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Amendments to the BVI Civil Procedure Rules Series – Part Four

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The Revised Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules (the “Revised CPR”) come into force on 31 July 2023, and with them a significant change to the rules which govern service of proceedings on foreign defendants...more

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The British Virgin Islands and the EU List of Non-Cooperative Tax Jurisdictions

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The EU has announced it is has added the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. The BVI Government has since issued a statement highlighting that it has already introduced...more

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Hague Service, or Substituted Service, of Cayman Islands Court Proceedings: Not Just a Technical Game

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The Cayman Islands, as a British Overseas Territory, is a party, through the United Kingdom, to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (‘the Hague...more

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Second Circuit Denies Petition for En Banc Review of Fairfield Decision

On January 13, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied a petition for en banc review of the Second Circuit’s September 2014 panel decision holding that bankruptcy courts are required to review the...more

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Rehearing Petition Dramatizes Second Circuit's Comity Rejection

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Recognition of a foreign main proceeding under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code has “effects” under Section 1520 that are automatic and powerful, including application of the automatic stay of Section 362 and the...more

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