Cross-border judicial cooperation in offshore litigation : (the British offshore world) / editors, Ian RC Kawaley, Andrew J Bolton and Robin J Mayor.
2016
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Title
Cross-border judicial cooperation in offshore litigation : (the British offshore world) / editors, Ian RC Kawaley, Andrew J Bolton and Robin J Mayor.
Uniform Title
Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial litigation.
Published
London, England : Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Call Number
K7680 .J83 2016
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
0854901639
9780854901630
9780854901630
Description
lxx, 339 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)929123999
Note
"Table of cases": pages xxxv-xlvi.
"Table of statutes and secondary legislation": pages xlvii-lviii.
"Table of statutes and secondary legislation": pages xlvii-lviii.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
About the Authors
xi
Foreword to First Edition
xxv
Preface to First Edition
xxix
Preface to Second Edition
xxxiii
Table of Cases
xxxv
Table of Statutes and Secondary Legislation
xlvii
Table of International Materials
lix
Summary of Legal Systems in the Subject Jurisdictions
lxi
pt. I
OVERVIEW
1
1.
Why Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Litigation in the British Offshore World Matters: An Overview
3
1.1.
`Judicial cooperation' defined
4
1.2.
Key legal elements of judicial cooperation
4
1.3.
international commercial significance of offshore jurisdictions and the importance judicial cooperation plays internationally
7
1.4.
Objectives of the present study
14
pt. II
OBTAINING EVIDENCE FOR USE IN FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS
17
2.
Shared Legal Heritage
19
2.1.
status of English law
19
2.2.
Methods of obtaining evidence
20
2.3.
Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975
22
2.4.
Information orders
32
3.
Bermuda
37
3.1.
Introduction
37
3.2.
Letters of request
38
3.3.
Information orders
46
3.4.
Voluntary gathering of evidence
48
3.5.
Confidentiality
48
4.
British Virgin Islands
53
4.1.
Introduction
53
4.2.
Statutory regime under which companies exist
54
4.3.
Letters of request
55
4.4.
Information orders
59
4.5.
Voluntary gathering of evidence
67
4.6.
Confidentiality
67
5.
Cayman Islands
69
5.1.
Introduction
69
5.2.
Letters of request
70
5.3.
Information orders
80
5.4.
Voluntary gathering of evidence
82
5.5.
Confidentiality
83
6.
Isle of Man
87
6.1.
Introduction
87
6.2.
Letters of request
87
6.3.
Information orders
92
6.4.
Voluntary gathering of evidence
95
6.5.
Confidentiality and privilege
96
7.
Guernsey
99
7.1.
Introduction
99
7.2.
Letters of request
100
7.3.
Information orders
104
7.4.
Voluntary gathering of evidence
106
7.5.
Confidentiality
107
8.
Jersey
109
8.1.
Introduction
109
8.2.
Letters of request
110
8.3.
Information orders
115
8.4.
Voluntary gathering of evidence
119
8.5.
Confidentiality
119
pt. III
ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS
121
9.
Shared Legal Heritage
123
9.1.
status of English law
123
9.2.
Statutory methods of enforcement of foreign judgments
124
9.3.
Enforcement of foreign judgments at common law
125
10.
Bermuda
127
10.1.
Introduction
127
10.2.
Statutory provisions for enforcement
129
10.3.
Enforcement at common law
138
10.4.
Future developments
150
11.
British Virgin Islands
155
11.1.
Introduction
155
11.2.
Enforcement by registration of foreign judgments
156
11.3.
Enforcement of foreign judgments at common law
158
11.4.
Procedural considerations/developments
165
11.5.
Future developments
166
12.
Cayman Islands
167
12.1.
Introduction
167
12.2.
Statutory regime for enforcement of foreign judgments
168
12.3.
Enforcement at common law
174
12.4.
Non-money judgments
179
12.5.
Bars to recognition or enforcement
180
12.6.
Future developments
183
13.
Isle of Man
185
13.1.
Introduction
185
13.2.
Enforcement by registration
186
13.3.
Enforcement at common law
188
13.4.
Issue of execution
190
13.5.
Enforcement of execution
190
13.6.
Future developments
192
14.
Guernsey
197
14.1.
Introduction
197
14.2.
Enforcement
198
14.3.
Enforcement at common law
199
14.4.
Statutory enforcement
201
14.5.
Methods of execution
205
14.6.
Conclusion
206
15.
Jersey
207
15.1.
Introduction
207
15.2.
Statutory enforcement
208
15.3.
Customary law rules
213
pt. IV
JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY
219
16.
Shared Legal Heritage
221
16.1.
status of English law
221
16.2.
Shared statutory insolvency law rules
222
16.3.
Recognition of appointment of foreign liquidator
224
16.4.
Common law judicial cooperation generally
224
16.5.
Conclusion
226
17.
Bermuda
227
17.1.
Introduction
227
17.2.
Statutory basis for judicial cooperation
228
17.3.
Common law judicial cooperation- the recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings
232
17.4.
Ancillary winding-up proceedings
242
17.5.
Cooperation through parallel insolvency proceedings
245
17.6.
Recognition of foreign winding-up orders in relation to local companies
251
17.7.
Possible future developments
257
17.8.
Summary
259
18.
British Virgin Islands
261
18.1.
Introduction
261
18.2.
Cooperation in insolvency matters
262
18.3.
Approaches to cross-border insolvency
262
18.4.
statutory regime
265
18.5.
Foreign companies registered to do business in the British Virgin Islands
269
18.6.
UK Insolvency Act 1986
269
18.7.
Other examples of judicial cooperation by the BVI courts
270
18.8.
Conclusion
272
19.
Cayman Islands
273
19.1.
Introduction
273
19.2.
jurisdiction of the court to wind up foreign companies
275
19.3.
Principal and ancillary liquidations
277
19.4.
Law, Part XVII
280
19.5.
Assistance at common law
283
19.6.
Conclusion
285
20.
Isle of Man
287
20.1.
Introduction
287
20.2.
Statutory basis for judicial cooperation
287
20.3.
Common law rules
290
20.4.
Future developments
293
20.5.
Summary
294
21.
Guernsey
295
21.1.
international status of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the basis of common law
295
21.2.
Statutory provisions -- cross-border issues
296
21.3.
Common law procedures
298
21.4.
Obtaining evidence
306
21.5.
Problematic legal issues
308
21.6.
Future developments
309
22.
Jersey
311
22.1.
Introduction
311
22.2.
Statutory assistance
312
22.3.
Non-statutory assistance
315
22.4.
Use of parallel proceedings
317
22.5.
Problematic legal issues
318
pt. V
CONCLUSION
323
23.
Conclusion
323
Index
329