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Collas Crill is a leading offshore firm with offices in Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and London.
We deliver a range of legal, regulatory, compliance, trust and corporate services to clients across the globe, including financial services businesses, corporates, trusts and funds, and high-net-worth individuals and families.
Cayman Islands introduces new pre-action discovery mechanism
The Cayman Islands Grand Court (the Court) has introduced a significant enhancement to its discovery framework through the addition of Rule 7A to Order 24 of the Grand Court Rules, which came into force on 30 March 2026. Previously, Cayman Islands ...
Generative AI and legal privilege: What boards need to know
Generative AI is already part of how many organisations work, and staff will increasingly turn to it to assist with their work, even in businesses that have not officially addressed its use. Directors are being asked to balance the gains associated with ...
Mind the gap: Why the wider role prevails for protectors
On 19 March 2026, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ('JCPC') delivered its judgment in A and Ors (Appellants) v C and others (Respondents) [2026] UKPC 11, overturning the findings of the Court of Appeal of Bermuda and holding that the trusts wh...
Introduction to Cayman reserved powers trusts The Cayman Islands (Cayman) has long set the benchmark for sophisticated private wealth structuring and solutions. For globally mobile, entrepreneurial individuals and families, flexibility is essential. ...
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...
