Jersey: Arbitration & Dispute Resolution

The UK Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal decision, ruling that unpaid foreign judgments can support bankruptcy petitions in England and Wales without prior recognition. This landmark judgment clarifies cross-border debt recovery procedures and aligns the English approach more closely with Jersey's position on enforcing foreign judgments through insolvency proceedings.

The Channel Islands courts have issued cautionary guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in litigation, emphasizing that all parties bear personal responsibility for ensuring AI-generated legal materials are accurate and not misleading. Recent judgments from Guernsey and Jersey highlight the risks of AI hallucinations and stress the duty owed to courts to verify the authenticity of cited cases and legal authorities.

Jersey and Guernsey's anti-money laundering laws have created a Kafkaesque system where bank accounts can be frozen indefinitely based on mere suspicion, without judicial oversight or time limits. This article examines how compliance officers' concerns can trap account holders in a legal limbo, and explores the emerging 'private law action' that offers a potential escape route through the courts.

Jersey is a popular place to establish an asset holding company. It is well regulated, creditor friendly, and the Companies Law is modern, flexible and modelled on English companies legislation.

A nation state can be trustee of a Jersey law express trust, even though it has state immunity against being sued for breach of trust or otherwise being held accountable...

The new guides provide the latest legal information on litigation funding, initiating a lawsuit, pre-trial proceedings, discovery, injunctive relief, trials and hearings...

If a firm or individual finds itself the subject of JFSC action, it is important to understand the JFSC's decision-making process.

In order to discharge its functions effectively the JFSC requires a broad range of information, which often comes from the very firms it regulates.

Sam Williams has produced a practice note in partnership with Lexis PSL on the enforcement of arbitral awards in Jersey.