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Collas Crill is a leading offshore law firm with offices in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and London.
We deliver a comprehensive range of legal services to clients locally and globally, including financial institutions, international businesses, trusts and funds, as well as high-net-worth individuals and families across the globe. Our growing network of independent and trusted partners spans the Caribbean, the Channel Islands, the UK, Europe, the US, the Middle East, South Africa and Asia.
Challenges to (in)adequate deliberation after Dawson-Damer – a reminder for trustees
Dawson-Damer – an introduction In a landmark decision of the Privy Council, Ashley Dawson-Damer v Grampian Trust Company Ltd [2025] UKPC 32 (Dawson-Damer), the Privy Council has grappled with a US$402m trust dispute in which a discretionary beneficiary s...
Enforcement of judgments in the Cayman Islands - latest trends and developments
The Cayman Islands has developed a framework for the enforcement of foreign judgments (including arbitral awards), which has long been recognised as friendly to those wishing to enforce judgments or awards against assets or entities located within the ju...
Senior private client appointment for Collas Crill in Cayman
Collas Crill has appointed Dinesh Menon as Counsel in its private client and trusts team in the Cayman Islands. An experienced advisor to high-net-worth individuals and families, Dinesh has more than 20 years' experience in private wealth, trust, and est...
On 24 July 2025, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council handed down two important decisions. Each decision concerned separate appeals and issues arising from the same matter, Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd & Others,...
This isn't just a trustee… it's a Guernsey private trust company
Granted, the Marks & Spencer reference may have worked slightly better prior to their recent cyber difficulties but, when is a trustee not just a trustee? When it’s a private trust company (PTC), that's when. As we know, a PTC is a really good steppi...
Practitioners familiar with Cayman Islands trusts will know that STAR[1] trusts are statutory in origin and unique to the Cayman Islands. One of their defining features is the statutory requirement to appoint an 'enforcer' who, as the name suggests, has ...
