On 22 October 2013, a draft amendment to the Taxation (Exchange of Information with Third Countries) (Jersey) Regulations was lodged with the States of Jersey. The accompanying report states that the main objective of the amendments is to address: A number of perceived shortcomings with the current regime; and Jersey’s inclusion on the French list […]

Jersey has its own legal system and is a separate jurisdiction from that of England and Wales. To combat bribery and corruption, it enacted the Corruption (Jersey) Law 2006 (the “Corruption Law”), which came into force in March 2007. However, the United Kingdom’s Bribery Act 2010 (the “Bribery Act”), which came into force on 1 […]

Employment Tribunal Fees Should Be Introduced In Jersey – Jersey should consider introducing fees for employment tribunal cases in order to deter spurious cases, in much the same way as the UK has done, according to Lindsay Edwards-Thatcher of employment law specialists, TM Legal Services. Starting today, complainants in the UK will have to pay […]

The Regulations require Jersey financial institutions to contact clients who are resident in the United Kingdom for tax purposes to make them aware of the disclosure facility set out in Schedule 2 of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Jersey and the United Kingdom in March 2013. The Regulations arose as a consequence of the […]

The Jersey Employment Tribunal (JET) has recently struck out a claim for redundancy and payment of notice brought by a worker contracted under a zero hours contract on the basis that he was not an ‘employee’ and was not therefore entitled to bring any claims under the Employment (Jersey) Law 2003 (the Law). The Applicant […]

Jersey should consider introducing fees for employment tribunal cases in order to deter spurious cases, in much the same way as the UK has done, according to Lindsay Edwards-Thatcher of employment law specialists, TM Legal Services. Starting today, complainants in the UK will have to pay a filing fee and subsequently another fee once the […]

The Jersey Financial Services Commission (the “Commission”) has issued a Consultation Paper on proposals to amend the Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008. The Consultation Paper deals with a number of recommendations made by the International Monetary Fund (the “IMF”) in 2009 to strengthen the measures that are applied in Jersey by financial institutions, such as […]

PROPOSALS TO REVISE AML/CFT REQUIREMENTS Today, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the “Commission”) has issued a Consultation Paper on proposals to amend the Money Laundering (Jersey) Order 2008. The Consultation Paper deals with a number of recommendations made by the International Monetary Fund (the “IMF”) in 2009 to strengthen the measures that are applied in […]