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Legal Guide – The Stamps (Amendment) Act 2023 – Stamp Duty Exemption for First Time Belonger Buyers

This legal guide examines the effect of the Stamps (Amendment) Act 2022 and how first time Belonger property owners in the BVI can benefit from a stamp duty exemption.

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Paul Mellor | Apr 3, 2023 | 3 min read

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Significant changes to the BVI Business Companies Act take effect 1 Jan 2023

Overview of BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2022 The BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2022 (the Amendment Act) comes into force on 1 January 2023 (the effective date). The Amendment Act makes significant changes to the existing BVI Business Companies...

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Paul Mellor | Dec 28, 2022 | 9 min read

GHP shares significant changes to BVI companies
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Legal Update – European Court of Justice invalidates provision of the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive relating to public registers of beneficial ownership

In this Legal Update we review the European Court of Justice's ruling on public registers of beneficial ownership.

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Jennifer Potter | Dec 16, 2022 | 5 min read

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Legal update – British Virgin Islands – Peer Review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022

In this legal update we examine the Global Forum's peer review of the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information 2022

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Jennifer Potter | Nov 23, 2022 | 4 min read

FSECA BVI Business Person in a suit
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Legal Update – Foreign Based Commercial Recreational Vessels – No Trade Licence Required

This legal guide examines changes to the requirement for foreign based commercial recreational vessels to require a trade licence.

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Paul Mellor | Nov 14, 2022 | 1 min read

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Jennifer A Potter joins GHP as Director of Operations

George Henry Partners LP is pleased to announce that Jennifer Potter joined the firm on 5 April 2022 as Director of Operations.

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Paul Mellor | Apr 22, 2022 | 1 min read

Jennifer Potter joins GHP BVI
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Legal Guide – The Stamps (Amendment) Act 2022 – Stamp Duty Exemption for First Time Belonger Buyers

This legal guide examines the effect of the Stamps (Amendment) Act 2022 and how first time Belonger property owners in the BVI can benefit from a stamp duty exemption.

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Paul Mellor | Apr 12, 2022 | 3 min read

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Legal Guide – Labour Tribunal Decisions – Unfair Dismissal

This legal guide examines recent awards made by the Labour Tribunal in relation to unfair dismissals in the context of summary dismissals and redundancies.

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Jennifer Potter | Oct 5, 2021 | 10 min read

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Legal update – Amendments to the Economic Substance regime in the British Virgin Islands

In this legal update we examine the changes to the economic substance regime introduced by the Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) (Amendment) Act, 2021.

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Jennifer Potter | Jul 20, 2021 | 6 min read

FSECA BVI Business Person in a suit
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Legal update – Probates (Resealing) Act, 2021

In this legal update we examine the introduction of the Probates (Resealing) Act, 2021.

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Paul Mellor | Jun 24, 2021 | 3 min read

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