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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]