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BVI trusts—jurisdictional background and legal framework
BVI trusts—jurisdictional background and legal framework
Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Alex Way, of counsel in Maples and Calder's Trusts & Private Client team in London, and based on original work by Mourant Ozannes, sets out the jurisdictional background and legal framework of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), including the government, judicial system, financial services, banks, investments, stock exchange, insurance and trusts.

BVI trusts—key features of BVI trusts law
BVI trusts—key features of BVI trusts law
Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Alex Way of Maples Group and based on original work by Mourant Ozannes, discusses the legal framework and features of British Virgin Islands’ (BVI) trusts law, including reserved powers, VISTA Trusts, purpose trusts, rights to information, variation of trusts, exclusion of forced heirship provisions, private trust companies and taxation.

BVI trusts—types of trusts and practical application
BVI trusts—types of trusts and practical application
Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Alex Way, of Counsel, of Maples Group and based on original work by Mourant Ozannes, discusses the most common types of trusts established for private clients in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), as well as the range of practical applications of BVI trusts.

BVI VISTA trusts—common uses
BVI VISTA trusts—common uses
Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Alex Way of Maples Group and based on original work by Mourant Ozannes, provides guidance on the common uses of VISTA trusts. The ‘prudent person rule’, the exclusion of the ‘prudent person rule’, the VISTA Law and the further applications of VISTA trusts are covered in detail.

BVI VISTA trusts—drafting
BVI VISTA trusts—drafting
Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Alex Way, of counsel, of Maples Group, and based on original work by Mourant Ozannes, discusses the prescribed formalities and some special features for VISTA trusts in the BVI.

BVI VISTA trusts—management
BVI VISTA trusts—management
Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Alex Way, of counsel in Maples and Calder's Trusts & Private Client team in London, and based on original work by Mourant Ozannes, addresses certain aspects of the management and administration of VISTA Trusts in the BVI.

Enforcement guide—Jersey
Enforcement guide—Jersey
Practice Notes

This Practice Note contains a guide to enforcement in Jersey. It includes a wide range of information, including dealing with conflicting decisions, costs, currency, enforcement process, limitation, injunctive relief, recognition of judgments, service and pitfalls and types of enforceable order.

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