UPDATING the Island’s cyber-crime laws is one of the key priorities for the Home Affairs Minister, who said fresh legislation could be debated by the States in October. Home Affairs Minister Len Norman – who has been in the role for about two months – said that cyber-crime was one of the biggest threats to […]

This campaign is a Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) jointly funded initiative in association with the Personal Finance Society. THE MIS-SELLING OF INVESTMENTS IS OFTEN HARD TO SPOT Investment mis-selling is a growing issue in Jersey. In recent years there have been some cases where Islanders have lost some or all of their life savings […]

In the recent case of Stock v Pantrust International and Others (2016), the Royal Court of Jersey has, for the first time, recently considered exercising its powers under Article 76 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended (the Law) to Set aside a transaction on the ground of non-disclosure of a director’s conflicting interest […]

The Bribery Act 2010 (the “Act”) came into force on 1 July 2011. Whilst the Act is UK legislation which is not directly applicable to Jersey/Guernsey, its far reaching provisions mean that it does impact on Jersey/Guernsey based companies and individuals with connections to the UK. It is therefore important that Jersey/Guernsey based companies and […]