, do those rights constitute "funds" or an "economic resource" under the UK sanctions regime? The distinction is not academic. It determines the scope of t
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