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CNCF wants storytellers and poets The Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) is calling on all Cayman’s storytellers and poets to submit their family friendly works directly to the CNCF at http://www.artscayman.org/. The reason the CNCF want their work is to…
Carey Olsen recognised by ‘Best Companies’ 2014
Offshore firm Carey Olsen, which has offices in the Cayman Islands, has achieved the Best Companies’ One Star Status in the 2014 annual engagement survey on their first application. Carey Olsen, with offices in the British Virgin Islands, Cape Town,…
Jersey promoted to World League Four with win over Cayman Islands
From BBC Jersey has clinched promotion from World Cricket League Division Five after a comprehensive 122-run win over Cayman Islands. The victory was Jersey’s fourth in a row at the tournament in Malaysia and guaranteed that the Channel Islanders will…
Walkers receives highest rankings in Chambers’ Asia-Pacific 2014 Guide
Legal Directory Rankings Confirm Walkers as Leading Pan-Asian Offshore Law Firm HONG KONG & SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The latest rankings published by premier legal directory Chambers and Partners in its 2014 Asia-Pacific Guide has reaffirmed Walkers’ position as the leading pan-Asian provider…
Offshore market focuses on technology as turnover rises
By Joanne Harris from The Lawyer The offshore legal market had a solid 2013, with several firms reporting double-digit increases in turnover and a pronounced pick-up in activity levels. Research conducted for The Lawyer’s annual survey of the 30 biggest…
The Offshore Top 30, 2014: The byteback begins
By Joanne Harris From The Lawyer After the activity lull last year, offshore firms have regrouped and come out fighting with state-of-the-art technology that takes client service to a new level After a year of substantial change in the offshore…
Mourant Ozannes advises on the acquisition of Ogier Fiduciary Services
Mourant Ozannes assisted lead advisor Clifford Chance in advising Electra Private Equity PLC, on its £180 million acquisition of Ogier Fiduciary Services. Electra Private Equity PLC, a London Stock Exchange listed investment trust, will invest £83 million of equity alongside…
National Football League Sunday, January 19 2014 Results
Patriots 16 Broncos 26 49ers 17 Seahawk23 NFL Super Bowl XLVII Sunday, February 2, 6:30 PM MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Seattle Seahawks v. Denver Broncos
After N.J. woman’s body sent to wrong family, daughter struggles to get mom’s remains returned
By Erin O’Neill/The Star-Ledger From NJ.com ENGLEWOOD — Margaret Porkka died while vacationing in the Caribbean over Thanksgiving. Now her family is working on retrieving what they believe are the Englewood resident’s cremated remains from Canada, after discovering last month…