O’Keefe v Caner [2017] EWHC 1105 (Ch)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Summer 2017 #168

This was a trial of the preliminary issue of whether claims made by the joint liquidators of two Jersey-incorporated companies against the respondents were time-barred as a matter of Jersey law.

In the proceedings, the applicants claimed that between 10 April 2007 and 10 June 2008 payments were made of €16m and €18m from ‘Level One’ and ‘Special Opportunity’ respectively, to or for the benefit of the first respondent or companies owned beneficially by him. Those payments were claimed not to have been made in good faith for a legitimate commercial purpose of the companies, and the ...

Jersey: Independent process

Julie Melia outlines the procedure for will-making and probate in Jersey, and the consequences where it is not followed ‘While a will drawn anywhere is the world may, provided that it complies with the requirements of the jurisdiction of the deceased’s domicile, be accepted for Jersey probate purposes, a will dealing with immovable property must …
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