Privy Council In Bank Ruling Wraps Jamaican Judiciary On the Knuckles, Part I

By: Ainsley Brown The House of Lords, with its Judicial Council of the Privy Council hat on, as Jamaica´s court of final appeal, handed down a judgment that is set to have repercussions well beyond the interests of the parties involved. In fact the consequences of his judgment go beyond just banking or investing but engages commercial dispute resolution, specifically

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Long Arm Of US Law Reaches Across The Pond To Freeze Stanford Assets

By: Ainsley Brown The US securities regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has extended its long arm yet again. This time it was as a part of an operation to locate and then freeze the personal and company assets of Sir Allen Stanford and his Stanford International Bank (SIB). Mr. Stanford – oh sorry I should say Sir Allen

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