The Companies (Amendment No.8) (Jersey) Regulations 2022 came into force on the 1 st March 2022 and amended the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 (the “Companies Law”). This amendment introduced a new insolvency remedy for creditors of Jersey companies and represents an important development for the insolvency legislation of Jersey. Prior…
What is a legal opinion? Jersey legal opinions are used in order to confirm the valid incorporation and existence of a Jersey legal entity, its capacity and authority to enter into contractual relations and whether or not, as a matter of Jersey law, those contractual relations are binding and enforceable…
Voisin Law is helping cultivate a project for budding gardeners and their parents and carers. The local law firm has funded the entire cost of hiring a minibus and a driver to take fourteen families and the team from Brighter Futures out each week so they can get digging, planting…
What is a Protector? Protectors are a common feature of discretionary trusts settled under Jersey law, however, until recently there was very limited local jurisprudence addressing the nature and performance of their powers and duties. Interestingly, there is no statutory definition of the word ‘Protector’ under the laws of Jersey,…
The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “Act”) introduces a new register, the Register of Overseas Entities, and requires “overseas entities” owning land in the UK to register the identity of their beneficial owners at UK Companies House and to keep that register updated. The Act received Royal…
Voisin Law has advised the local founders of LV Care Group, a leading care group provider in Jersey, on its sale of a majority shareholding in LV Group Limited to Emera, with the management team retaining a significant ownership stake in the LV Care Group going forward. The transaction also…
