Carey Olsen has the largest litigation practice in the Channel Islands and handles the largest and most complex cases that come before the Islands' Courts. Our lawyers are committed to finding the best method of resolving disputes to avoid unnecessary expense being incurred by the client.
The Litigation Group's Jersey and Guernsey lawyers have had many years' experience of advocacy before all the Island courts including the Court of Appeal and Privy Council.
Our clients include financial institutions, corporate entities, sovereign governments and individuals.
The team regularly advises on:
- multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation;
- banking and finance litigation;
- parallel / cross border insolvency and restructuring;
- tracing actions, asset freezing, disclosure orders and other pre-trial remedies;
- trust and probate litigation, including disputes over the validity of transfers to trusts, constructive trusts, variation of trusts and wills;
- international debt recovery, reciprocal enforcement of judgments and obtaining evidence for the purpose of foreign proceedings;
- professional negligence;
- contract law in which the firm specialises in the unique aspects of the historical regimes in both Guernsey and Jersey;
- company law including disputes between shareholders and directors;
- public law including constitutional law, judicial review and administrative law appeals such as planning and compulsory purchase actions;
- crime including international fraud and money laundering;
- commercial and trade disputes;
- family law.
