Litigation Newsletter Q1 2017

A warm welcome to the latest edition of Mourant Ozannes' litigation newsletter

It has been another relatively busy quarter across our jurisdictions, with continued developments to law and regulation, and decisions made in the Courts that may well have an impact on companies, trusts, trustees and other clients we work with on a regular basis.

In this issue:

British Virgin Islands

Recoverability of foreign lawyers' fees

Cayman

The proposed new Cayman beneficial ownership register

Guernsey

The impact of the Royal Court's decision to refuse to sanction a scheme of arrangement that sought to impose a compulsory buy-back of shares on minority shareholders.

Who is the "client" for the purposes of legal advice privilege in Guernsey?

TIEA requests from a foreign country - the Guernsey Court of Appeal's recent land mark decision

Jersey

The just and equitable winding-up of companies - the Jersey Court's flexible approach.

How the Court reached its decision refusing an inadequately evidenced attempt to stave off an order of désastre (bankruptcy).

The recent application to the Court to restore a dissolved company to the register in order to recover a debt due from that company.

Navigating trust law restrictions by filing a data subject access request under data protection legislation – a viable route for beneficiaries seeking trust information in Jersey?

W v JFSC - Administrative appeals: the duty of an administrative body to give reasons