A chip off the old block: Defining children and descendants properly in Jersey and Guernsey law trusts

Who is to be treated as a child for the purpose of construing how an offshore trust or will is supposed to operate? This is a deceptively simple question – surely we all know what a child is? The beneficial class in many offshore trusts and wills will of...

Termination of a trust: A practical guide for trustees

Trusts are intended to endure, often across generations. However, circumstances change: family dynamics evolve, assets are sold, restructured or decrease in value, beneficiary needs shift, tax regimes change. The original purpose of the trust may no long...

Compulsory liquidation and creditor costs: When will non-applicant creditors recover their legal costs as an expense of the liquidation?

In a recent judgment on costs, the Royal Court of Guernsey (the Court) has provided helpful clarification on the circumstances in which a creditor, other than the applicant creditor, may recover its legal costs as an expense of a compulsory liquidation. ...

Policing problematic parking: Terres à L'Amende in Guernsey

What is a Terres A L'Amende? An aspect of property law that is unique to Guernsey, the term refers to an area of land which has been designated as 'Les Terres Mises à L'Amende' (literally meaning 'penalty land') pursuant to an order of Guernsey's Royal C...

Collas Crill acts on sale of Mawson Collins Ltd to Cherry Godfrey

Collas Crill acted on the sale of estate agency and property management company, Mawson Collins Ltd, to Cherry Godfrey. Senior Partner and head of Collas Crill's real estate team, Jason Green, worked with Sammie Cox, Director at Cleland & Co, on revi...

Collas Crill involved in the sale of historic freeholds

Collas Crill was involved in the sale of the freeholds of 59 and 61 The Pollet, St Peter Port, Guernsey by their longstanding client, Walter Property Limited to Randalls, one of Guernsey’s longest-established hospitality businesses. The Walter family had...