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HH Hazel Marshall KC of Barrule Mediation Services will give the main address at the ACTAPS Guernsey event on Wednesday 4 November 2026. Hazel’s talk, “Royal Court of Guernsey. Do’s and Don’ts: some guidance from the bench”, draws on her experience as Lieutenant Bailiff. She’ll set out what helps a case in the Royal Court and what gets in the way, with examples of good and poor practice. She’ll also cover a few areas where practitioners could do better. ACTAPS co-chairs Josh

Nicole Pineda speaks at STEP Guernsey's final Breakfast Briefing of 2026 on September 30th. Her subject is the Latin American HNW market. She'll cover its size, make-up and growth, what wealthy families there now need from their advisers, and where Guernsey fits. Nicole has worked with families across the region for many years, and she knows how they think about structure and succession. Henry Mowbray and Sandra Fernandes of Howden CI join her on the practicalities of support

Hazel Marshall KC, of Barrule Mediation Services Limited, will speak at the inaugural Offshore Trusts Disputes Forum in Jersey on 29-30 September. Alison Ozanne, Executive Director, will attend. The forum is hosted by ThoughtLeaders4 and the Contentious Trusts Association at The Royal Yacht Hotel, St Helier. It brings together practitioners from Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Cayman, BVI, Bermuda and London to discuss how international private wealth disputes are developi

Barrule Partners has been joined by Nicole Pineda as Global Client Relationship Director, further deepening the Group’s client offering and international reach. Nicole joins Barrule with more than two decades of experience advising clients on complex international finance and corporate transactions. A lawyer qualified in England and Wales, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, she has held senior leadership positions at some of the offshore industry's most resp

In May 2026, and after extensive industry consultation, the States of Guernsey voted 39-0 to adopt important proposed reforms to the Trusts (Guernsey) Law, 2007 (‘Guernsey Trust Law’). The genesis of these reforms can be seen in the recently published ‘Financial Sector Strategy 2035: Driving Growth for Guernsey’. This identified the global fiduciary sector as experiencing strong growth driven by rising personal financial wealth. It noted that Guernsey has positioned itself as

Disputes are an inevitable part of commercial and professional life. The question is rarely whether they occur, but how they are managed, and more importantly, solved. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) provides methods to solve disputes without resorting to formal Court proceedings. ADR helps parties resolve disputes efficiently, cost effectively, reduce disruption and, where possible, preserve important relationships. The Courts are increasingly directing parties to attem

What the GFSC's new guidance means for you. The Guernsey Financial Services Commission published new guidance this month on tokenised investments and real-world assets, alongside its Feedback Paper responding to the Consultation on Supporting Growth with Digital Finance. If you're looking at Guernsey structures for digital assets, gold, real estate, or securities, this is the guidance to know. The headline is reassuring. The Commission isn't creating a new regime. It's applyi

In the recent re X Trusts case [civil no. 2632 22.05.26] the Royal Court in Guernsey considered an unusual request to bless a momentous decision by the Protector to replace a Guernsey trustee with a UK trustee, thereby 'onshoring' the trust. This despite the fact that such a change would result in significant tax and other liabilies for the trust assets. Indeed, the Court noted that by 2134, assuming the continuation of the modest distribution policy and the size of the fund

Last week, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council gave a hugely significant judgment which has finally settled a long running debate about the extent of the powers of the Protector of a trust.