By Emma
The High Court of England & Wales recently considered the prescription period applicable to claims against directors of Jersey companies for breaches of their duties imposed by the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the “Law”). In Re Level One Residential (Jersey) Limited and Special Opportunity Holdings Limited [2017] EWHC 1105 (Ch)…
By Emma
On the 27th April 2017 the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (the “Act”) received Royal Assent in the UK, and is due to come into force in September 2017. As will be highlighted below, parts of the Act will have extra territorial effect and may apply in Jersey and should therefore…
By Emma
Last Friday, 14 July, two students at Mont à l’Abbé School were awarded the Voisin Friendship Cup, one of the most sought after prizes at the School’s annual Prize Giving. This year’s worthy winners are Pedro Sousa who picked up the Junior award and Zuzanna Czerwinska who takes home the…
By Emma
Some people simply do not know when to quit. Just take a snapshot of our modern day world. Arsene Wegner refuses to quit as manager of Arsenal, Theresa May refuses to resign as Prime Minister and Jersey politicians have simply invented an 11th Commandment: thou shalt not resign for any…
By Emma
Five senior staff at Voisin Law have been recognised in the 2017 Citywealth Leaders list after receiving recommendations from their industry peers. Now in its eleventh year, the prestigious independently endorsed list of leading figures collates the input of a large number of professionals within the private wealth and private…
By Emma
There is no doubt that with the rise of social media there has never been a more appropriate time to say that everyone is a journalist. We have the phenomena of citizen journalism. We have bloggers, microbloggers, vloggers, webloggers, podcasters, vodcasters, webcasters … the list is endless. Everyone with an…
