August 2nd 2012
For holiday reading, and a little light entertainment, the
influence of Norman French, as practiced and spoken in the
Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, on the development of the
British Constitution can be evidenced in the Statute of...
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June 21st 2012
Usufruits in the Channel Islands: The 1854 Guernsey
"Ordonnance": The "Rapport" of 14th January, 1854
summarising the customary law at that time, and confirming that a
usufruit applies both to movables and to immovables.
The...
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On 12 March 2018, the Commission proposed the adoption of
common conflict of laws rules on the third-party effects of
assignments of claims.
This will be of significant importance in the context of Brexit,
and will need to be addressed by any...
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Referring to a prior post, n°34, by way of reminder, any foreign
entity, including a trust which purchases directly or indirectly an
interest in French realty (immovable property) has to give either
an undertaking to supply information on...
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The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill (IMB) currently
before the UK Parliament is quite a deceptively named piece of
legislation as it in fact admits the fact of four emerging future
internal markets comprising the United Kingdom. One aim...
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