In December 2018, former solicitor Kevin Robert Manning (62) was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, having pleaded guilty to the offences earlier in the year. The indictments were as follows:- 1. First Indictment a. 20 counts of: Fraudulent conversion (Counts 7, 8,10,11, 12, 14,15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, b. […]

Richard David Arthur pleaded guilty to obtaining and using for his benefit the total sum of £2,637,401.  His three victims, Mr Humberstone, the French resident and the Jersey resident, were all elderly.  They had all reposed trust in Arthur, and he abused that trust for his benefit and personal gain. On 25 April 2018, Richard […]

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 […]