Category: Legal

Staff at local legal services provider, Appleby, and their families enjoyed a fun day out last weekend at Cronkbourne Cricket Club.  The event, which is organised annually by the firm’s Social Committee, was packed with old-fashioned fun and activities such as a bucking bronco, face painting, coconut shy and circus performances.  Around sixty people, including [...]

Lawyers Paul Beckett and Elizabeth Grayton from Mannin Chambers, the state of the art progressive Douglas law practice, are to be the next speakers in the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) IOM regular series of events. Mannin Chambers is a member of the www.AIM.co.im strategic alliance specialising in AIM listing services.  The firm [...]

The Select Committee of Tynwald on Legal Aid in Family Matters (Petition for Redress of Grievance) intends to hear evidence in public on Thursday 12th August 2010 at 2.30pm in the Millennium Room, Legislative Buildings, Finch Road, Douglas. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Evidence will be taken from the following person at [...]

Leading offshore law firm Appleby has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Simpson to the position of Senior Associate in the Litigation and Insolvency team in the Isle of Man, effective from 1st July 2010. Appleby continues to expand its Isle of Man office with the arrival, at the beginning of July, of Elizabeth Simpson, who [...]

The Select Committee has published an interim Report on the causes of the collapse of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Bank (Isle of Man) Limited and the actions of the Financial Supervision Commission. The Report will be debated in Tynwald in July. Copies are available from the Tynwald website at www.tynwald.org.im or from Tynwald Library. Evidence [...]

Maitland, the international wealth and professional services firm, has appointed former Cains’ Lawyer, Daniel Mackelden as a Partner based in their London office. Mr Mackelden has over 15 years experience as a cross-border corporate, banking and finance lawyer and his new role at Maitland will focus on strengthening ties with existing and new clients across [...]

Year 12 students from the Island’s five secondary schools are to experience the process of parliamentary democracy by participating in the annual sitting of Junior Tynwald. Organised by the Isle of Man branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in conjunction with the Department of Education and Children the Court will sit in the Tynwald [...]

On the 15th June 2010, Tynwald appointed a Select Committee pursuant to the following resolution: “That a system of Standing Committees relating to the work of Government departments be assessed and the implications and benefits of establishing such a system of committees, including the provision of an impact assessment identifying the costs and staffing requirements [...]

Leading offshore law firm Appleby has announced the appointment of Sarah Jarvis to the position of Marketing Manager in the Isle of Man, effective from June 2010. In addition to supporting the Isle of Man office, Sarah will be working with the Director of Marketing and the global marketing team at a strategic and tactical [...]

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 group at a glittering awards ceremony held at Grosvenor [...]