by Ardent Chambers | Apr 23, 2016 | Insights
With specific changes impacting on financial services businesses and Iranian banking relationships, what implications does this have for the financial services world? 16 January 2016 heralded the termination of a large number of EU nuclear related financial and...
by Ardent Chambers | Apr 23, 2016 | Insights
Sanctions are a complex area for businesses to navigate. Caroline Dutot reviews the best practice for businesses who risk discovering their clients are connected to a sanctioned country or regime. Sanctions are measures adopted against a country or regime believed to...
by Ardent Chambers | Apr 23, 2016 | Insights
Mr Sharp QC reviews a series of recent Supreme Court decisions that now define the modern approach to contract disputes. The review looks at the 2015 cases of Marks and Spencer v BNP Paribas (Jersey) and Arnold v Britton. Many of these principles have been adopted by...
by Ardent Chambers | Apr 23, 2016 | Insights
The full judgment in a complex international tax fraud case, successfully defended by Mr Sharp QC On 27th November 2015, the Royal Court of Jersey upheld a decision of the Comptroller of Income Tax to provide evidence pursuant to a Tax Information Exchange Agreement....
by Ardent Chambers | Apr 23, 2016 | Insights
On 16th November 2015, the Privy Council refused permission for Curtis Warren to appeal the £198 million confiscation order imposed by the Royal Court of Jersey. The confiscation order reflects Mr Warren’s prolific worldwide commercial trade in drugs over a twenty...