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Divorce In Jersey: How To Steady Your Finances (And Yourself)

What is needed is to slow things down and create clarity. A simple cashflow plan – mapping income, outgoings and the impact of any settlement payments over time – helps you understand what you can afford now, what may become tight later, and which decisions are genuinely urgent versus those that can wait.

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Collas Crill

Family Asset Protection: Divorce, Finance And The Media

Collas Crill has contributed to The Global Legal Post's second edition of the Law Over Borders Comparative Guide to Family Asset Protection.

European Union Family

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Collas Crill

Disclosure Of Information And Documents To Beneficiaries Under Jersey Law

Jersey is widely recognised as a trusted jurisdiction by UHNW/HNW families for the establishment of trusts due to its robust...

Jersey Commercial

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Collas Crill

Family Ties: When Trusts, Secrets And DNA Collide…And When "Children" Means More

There can be no doubt that a trust is a powerful wealth planning tool; through the use of a trust structure, individuals can protect and preserve family assets...

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Collas Crill

60 Seconds With... Cerisse Fisher

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Collas Crill

Family Asset Protection Law Over Borders Comparative Guide 2023

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Baker & Partners

Top 5 Jersey Divorce And Separation Myths

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Viberts

The Legal Guide To Divorce In Jersey

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Benest & Syvret

Lasting Legacy? Disclaiming A Gift Of Immovable Property In Jersey

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Collas Crill

Jersey Matrimonial Case Summary- Reasons For Declaring The Marriage Void

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Carey Olsen

Good Divorce Week 2022- A Jersey Perspective

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Carey Olsen

Divorce: Protecting The Intergenerational Transfer Of Wealth

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Carey Olsen

Divorce Proofing Trusts - A Step Too Far?

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Ogier

Splitting From Your Partner – What About The Family Pet?

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Viberts

Divorce In Jersey: How To Steady Your Finances (And Yourself)

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Collas Crill

Relocating To Jersey: A Guide For Individuals And Businesses

Jersey Real Estate

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Collas Crill

A New Dawn For Corporate Rescue In Jersey: The Introduction Of The Administration Regime

Jersey Insolvency

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Walkers

The Channel Islands Office Market: Demand, Quality And Opportunity

Jersey Real Estate

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Carey Olsen

Trade Mark Changes In Jersey, And Why They Might Affect You

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HGF Ltd

Trapped – The Impact Of Covid On Relationship Breakdowns

The trials and tribulations that have been created by the Covid pandemic have impacted so many aspects of our lives. Divorce and family disputes are, unfortunately, no different.

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Viberts

Why Prenups Aren't Just For The Rich And Famous

Pick up any lifestyle magazine and there may well be a story about the latest pre-nuptial agreement, or ‘prenup', between two celebrities.

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Viberts

Six Ways To Ensure Successful Communication During A Divorce

Jamie Orchard, Family Law Partner at Viberts, and Dr Patricia Tumelty, Executive Director of Mind Jersey, examine the best ways to help keep communication open and minimise stress while going through divorce proceedings.

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Viberts

B v Erinvale: The Jersey Royal Court Intervenes To Set Aside A Trustee Decision

In the case of B v Erinvale, the Royal Court intervened to set aside a decision of the trustee not to make the spouse of the settlor a beneficiary in her own right. The Court's decision has...

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Ogier

Wills For Jersey Residents

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Carey Olsen

The End Of The Blame Game In Divorce?

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Collas Crill

Good Divorce Week 2020. Day 5: Will I Need A Lawyer?

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Carey Olsen

Good Divorce Week 2020. Day 4: What Will Happen In Terms Of Our Finances?

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Carey Olsen

Good Divorce Week 2020. Day 3: What About The Children?

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Carey Olsen

Good Divorce Week 2020. Day 1: Is There Such A Thing As A 'good' Divorce?

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Carey Olsen

High-Net-Worth Foreign Divorces With A Jersey Connection

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Carey Olsen

Mitigating The Risk Of Trust Assets Being Treated As A Resource During Divorce: Practical Pointers In Drafting And Administering Trusts

Jersey Wealth Mgt

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Ogier

Myth Busting Jersey Trusts And Foundations

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Ogier

What's more important; business or home? An update….

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Baker & Partners

High-Net-Worth Foreign Divorces With A Jersey Connection

Many practitioners will appreciate that Jersey is a self-governing Crown Dependency, with constitutional rights of self-government and judicial independence...

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Carey Olsen

Mitigating The Risk Of Trust Assets Being Treated As A Resource During Divorce: Practical Pointers In Drafting And Administering Trusts

It is clear that a well drafted and properly administered trust can be an effective asset protection vehicle in the context of divorce. Broadly the test now applied by the Family Division of...

Jersey Wealth Mgt

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Ogier

Myth Busting Jersey Trusts And Foundations

Some may think trusts and foundations are only used by very wealthy people or families, or that by putting assets into a trust or foundation in international finance centres (IFCs) like Jersey, then they are avoiding tax.

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Ogier

What's more important; business or home? An update….

We last discussed this issue in April 2015 following the case of Cooper-Hohn (2014) where one spouse, persuaded the Court of Appeal in England and Wales that their contribution to the finances of the marriage amounted to a "special contribution" so as to justify the Court making an order giving that spouse 64% of the matrimonial assets on divorce.

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Baker & Partners

Jersey "COURTERLY" Review | April 2017

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Walkers

The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth

Couples petitioning the Royal Court to assist in resolving financial disputes arising on divorce, dissolution of civil partnerships or separation are required to complete detailed financial statements, sworn on oath, about their respective financial positions.

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Carey Olsen

Equal Marriage, Equal Divorce?

On 23rd September 2015, The States voted to legislate to enable same-sex marriage by January 2017 at the latest.

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Baker & Partners

Keep It Seperate, Keep It Safe?

It is natural to think that the inheritance you received is yours alone, or that the shares in the business you owned before you married will always be ring-fenced just for you.

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Appleby

No Alternative: When May A Trustee Surrender Its Discretion To The Court?

In the matter of the Y Trust, Royal Court Reported Judgment 25 March 2015.

Jersey Wealth Mgt

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Ogier

What's More Important; Business Or Home?

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Baker & Partners

Open Season v Shivers Of Fear: Wyatt v Vince

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Baker & Partners

Divorcing Beneficiaries & Requests To Exclude A Divorcing Spouse

Jersey Commercial

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Collas Crill

Jersey Trusts And Divorce - Submission And Exclusion

Jersey Wealth Mgt

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Ogier

Keeping Mum - Full And Frank Disclosure In Matrimonial Proceedings

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Baker & Partners

Judge Rules Divorced Wives To Get A Job… Or Perhaps Not?

Jersey Wealth Mgt

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Appleby

Jersey Divorce Reform

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Carey Olsen

Whose Bonus Is It Anyway?

Jersey Wealth Mgt

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Appleby

Prescription: Prenup

Jersey Wealth Mgt

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Appleby

Keeping It In The Family

Jersey Wealth Mgt

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Appleby

Judgement Summary: Offshore Assets And The Divorce

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Collas Crill

The Recession Effect

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Appleby

Property And The Break-Up Of An Unmarried Couple

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Appleby

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Withers LLP

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

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IBB Law

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Latitude Law

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