Intellectual Property
1 Feb 2022

Appleby's Offshore Data Protection Guide

With data protection laws in more than 120 countries around the world, personal data is now viewed as one of the most valuable commodities in today’s global digital economy. Protecting those assets is now a priority for governments, businesses and individuals alike. The increasing complexity of regulation and the meteoric rise of technology, together with cyber security concerns and international data sharing regimes such as FATCA make the protection and use of personal data more complex than ever before.

Intention Matters in the Matter of Aubit International
1 Feb 2022

Data Protection Guide 2023: Cayman Islands

Data Protection Guide 2023: Cayman Islands. With data protection laws in more than 120 countries around the world, personal data is now viewed as one of the most valuable commodities in today’s global digital economy.

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1 Feb 2022

Data Protection Guide 2023: Guernsey

Data Protection Guide 2023: Guernsey. The Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017 (DPL) is based around the same fundamental ‘data protection principles’ upon which the previous legislation was based. However, the scope and application of those principles has been expanded to reflect the globalisation and digitalisation that has occurred in the intervening period.

IOM
1 Feb 2022

Data Protection Guide 2023: Isle of Man

Data Protection Guide 2023: Isle of Man. With data protection laws in more than 120 countries around the world, personal data is now viewed as one of the most valuable commodities in today’s global digital economy.

Dispute Resolution
4 Nov 2021

A Bermuda perspective: Conflict of laws in multi jurisdictional (re)insurance disputes

This chapter provides a Bermuda perspective on the conflict of laws in multi jurisdictional (re)insurance disputes and highlight the conflict of laws questions which may arise in this context, many of which require careful analysis of the relevant facts and conflicting legal regimes involved, and do not always have straightforward answers.

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30 Aug 2021

Purpose Trusts in Bermuda

This guide provides broad information of the law and procedures relating to purpose trusts in Bermuda.

Dispute Resolution
11 Aug 2021

Enforcement of Judgments 2021 – Trends and Developments

Bermuda is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It has a population of over 60,000 people on a land mass of just 21 square miles.

Dispute Resolution
9 Aug 2021

Enforcement of Judgments 2021 – Law and Practice

This edition discusses identifying assets, domestic judgments, foreign judgments and arbitral awards.

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30 Jun 2021

International Comparative Legal Guides: 5th Edition - Fintech 2021

Appleby's recently published Q&A chapter in the International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG) 'Fintech 2021' edition offers a practical cross-border insight into fintech law for the British Virgin Islands.

Technology-and-Innovation
22 Jun 2021

Appleby contributes Cayman chapter to Chambers’ Blockchain 2021

Appleby has authored the Cayman Islands chapter of Chambers and Partners’ “Blockchain 2021” guide. The guide covers 18 jurisdictions and provides the latest legal information on decentralised finance (DeFi); updates to tax systems to consider blockchain and cryptocurrencies; non-fungible tokens (NFTs); initial coin offerings (ICOs); smart contracts; data privacy and protection; and mining and staking.