Maples and Calder in Cayman Islands advises Diamond Head Aviation on US$260m ABS
Cayman Islands | 26 August 2015: Maples and Calder recently advised Diamond Head Aviation 2015 Limited (the “Issuer”) on the Cayman Islands legal aspects of its US$260.75 million asset backed securitisation (“ABS”) of a diverse portfolio of 30 aircraft. AWAS…
Q&A: Credit and debit card surcharges
From MMC-News The UK government is planning to ban “excessive” fees for using a debit or credit card to buy items such as tickets online. It has gone further than recommendations from the regulator to ban surcharges on debit cards…
Live-TV shooting suspect pronounced dead at hospital
By Jaime Fuller From New York Magazine Twenty-four-year-old WDBJ7 reporter Alison Parker and 27-year-old cameraman Adam Ward were killed during a live-TV broadcast at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia on Wednesday morning. Police quickly began searching for a suspect, former…
The Great Fall of China?
Geoff Cook Chief Executive Officer From Jersey Finance Tumbling stock markets around the world have triggered a resurgence in the debate about the sustainability of China’s economic performance. So what does the future hold? Chinese intervention to prop up the…
Brothers assault Latino man, tell cops ‘Trump was right’ — Donald Trump calls them ‘passionate’
By Jonathan Vankin From Inquisitr Two brothers from South Boston, Massachusetts — Scott and Steve Leader — were arrested Tuesday night and charged with a brutal and unprovoked assault on a sleeping homeless man, a man of Latino descent, punching…
Council of Europe anti-torture committee issues report on Dutch Caribbean
From Caribbean News Now STRASBOURG, France — The Council of Europe anti-torture committee (CPT) on Tuesday published a report on its May 2014 visit to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In its visit to Bonaire, Aruba,…
The Editor Speaks: Hogwash
When a barrel of good apples has a bad apple thrown in the result is all the apples will soon go bad. When apples begin to decay, they emit gases. If the rotting apple is mixed in with a group…
U.S. citizen sentenced in connection with Costa Rica-based business opportunity fraud ventures
From US Department of Justice A U.S. citizen charged in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities based in Costa Rica was sentenced to prison today in Miami, the Justice Department announced. John White, aka Gregory…
US Supreme Court rules death penalty is unconstitutional
By Christian Nolan, From The Connecticut Law Tribune A divided Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the retroactive application of the death penalty is unconstitutional, thus eliminating capital punishment altogether in the state. The decision bars the state from executing…
In the Caribbean, close encounters of a public health kind
By Carmen Carpio From The World Bank I consider myself a pretty lucky person. I often work across the beautiful islands of the Caribbean, with their glistening turquoise seas, the lush greenery, fresh tropical fruit… I could go on, but…
