Voisin
Voisin is a Jersey legal firm. The site provides free access to a series of briefings on Jersey legal topics given on the Expertise pages. Areas covered include banking and finance, property, employment and capital markets.
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Collas Crill
Collas Crill is a Channel Islands law firm whose website provides a set of articles, factsheets and news updates on aspects of Jersey and Guernsey law.
Kieron Wood's pages
Website of Kieron Wood, a barrister practising in Dublin, Ireland. The site contains articles, features and information on Irish legal matters. There are sections dealing with family law and civil law covering divorce, marriage, links to Irish family legislation, citizenship, labour law and defamation law in Ireland. There is a glossary of legal terms, contact details for other Irish barristers and a page of links to Irish legal sites.
Trusts Discussion Forum
Website of the Trusts Discussion Forum a moderated mailing list aimed at legal practitioners concerned with the "drafting and administration of trusts, wills and other private client issues including taxation." It is administered by STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) but is open to non-members. The message archive can be browsed by subject or in date order and the site search engine enables messages to be searched by keyword or date. Free registration is required to post messages on the site and to receive postings by email.
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Website of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) a professional body for practitioners in the field of in trusts and estates, executorship and related areas. The site has membership information about STEP (including a searchable online directory) and details of conferences, committees and events. There is information on STEP publications including journals, accounts and pamphlets. Articles and guides to trusts and wills can be downloaded from the site. Details are also given on courses offered by STEP for CPD. Parts of the site are restricted to members.
Institute of Legacy Management
The Institute of Legacy Management (ILM) is an organisation promoting professional standards in legacy administration whose membership includes charity legacy officers, solicitors and other legal professionals. The ILM provides consultancy, training and support services. The website gives information about the Institute and a bi-monthly newsletter providing legacy administration news.
Babbé
Website of Babbé, a Guernsey law firm specialising in commercial law and litigation, trust and company law and insolvency. The Library section of the site (available via the Corporate and Commercial, Trust and Fiduciary, and Insolvency pages) has a collection articles produced by the firm about relevant aspects of Guernsey law. The Private Client Services section provides guides to wills, probate, inheritance and guardianship in Guernsey. There is also a Conveyancing section (linked from Private Client Services), which has guides to aspects of Guernsey property law
Bona Vacantia
Official website describing the role and work of the Bona Vacantia Division in the UK's Government Legal Department. The term "Bona Vacantia" ("vacant goods") refers to property that passes to the Crown because it has no owner. The site gives information about the Division's Companies Group and Estates Group. The Companies Group handles property relating to dissolved and insolvent businesses. The Estates Group deals with the estates of persons who die intestate or without known kin. A collection of Guideline documents are available.
International Academy of Estate and Trust Law
The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law is an organisation for notaries, solicitors, lawyers, judges and academics experienced in probate and trust law. The Academy is concerned with the study of all types of vehicles for the transfer of wealth, such as corporations, partnerships, common law trusts, statutory trusts and foundations. The site has a directory of members which can be browsed by country or alphabetically by name. A database of publications written by members can be searched by author, title, year of publication or country; it contains bibliographic details only.