Businesses need to gear up for a raft of new, far reaching social legislation that aims to ensure fair and equal treatment for all. The Equality Bill 2016 will create rights in the Isle of Man … [Read more...]
The Appointment of Receivers and the Flexibility of the Manx Court
On the 27th March 2017, His Honour Deemster Doyle, First Deemster and Clerk of the Rolls, delivered his judgment in Affinity Management Services Limited v Justus Limited. The issue before the court … [Read more...]
Recruitment Agencies – Introduction & Transfer Fees
In an interesting case (First Personnel Services Limited v Halfords Limited) decided at the end of 2016, a client terminated the services of a recruitment agency with which it had dealt over many … [Read more...]
Isle of Man Legal Opinions
In banking and finance matters, a legal opinion is often sought from Isle of Man advocates to confirm the capacity and valid incorporation and existence of a legal entity established under the laws of … [Read more...]
Design Rights in the UK and the Isle of Man – recent changes
Under the Manx and UK copyright legislation, it is not an infringement of a design document to make industrially (ie more than 50 copies) articles in accordance with the design which are not … [Read more...]
Can hyperlinks infringe?
The use of hyperlinks to access third party websites is such a common part of internet communication that it is hard to imagine that they might give rise to a claim of infringement of copyright in … [Read more...]
eSports – an expanding industry
The Isle of Man's strong reputation for player protection, sound anti-money laundering regulations and world-class telecommunications infrastructure means that it has solid foundations in place to … [Read more...]
Reform of insurance law
From August 12 2016 when the UK's Insurance Act 2015 takes effect there will be differences affecting business (ie non-consumer) policies issued in Isle of Man and those issued in the UK, including … [Read more...]
Taxing Times? A briefing note on AB v CD
On June 30 2016 Her Majesty's First Deemster, Deemster Doyle, delivered a judgment in the case of AB v CD, in which Kevin O'Loughlin and Christopher Arrowsmith of Simcocks acted for the Defendant … [Read more...]
Divorce: How final is final?
2015 saw a number of high profile divorce cases hitting the headlines. At fist glance, it might look like these cases opened the doors to allow disgruntled ex-spouses to get a second bite of the … [Read more...]
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