Category: Legal

THE Guernsey International Legal Association (GILA), in association with the GTA University Centre, is to offer a bursary for a student taking up a place on the Graduate Diploma in Law, due to begin next month. The two-year part-time programme, run by the GTA University Centre in conjunction with Bournemouth University, will cover eight units [...]

FRAUD specialists from some of the world’s leading legal and accounting firms will be speaking at the third AO Hall Fraud Conference. The biennial event, which is held in conjunction with GTA University Centre, has built a reputation for attracting high calibre speakers and this October’s one-day event has again secured some experienced lawyers and [...]

Appleby, the world’s largest provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, was named “Offshore Law Firm of the Year” at The Lawyer Awards held in London on Tuesday 22 June 2010. John Bisson, Chairman of Appleby’s Executive Board collected the award on behalf of the firm at a glittering awards ceremony held at Grosvenor [...]

LOCAL graduates interested in pursuing a career in law will soon have the opportunity to do so on-island thanks to the GTA University Centre’s continuing partnership with Bournemouth University. Last month, Mr Howard Davies, programme leader at Bournemouth University, was in Guernsey to give a presentation on the Post Graduate Diploma in Law.

AO Hall has received the highest rating for its employment team from Chambers Europe. Chambers, one of the legal profession’s leading directories, has named AO Hall in the top tier for employment and in dispute resolution after Mourant Ozannes and Carey Olsen. Partners Alison Ozanne, Louise Hall, Elaine Gray and Jon Barclay have all been [...]

GUERNSEY will feature at an international fraud conference in London this week. AO Hall partner Jon Barclay, who specialises in fraud litigation, has been asked to speak at the LexisNexis International Fraud Litigation conference which will be attended by lawyers from around the world. He is one of a number of eminent speakers from renowned [...]

Guernsey News, 7 May 2010 – Ernst & Young senior manager Carl Ceillam has successfully qualified as a Certified EnCase Examiner (EnCE). Heading up Guernsey’s IT Risk and Assurance practice, Mr Ceillam is believed to be one of the first people outside of law enforcement in the Channel Islands to gain this qualification. EnCase software [...]

Guernsey News, 5 May 2010 – Mourant du Feu & Jeune lawyers Kate Storey and Lionel Woodward have been promoted to senior associate with immediate effect. The promotions are a result of continued growth for the law firm. Managing Partner, Jonathan Rigby, said: “Kate and Lionel are both experienced lawyers and have proved themselves to [...]

Guernsey News, 20 April 2010 – Appleby, the world’s largest provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, has confirmed that its new office in Guernsey, the Channel Islands will officially open on 19 April 2010. The group will now have 81 partners, 215 lawyers and over 800 staff worldwide and has been ranked as [...]

Guernsey News, 19 April 2010 – Appleby, the world’s largest provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, has confirmed that its new office in Guernsey, the Channel Islands will officially open on 19 April 2010. The group will now have 81 partners, 215 lawyers and over 800 staff worldwide and has been ranked as [...]