Privy Council for the United Kingdom

Axiom Legal Financing Fund v. Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd.: Judgment Upholding Case Dismissal (Privy Council)

May 12, 2022

Judgment Upholding the dismissal of the case by the Isle of Man High Court in JP SPC 1 and JP SPC 4, both of the Cayman Islands, on behalf of Axiom Legal Financing Fund v. Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd. at the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

TCI Integrity Commission v. Anthony Kikivarakis: ‘Financial Disclosure’ Appeal Judgment

December 20, 2021

Judgment regarding "whether the Integrity Commission of the Turks and Caicos Islands has the power under section 20 of the Integrity Commission Ordinance to issue a summons to a third party requiring them to produce documents as part of an informal investigation, or whether that power can be exercised only in connection with a formal inquiry under section 46 of the Ordinance" in the Integrity Commission of the Turks and Caicos Islands v. Anthony Kikivarakis, as Official Liquidator of TCI Bank Ltd. (in Liquidation), at the Privy Council for the United Kingdom.

Convoy Collateral Ltd. v. Broad Idea International Ltd. et al: UK Privy Council’s ‘Black Swan’ Judgment

October 4, 2021

Judgment that the British Virgin Islands Court of Appeal was wrong to overturn a decision known as "Black Swan" regarding the jurisdiction’s authority to issue freezing injunctions in support of foreign proceedings in Convoy Collateral Ltd., of Hong Kong (Appellant) v. Broad Idea International Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, and Cho Kwai Chee, of Hong Kong, (Respondents) at the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

FundHaven Ltd. et al v. Bahamas Securities Commission: Judgment

April 16, 2021

Judgment in FundHaven Ltd. and South American Investment Fund Ltd., described as "a private investment holding vehicle for an Argentinian family" v. The Executive Director of the Securities Commission of the Bahamas at the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB v. Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Ltd.: Judgment

July 29, 2019

Judgment in an appeal from the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands regarding redemption payments in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, of Sweden v. Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Ltd. (in Liquidation), of the Cayman Islands, at the Privy Council, in the United Kingdom.

AWH Fund Ltd. v. ZCM Asset Holding Company (Bermuda) Ltd.: Judgment

July 29, 2019

Judgment in an appeal from the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas regarding service outside the jurisdiction in AWH Fund Ltd. (in Compulsory Liquidation), of the Bahamas v. ZCM Asset Holding Company (Bermuda) Ltd., of Bermuda, at the Privy Council, in the United Kingdom.

Volaw Trust and Corporate Services Ltd. et al v. Jersey Attorney General et al: Judgment

June 17, 2019

Judgment regarding a criminal investigation in Norway into tax evasion by Berge Gerdt Larsen involving entities in Abu Dhabi, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Dubai, England, Jersey, Liberia, Panama, Singapore, and Saint Kitts and Nevis in Volaw Trust and Corporate Services Ltd., of Jersey, in the Channel Islands; North East Oil Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Larsen Oil and Gas Drilling Ltd., of Jersey; Network Drilling Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Independent Oilfield Rentals IOR Ltd., of Jersey; Petrolia Drilling Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; OPS Personnel Services Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, et al v. The Office of the Comptroller of Taxes, The Attorney General for Jersey, in the Channel Islands, et al at the Privy Council, in the United Kingdom.

Bermuda Bar Council v. Walkers (Bermuda) Ltd.: Privy Council Judgment

June 10, 2019

Judgment in Bermuda Bar Council v. Walkers (Bermuda) Ltd. at the Privy Council, in the United Kingdom.

Mexico Infrastructure Finance LLC v. Corporation of Hamilton: Judgment

January 21, 2019

Judgment in Mexico Infrastructure Finance LLC v. The Corporation of Hamilton at the Privy Council, in the United Kingdom.