Advised with freehold Real Property situated in Alderney upon intestacy involving applications relating to the deceased's Real Property and dealing with the cessation of life interests which revealed the intestacy of a pre-deceased relative involving further applications to resolve outstanding matters.

Acted for the trustees of a Jersey property unit trust (JPUT) owning a leasehold property shopping centre and the refinancing of a resolving credit facility with Bradford & Bingley plc in the sum of £20,000,000, used for a multi million pound renovation and extension of this South London riverside centre.

Believed to be the first case in Jersey where the court was required to decide whether the child was competent to instruct a lawyer directly and the procedural issues if they were. We assessed the child client as being competent and when it became clear that the child's wishes diverged from the guardian, made the appropriate application to the court. This was granted and we continued to represent the child client, receiving instructions directly from her. The guardian remained in her post, having a different function to that of a lawyer, and was granted independent legal representation. This was a particularly sensitive case since there was professional expert evidence before the court that such independent access to a lawyer was not in the child's best interest on the basis of a welfare test. The case established the correct test is an objective one and a lower test than for medical competence but the Jersey judiciary have added a welfare gloss to the English approach. The case also included applications for Secure Accommodation Orders and their extension.

Our team has been, and continues to be, heavily engaged in advising and assisting the executor of the insolvent estate of the late Duncan Hickman in connection with the estate's administration and the claims of its many and various creditors. The matter is bristling with points, including novel questions of law. For instance, in the absence of settled law on the question the case has given rise to the formulation of a common-law procedure for the administration of insolvent estates.

Acting for and provided succession planning for a world renowned Jersey resident high net worth individual.

Acting for the trustees of a will trust structure for a renowned high net worth Jersey family owning substantial commercial property and dealing with bespoke issues with multiple beneficiaries including variation of the trust's terms and the retirement and appointment of trustees where financial regulation was an issue.

Acting for one of the UK's largest companies delivering technical and environmental solutions to the UK's waste problems. We assisted this company, working in conjunction with one of London's largest law firms, with the listing of multiple loan notes in a number of separate transactions over the past six months, with an aggregate value in excess of £36 million, on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange.

Assisted Begbies Traynor, one of Britain's largest and leading business rescue, recovery and restructuring specialists, on the winding up of Jersey entities. The most significant such instruction included the complex and lengthy winding up of a regulated financial services business, following a focused visit by the Jersey Financial Services Commission brought for mismanagement and overcharging. The work included negotiating the terms of the winding up with the JFSC.

We act for the father. There was very significant expert evidence, and the case was 'split' to enable there to be separate fact finding hearings. The main issue in the case was the parents' drug use, closely followed by concerns about (historic) domestic violence. The child was found to have ingested heroin and methadone, by a hair strand test. Expert evidence was called as to how the drugs could have been ingested since there was no direct evidence of deliberate administration. This is an uncertain area of scientific knowledge and unfortunately no clear expert guidance could be obtained, despite the engagement of highly expert scientific witnesses. The case also was one where there were concurrent relevant criminal proceedings and where there were a number of disclosure issues not only within the care proceedings but also in relation to the flow of information between the care and the criminal proceedings. The birth of a second child during the continuation of the initial proceedings, caused new proceedings for this child. Interesting legal issues arise in this situation as to whether the necessary threshold is passed when the second child is born into the very protective environment created by the first set of proceedings - the answer, generally, is 'yes'.

Acted on behalf of HSBC Bank Plc in relation to a £7.2 million loan facility to Seaton Place Property Limited in relation to its acquisition of 17 - 21 Seaton Place, St Helier.

Assisted in the establishment of a number of Investment Trusts, for various commercial clients, constituted as a Guernsey law unit trust and registered as a mutual fund under Guernsey law.

We are advising a significant shareholder of a Jersey Collective Investment Fund in relation to possible claims that might exist against the Manager and/or former directors of the Fund arising from the Fund's poor performance. Any claim would be significant; this is potentially high value and complex litigation. Pursuant to a Chinese Wall arrangement we have also recently been instructed by the Fund itself to provide corporate and other advice.

Acts for the joint liquidators of Landsbanki Guernsey Limited (in liquidation), Deloittes. The firm placed the bank into administration (the first such order to be made under the 2008 Guernsey Companies Law) and are working closely with the restructuring and insolvency team at Hogan Lovells - Deborah Gregory is the partner - and leading counsel, Richard Sheldon QC.  The administration was cross-border, the bank having assets in Guernsey, the UK and Iceland.  During the course of the administration we advised the Joint Administrators (and in some cases still are advising the joint liquidators) in relation to all aspects of the insolvency, the handling of creditor claims and litigation, co-ordinating the commencement and conduct of proceedings in Iceland against the parent bank in conjunction with Icelandic Lawyers Jonsson & Hall, advising the Joint Administrators (now liquidators) in respect of potential claims available to the Bank and representing the Joint Administrators/Liquidators before the Guernsey Court.   The matter has received (and continues to receive) huge amounts of publicity, both locally and internationally.

Advised and assisted Saudi royal family in relation to obtaining release of asset situated in Guernsey from asset-holders following obtaining Guernsey Grant of Letters of Administration in the case of an intestacy and following a significant period during which the funds were withheld by the asset-holders.

Dandara is Jersey's biggest residential developer. On their recommendation and requirement, we are a "preferred purchaser's lawyer" for their developments, which include the prime property known as Castle Quay, a two-block, 390 unit development on Jersey's prestigious Waterfront, and the Portelet development, a top-end award-winning development of houses and flats in one of the island's exclusive bays, where prices begin not far short of £1m.