Cayman Islands native Bethany Ebanks receives commendation
Intro: The Proud of Them initiative recognises the positive achievements of young persons aged between 10 – 25 years. Through a public nomination process, individuals are honoured in the categories of Academics, Careers, Business, Sports, Culture or Community Service. Each…
Why the BVI is the ‘king of incorporations’ for Chinese and other foreigners
By Naomi Comerford Director of Marketing & Sales OffshoreAlert The British Virgin Islands incorporates more legal entities on behalf of foreign nationals than any other offshore jurisdiction. Many of the clients live in China and Russia. At next month’s OffshoreAlert…
Tourist sues after contracting “life-threatening illness” at Caribbean resort
From Caribbean360 LONDON, England, Tuesday October 14, 2014 – British tourist Sarah Bowes-Phipps’ dream Caribbean holiday abruptly turned into a nightmare when she allegedly came down with such a severe case of food poisoning that she had to have her…
Legal 500 UK heralds Carey Olsen as the number one Channel Islands legal adviser
The new release of the Legal 500 UK, the leading industry report that grades law firms across the UK, has ranked Carey Olsen in tier one across all of its 16 practice categories in the Channel Islands, making it the…
Spacious secures £500,000 seed round to match London startups to office space
By Steve O’Hear From techcrunch Spacious, the London property tech startup founded by Entrepreneur First alumni Tushar Agarwal and Tom Watson, together with ex-advisor to the British Prime Minister Rohan Silva, has closed £500,000 in seed funding. The round was…
The Scotland referendum: Democracy won
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday September 19, 2014 – The winner of Scotland’s agonising referendum on September 18 was undoubtedly and impressively democracy. By the manner in which the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) and its leaders…
Evaluating third-party litigation funding in the wake of recent scandals
From OffshoreAlert With the collapses of Axiom Legal Financing Fund and the Argentum Capital/Centaur Litigation Group with a combined £200 million of losses to investors due to fraud, third-party litigation funding has received plenty of negative publicity in recent years,…
When Grime met Brooklyn’s Caribbean communities
From CLASHMUSIC A different British invasion, in the mid-2000s… These days, it’s not uncommon to come across a grime riddim at a posh Brooklyn club, but this recent notoriety is the result of a very late global recognition for the…
Woman, 82, ‘beheaded’ in London garden
From BBC Palmira Silva, 82, ‘beheaded’ in London garden The BBC’s Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw said it was unknown whether the victim and the suspect were known to each other An 82-year-old woman has been killed in a suspected…
Tourist wins settlement after “nightmare” holiday in Dominican Republic
From Caribbean360 LONDON, England, Tuesday September 2, 2014 – In October 2009, a British tourist’s dream holiday in the Dominican Republic turned into a nightmare when he fell seriously ill just five days into a two-week stay at the four-star…
