Mondaq

MAY 25, 2022

Estate litigation continues to be on the rise across both the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (BVI), with an increasing number of proceedings involving some form of claim to assets.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A recent decision of the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Commercial Court has seen The Honourable Justice Jack (Ag) clarify the 'aggrieved person' test for an interloper seeking.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Creative attempts to ‘pierce the corporate veil' sometimes come before the Courts of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands.

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The Paralegal Resource

JANUARY 11, 2011

Virgin Islands or income effectively connected with a trade or business in the U.S. Virgin Islands is required to file an income tax return with both the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Virgin Islands will generally have no U.S. Virgin Islands will generally have no U.S.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Conyers acted for the successful claimant, Mr Lie, whose unfair prejudice allegations against his fellow shareholder Mr Ng were confirmed by the Court in full.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 2, 2022

It has become increasingly common for shareholders to agree that disputes concerning the ownership or management of a company should be referred to arbitration.

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Mondaq

JANUARY 30, 2022

One of the remedies for an oppressed minority shareholder in the Court of the BVI is the just and equitable winding up jurisdiction.

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Mondaq

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Court of Appeal in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court recently handed down its Judgment in relation to an application for a global anti-suit injunction.

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Mondaq

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal recently handed down an important judgment in the case of Al-Thani v Al Thani, permitting the enforcement of foreign oral wills in the BVI.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This week, the BVI Commercial Court has handed down judgment in Briefline Assets Ltd v Nikolay Falin and Anor, where the Honourable Mr Justice Jack has clarified how the Court will interpret Civil Procedure Rule 11.7.

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Law 360

JANUARY 11, 2023

The owners of dairy farm operations tied to Georgia and Florida can't use federal courts in those states to protect their assets from a British Virgin Islands company trying to collect an $87 million United Kingdom judgment in a long-running investment dispute, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed on Wednesday.

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Mondaq

JULY 7, 2022

The recoverability of foreign lawyers' fees is an issue which has frequently been considered by the British Virgin Islands Courts in recent years. This has resulted in a significant body of case law on the topic.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Judges as friends of the court? Supreme Court case of Moore v. That’s the situation in the potentially revolutionary U.S. ” Texas’s chief justice is quoted in the article as saying, “It’s the biggest federalism issue in a long time. Maybe ever.”. ” Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye is a Conference member.

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Mondaq

JULY 22, 2022

David Harby and Nia Statham were successful in obtaining what is believed to be the first published judgment permitting the block transfer of insolvency and receivership appointments in the BVI.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 4, 2023

The following case, very recently decided by the Dubai Supreme Court, is nothing but one of many examples which show how misconceptions and confusion regarding the notion of “recognition” would lead to unpredictable results ( cf. e.g., Béligh Elbalti, “Perspective of Arab Countries”, in M. (eds.), 1983-184ff). 338/2021 of 27 October 2021 ).

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 29, 2023

For litigants embroiled in cross-border litigation, the anti-suit injunction has become a staple in the conflict of laws arsenal of common law courts. This was the scenario facing the New Zealand High Court in the recent case of Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Limited [2022] NZHC 2881.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 1, 2021

The proposed judgment and order, which the court entered on December 8, 2020, requires Nationstar to pay approximately $73 million in redress to more than 40,000 harmed borrowers. Nationstar is one of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers and the largest non-bank mortgage servicer in the United States. million civil penalty to the Bureau.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 13, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether people born in United States territories are entitled to birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. Gorsuch said he hoped the court would overturn those cases soon in “an appropriate case.” citizenship. A divided U.S.

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LawSites

JULY 19, 2022

Virgin Islands, and four-dozen metropolitan, county and specialty bar associations, for a total number of users of more than 1 million lawyers, out of an estimated 1.3 He described the service as a basic research service with cases, statutes, administrative materials and court rules. million lawyers in the country.

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Broadcast Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the new sponsorship identification rules. Comments on the petition are due by September 2 , with reply comments due by September 17. Note that the NAB and two other broadcast organizations have also filed a Petition for Review in the D.C.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

LT is a company incorporated in the Virgin Islands and registered in Australia as a foreign company. When a dispute arose, the plaintiffs commenced the proceedings at the Supreme Court of Queensland in Australia ([2020] QSC 318). However, an exclusive foreign jurisdiction clause does not exclude Australian courts’ jurisdiction.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 25, 2024

Application of Singapore’s new rules on service out of jurisdiction: Three Arrows Capital and NW Corp The Rules of Court 2021 (‘ROC 2021’) entered into force on 1 April 2022. The Liquidators in turn sought orders from the BVI court that those assets were owned by the defendant and subject to the BVI Liquidation proceedings.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. This week’s update on the cases that the Supreme Court has newly relisted will be short: There aren’t any new relists. Virgin Islands — do have birthright citizenship by act of Congress.)

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 30, 2023

Courts are often required to determine the existence or validity of jurisdiction agreements. The High Court in that case had granted an interim anti-enforcement injunction in relation to a default judgment from Kentucky (see Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Limited [2022] NZHC 2881 , and my earlier post here ).

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 12, 2024

The next steps in the TikTok collective action The collective action against TikTok that was brought before the Amsterdam District Court under the Dutch WAMCA in 2021. In an earlier blogpost we reported that the Amsterdam District Court ruled that it had international jurisdiction under the Brussels I-bis Regulation and the GDPR.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit “serves parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Virgin Islands” — a true statement with regard to the Virgin Islands, at least, since the BVI isn’t under the Third Circuit’s purview. According to the article, the U.S.

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Parasec

JANUARY 4, 2023

Official documents include court-issued documents, state notices, tax notices and more. We can also serve as registered agent in Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and many international jurisdictions. Let me start with the basics.

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Broadcast Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Form 395-B was an annual report intended to gather information about the race and gender of broadcast employees, thrown out by the courts because of fears of the unconstitutional use of the data to force broadcasters to make hiring decisions based on these factors. We wrote more about the possible resurrection of Form 395-B, here.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 19, 2022

“Biden nominates federal public defender to be the first woman of color on the appellate court based in Philadelphia; Arianna J.

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Law 360

JULY 14, 2023

Virgin Islands Department of Justice said Friday that JPMorgan Chase should have to shell out at least $190 million as well as implement new policies for combating human trafficking as a result of the bank's alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein, according to a filing in New York federal court.

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Fordham Law News

MARCH 24, 2021

4] Moreover, Delaware law promotes shareholder value maximization through the allocation of duties of loyalty and care on directors; this entails heavy reliance on court-litigation, not incidentally consistent with a substantial turnover for local lawyers, [5] rather than on direct shareholders’ engagement.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The New Zealand High Court recently granted a permanent anti-enforcement injunction in relation to a default judgment from Kentucky in Kea Investments Ltd v Wikeley Family Trustee Limited [2023] NZHC 3260. The New Zealand Court responded by placing WFTL under the control of a provisional liquidator.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

But, a federal appeals court also loosened restrictions this year on digital blueprints for 3D-printed guns, which could make ghost guns more readily accessible to anyone with even minimal tools. Virgin Islands, and Washington D.C. Legal guns can be difficult to track as well, particularly because of gun trafficking.

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Law 360

APRIL 4, 2023

JPMorgan Chase urged a New York federal court on Tuesday to deny the U.S. Virgin Islands' bid to bolster its suit accusing the bank of aiding financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme, saying the request "comes far too late," and the proposed obstruction claim doesn't show the company impeded any trafficking investigation.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The thirty-seventh annual survey on choice of law in the American courts is now available on SSRN. Choice of Law The Eighth Circuit applied Mexican law to a suit against General Motors over a car crash in Mexico, while an Ohio state court applied South African law to invalidate a marriage. In Yegiazaryan v. In Abitron Austria GmbH v.

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