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Jersey
Benest & Syvret
Stamp duty payable on immovable property on death can be significant and requires careful consideration when estate planning.
Ogier
The law of mistake in Jersey is well established. The authorities make it clear that the Court will consider an application to set aside a trust and/or transfers onto trust on the grounds of mistake against three questions...
Ogier
In the recent decision of The Representation of Vistra Fiduciary Limited [2022] JRC 164, the Royal Court moved away from the Court of Appeal's preferred test for rectification of a trust instrument set out in...
Carey Olsen
In a recent decision, the Royal Court has expressed reluctance to grant relief on the grounds of mistake in circumstances where, rather than a settlor being unaware of and therefore mistaken...
Carey Olsen
In a recent decision, the Royal Court has expressed reluctance to grant relief on the grounds of mistake in circumstances where, rather than a settlor being unaware of and therefore mistaken...
Walkers
When someone dies, executors or administrators are tasked with the distribution of the estate in accordance with the deceased's will or, if the deceased died without leaving a will, following the rules relating to an intestate succession.
Carey Olsen
Last year, we reported on the important decision of the Royal Court of Jersey in April 2020 in Re Grundy [2020] JRC 071, which case our firm presented to the Royal Court and which demonstrated...
Collas Crill
Private Client analysis: The trustee of the M Settlement, a Jersey law trust, applied to the court pursuant to Article 47G of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 to set aside...
Carey Olsen
The Deceased, a Cypriot domicile, died in April 2019. At the time of his death he held the issued shares in a Jersey company jointly with his spouse and son.
Walkers
Earlier this year, the Jersey Royal Court handed down its decision in In the Matter of the Noor Trust.
Carey Olsen
B and C v D, E, F and others [2020] JRC 169, Commissioner
Clyde-Smith and Jurats Blampied and Thomas
Carey Olsen
Re the G Trust, Royal Court of Jersey (MacRae, Deputy Bailiff and Jurats Olsen and Austin-Vautier) 27 April 2020. In an important new case, the Royal Court declared voidable the decision of the former trustee of the G Trust to ...
Ogier
A mistake or a failure to take into account relevant considerations? The Royal Court is asked to consider its jurisdiction to declare voidable the exercise of a power on both grounds.
Walkers
於最近审议为纠正泽西岛全权信托相关错误而提起的申请时，皇家法院拒绝使用1984年《信托（泽西岛）法》（经修订）（信托法）第47E条赋予的"
Ogier
In a judgment of the Royal Court issued on 20 March 2019, In the matter of the B Trust [2019] JRC 035, the Royal Court indicated that delay in bringing an application to set aside
Walkers
In its latest consideration of an application to rectify a mistake made in relation to a Jersey discretionary trust, the Royal Court declined to use the "innovative powers" ...
Walkers
The purpose of this briefing note is to set out some of the benefits of Jersey trusts.
Carey Olsen
Carey Olsen Starting Point Guides are intended as a general introduction and guide to different aspects of Jersey employment law.
European Union
Walkers
The Royal Court of Jersey has recently provided two helpful judgments in the area of Jersey's mistake law: In the Representation of P and Others [2021] JRC 157 and In the matter of the Representation...
Ocorian
Over the course of the last few years, Ocorian's award-wining Family Office team has seen the demand from family offices for fund solutions grow significantly.
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