02/04/2025
Liquidation of Cayman Islands Segregated Portfolio Companies
While the individual segregated portfolios operate as distinct economic units in respect of their segregated assets and liabilities, they are not separate legal entities.
Court Cases
02/03/2025
High Court decision will impact the way retail manufacturers protect brands and designs
This is a significant judgment for the retail and consumer goods sector as non-traditional trade mark registrations,
01/28/2025
High Court cases provide summaries for officeholder document disclosure
Liquidators have broad statutory investigative powers to require any person to disclose information in their possession necessary for the liquidators to carry out their functions.
01/23/2025
Withers successfully defends clients in high-profile bitcoin-mining dispute
This case is a great demonstration of our strength in representing clients from the CIS region and advising on digital asset disputes, two of our firm's specialisms.
01/15/2025
'Interpretive Puzzles': Bruyea v. United States and the Net Investment Income Tax
The Bruyea holding represents the latest and most taxpayer-friendly salvo in the long-running debate about the relationship between the NIIT and the United States's double tax treaty network.
01/10/2025
Resolving dispute over a child's ashes: separated parents in dispute
A deceased's wishes are not legally binding.
01/10/2025
Hirachand Supreme Court judgment clarifies use of conditional fee arrangements in 1975 Act cases
The hope is that the Supreme Court's decision causes the more bullish applicants and their legal advisors to take a realistic view at an earlier stage.
01/08/2025
Dentons Rodyk successfully defeats claim of $13 million in the Singapore High Court
Notably, the ex-husband did not contest the first ex-wife’s claim and instead filed a Notice of Intention not to Contest to enable her to enter judgment against him for the said $13 million.
01/08/2025
UK ruling clarifies ‘good arguable case’ threshold for freezing injunction
The Court of Appeal agreed that the two tests should be equated in the context of interlocutory injunctions.
12/30/2024
King & Spalding Successfully Represents Pro Bono Client and Environmentalist Paul Watson In Extradition Case
King & Spalding represented Watson throughout the process, led by Paris partner Jean Tamalet
12/20/2024
Without a trace: Jersey’s courts, missing investors and bona vacantia
There is an expanding bank of decisions in Jersey where assets have been passed to HMRG.
12/18/2024
Jurisdiction dispute? Consider anti-suit injunctions in England and Wales
A common concern is that a foreign court may refuse to recognise or enforce an English jurisdiction clause, based on its own domestic laws.
12/12/2024
Latest Guernsey case concerning a 'Suspicious Activity Report' elaborates on the 'proceeds of criminal conduct' requirement
In October 2021, the FIU responded to the SAR and confirmed that CST was not permitted to release the assets held on the trust fund of the Trusts.
12/12/2024
To be (a son) or not to be: Defining the meaning of 'children' in a trust
There is a presumption that a child born during a marriage is a child of the husband.
12/12/2024
Disruptions and delays: fighting off an attempt to claim the majority of an estate's shares
The Withers team acting for Elena is Paul Hewitt, Alexandra Dix and Rebecca Edwards, instructing Mark Baxter of 5 Stone Buildings.
12/12/2024
Breach of employment contract causing mental injury compensable in Australia
The employee was summarily dismissed by Vision Australia, which found that his conduct constituted serious misconduct.
12/12/2024
Challenging the jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals: a Singapore perspective
The High Court concluded that, in doing so, “the respondent had demonstrated an unequivocal clear and consistent intention to submit to the tribunal’s jurisdiction
12/11/2024
In the representation of Summit Services: Court sides with trustee's decision in family trust dispute
It is hoped that the Privy Council will resolve the uncertainty created by the divergent views of the Jersey and Bermuda Courts following Re Piedmont and Re X Trusts.
11/28/2024
Global investigations: Representing individuals in investigative interviews in the UK and US
America’s founding fathers made clear that a potential witness has a clear choice
11/27/2024
Employment update: Recent decisions and agency actions
Despite this uncertain regulatory landscape, employers are well advised to consider agency decrees—unless and until they are definitively struck down—while challenges play out.