By Emma
The current data protection legislation in force in Jersey is the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2005 (“Data Protection Law”). The background to this law is the need to protect human rights, in particular the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on…
By Emma
“There is…a very strong public interest in the Island being able to demonstrate that it has the ability to identify the beneficial owners of companies or the beneficiaries under trusts…This Court should not recognise any arrangement which detracts from the ability of regulators or law enforcement authorities to do so”….
By Emma
Here on our idyllic island, it is often said that we can be a little bit behind the times. This is generally said in a homely manner rather than with any sinister or derogatory undertone. Such a statement can be true. Back in the 70’s and the 80’s, when a…
By Emma
Whilst sprucing up the office or workplace at the start of this new season employers should also consider spring cleaning their current employment contracts and practices. As of 1st April 2017 the amendments below came into force following the commencement of the Employment (Amendment No.10) (Jersey) Law 2016 (the “Amendment”)….
By Emma
Daniel Walker, Senior Associate in the Commercial Department at Voisin Law, has been awarded the Law Society of Jersey prize for obtaining top marks in the Civil & Criminal Procedure paper in the 2016 Jersey Law examinations. This follows on from his success in 2015 when he was awarded the…
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…
