In the 2019/2020 Budget Communication, the Government announced various tax reforms which will come into effect on July 1, 2019. […]
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New Tax Reforms Coming in July 2019
June 2019 | By Chelon Carr-Newbold
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Extinguishment of Purchasers’ Rights – The Importance of Priority in an Unregistered Land System
May 2019 | By Nateisha L. Anderson-Bain
The Bahamas has an unregistered land system that is based on the conveyancing laws of England and Wales prior to […]
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Register of Beneficial Ownership Act “A New Day for Beneficial Owners”
April 2019 | By Ramonne Gardiner
Since 2001, international organisations such as the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) have pressured offshore financial centres like the Bahamas […]
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The Restructuring Review of the Americas 2019 (The Bahamas)
January 2019 | By Sophia Rolle-Kapousouzoglou and Olivia Moss
PDF Copy The Bahamas has long been established as an international financial centre in which foreign companies, complex commercial funds […]
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Private Banking & Wealth Management 2019 (The Bahamas)
October 2018 | By Michael Paton and Dwayne Whylly
Accreditation: Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through – […]
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Supreme Court evaluates scope of trustees’ protection in contentious trust litigation
August 2018 | By Sophia Rolle-Kapousouzoglou
Discovery applications in contentious trust litigation in the Bahamas can be made by beneficiaries. In a decision handed down earlier […]
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2018/2019 Government Budget Communication: Tax Reforms
July 2018 | By Chelon Carr-Newbold
This is an overview of the new tax reforms announced in the 2018/2019 Budget Communication by the Minnis Administration and […]
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Recognition & Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in The Bahamas
March 2018 | By D'Andra Johnson
When a person obtains a judgment in their favour from a superior court outside the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of […]
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The residential mortgage business in The Bahamas – a new game changer
February 2018 | By Chelon Carr-Newbold
This is an explanatory memo on the Homeowners Protection Act, 2017 (“HPA”) and is only intended to give the main […]
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Privy Council clarifies Bahamian law on appealing interlocutory judgments
June 2017 | By Marco Turnquest
PRIVATE CLIENT & OFFSHORE SERVICES – BAHAMAS There has been some debate in the Bahamas over the concurrent jurisdictions that […]
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Remittal of assets in cross-border insolvency proceedings
April 2017 | By Sophia Rolle-Kapousouzoglou
OFFSHORE SERVICES – BAHAMAS The Bahamas Supreme Court recently considered the relationship between the statutory provisions in recognition proceedings which […]
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