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Viberts Écrivain sworn in as Jersey Advocate Published: 14 January 2021
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Articles
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Espresso briefing: New Financial Disclosure Law Published: 11 January 2021
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Viberts shortlisted in the 2021 Citywealth IFC Awards for ‘Law Firm of the Year – Jersey’. Published: 16 December 2020
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Viberts announces its expansion with nine new employees joining the firm Published: 9 November 2020
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Viberts Associate, Eleanor Colley has been listed in the 2020 eprivateclient Channel Islands Top 35 under 35 Published: 1 July 2020
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Jersey Private Funds Published: 25 June 2020
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Espresso update: Government of Jersey’s support for businesses Published: 27 April 2020
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Espresso update: Government of Jersey’s support for businesses Published: 6 April 2020
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Wedlock-Deadlock: How your insurance can help you if COVID-19 turns your big day into a big dud Published: 25 March 2020
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Pandemic practical advice Published: 19 March 2020
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Viberts appoints Solicitors, Oliver Hughes and Emily Paris-Hunter Published: 5 March 2020
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Promotions announced at Viberts Published: 27 February 2020
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Viberts helps commemorate 250th anniversary of Jersey Reform Day Published: 23 September 2019
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Beneficial Ownership Published: 16 July 2019
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Employee Benefit Trustees Await Developments Published: 18 September 2018
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Registration of Charities in Jersey Published: 15 August 2018
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The Limited Liability Partnerships (Jersey) Law 2018 Published: 1 August 2018
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GDPR action plan Published: 16 Febuary 2018
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Setting up a small business Published: 26 October 2017
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The electric vehicle revolution – is this the calm before the storm? Published: 27 September 2017
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Travel contracts: United Airlines’ ejection Published: 13 April 2017
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It’s time to push back against “Jersey, United Kingdom” because it’s got out of hand Published: 8 December 2016
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Non-executive director: just a touch of class? Published: 28 September 2016
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“Not in front of the children!” – Trust administration Published: 28 September 2016
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Victory for Viberts’ client after six year trust battle Viberts has secured an overwhelming victory in the long running case of MacFirbhisigh & Ching v. CI Trustees & Executors Limited et ors.
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Brexit, Jersey and the sequel to Protocol 3 For many in Jersey and further afield last month’s vote by the United Kingdom electorate to leave the European Union is a source of frustration.
Briefings
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Rejecting a buy out offer in a quasi-partnership company not necessarily fatal to securing a just and equitable winding up If a joint venture company is effectively a quasi-partnership things become less objective.
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No post-resignation implied duty of confidentiality in director’s contract To make such a duty stick ensure it is defined and included in a director’s terms of engagement.
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Failure to make a declaration of directors’ conflicts of interest Your duties as a Director to disclose a conflict of interest
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Which of multiple breaches of the proper purpose rule matters? Company articles allowed directors to issue a notice to shareholders interested in its shares asking if they were acting in concert (to conduct a corporate raid).
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Art 125 scheme to move a Jersey company to England Part of a plan to leave Jersey and relocate a business to the UK.
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Subjective and objective views of directors’ duties The statutory formulation of relief is a shield not a sword. When in doubt directors should seek shareholder authorisation for their actions.
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How long have you got to sue a dishonest director? Directors who behave dishonestly or fraudulently need to understand they will never be off the hook.
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Commercial disappointment & failure of substratum not the same A just and equitable winding up is a remedy of last resort much harder to secure if you cannot show a quasi-partnership but N.B. other remedies exist.
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Generous view of fund directors’ duties The directors defended that even if they had breached their duty they could rely upon their exculpation clause which covered all bar wilful neglect or default.
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Inherent jurisdiction invoked to plug an inconvenient gap in (Manx) company law An excellent case to advance if you ever find yourself threatened with injustice arising from an apparent gap in our legislation which the smaller volume of case law in our island jurisdiction has not yet managed to plug.
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Directors’ wrongful trading clearly defined The liquidators of a failed building company alleged wrongful trading against the directors because they had kept going too long.
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Tax changes for non-dom UK property owners Advance warning of inheritance tax charges for non-dom UK property owners
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Rules to determine fair value payable for shares in a company merger Integra operated an independent Russian oil field services and equipment manufacturing business listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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Guidance for preparing statements of solvency Directors’ duties towards shareholders change to become duties to creditors
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How not to seek a just and equitable winding up When telling the court what you want advance as many grounds for why you should have it as are reasonably applicable.
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Board deadlock and shareholder intervention The Royal Court was asked to rule on whether the shareholders of a company have a reserve power to act where the board of directors is unable or unwilling to do so.
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Declaratory relief in the context of regulatory supervision SWM, a regulated financial services business, is appealing certain directions issued against it by the Commission.
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Winding up of Jersey companies This briefing note covers the following common methods by which a company registered in Jersey may be wound up.
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Setting aside trusts on the grounds of mistake as to tax consequences – S & T Trusts This briefing concerns the recently published judgment of the Royal Court of Jersey In the matter of the S Trust and the T Trust [2015] JRC259.
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Winding up of companies Re Monarch Investments Ltd. The limited liability company is to joint ventures what marriage is to relationships: it provides the standard legal context in which such arrangements most often operate.