Isle News, 31 July 2009 – WHEN Adrian Bienvenu started work at Carey Son & Dorey on 28 July 1969 the Rolling Stones were number one and the States were preparing to debate an important loan.
Mr Bienvenu was employed as an accounts clerk, and was one of only eight employees and two partners who worked [...]
Isle News, 22 July 2009 – Offshore law firm Mourant du Feu & Jeune has established the first two Foundation structures in Jersey, on the first day the new law came into force in the Island.
Giles Corbin, partner and head of the firm’s Trusts practice, Simon Gould, partner and head of the Financial Services team, [...]
Isle News, 16 July 2009 – Teams from De La Salle College and Jersey College for Girls will contest the final of the second annual BakerPlatt Youth Advocacy Competition in the Royal Court next week.
Nearly 120 students from five Island sixth forms took part in the first three rounds of the competition, which started earlier [...]
Isle News, 13 July 2009 – Mourant du Feu & Jeune has been named Jersey Law Firm of the Year for the second year in succession in the Who’s Who Legal Awards.
Who’s Who Legal receives thousands of nominations from clients and private practice professionals to identify the leading firms in 50 countries and five US [...]
Isle News, 9 July 2009 – Two fiduciary lawyers have been called to the bar in Guernsey. The Deputy Bailiff has sworn in advocates Laila Arstall and Polly Lister, the pair from Carey Olsen having passed the Guernsey Bar exams.
Having two further advocates has significantly reinforced the strength of the trust and fiduciary team at [...]
Isle News, 25 June 2009 – Over 1200 islanders have signed a petition against a possible ban on the display of tobacco in Bailiwick shops.
The petition was presented to Deputy Hunter Adam, as he arrived for today’s States’ meeting, by Phillip Morgan, Proprietor of The Paper Box and the Candy Shop, in St Peter Port. [...]
Isle News, 12 June 2009 – The proposed Foundations (Jersey) Law was sanctioned by the Privy Council on Wednesday, 10 June and is expected to come into effect in Jersey by mid-July.
Jersey is the first of the Crown Dependencies to introduce a Foundations Law and Jersey lawyers and trust company businesses are gearing themselves up [...]
Isle News, 16 March 2009 – Voisin and Volaw are reinforcing their relationship with Mont à l’Abbé School by helping to create a sensory garden for the children. Six volunteers from the law firm and trust company are giving up their time on Friday 20 March to plant an area of the playground just in [...]
