Articles & Publications
DQ Pensions Case Alert: What does the recent BBC decision mean for Isle of Man defined benefit pension schemes?
The High Court in London has recently ruled against the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (“BBC”) proposal to limit the ongoing...
CORPORATE STRUCTURING IN THE ISLE OF MAN
The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, with its own legal system, situated in the Irish...
Interpretation of Restrictive Covenants Affecting Land
Requiring Consent – Obsolete on death of the Original Covenantee? A restrictive covenant affecting land is an agreement whereby one...
DQ offers a full range of notarial services through experienced Isle of Man Notaries. We are able to provide...
DQ authors Isle of Man chapter for 2023 Data Protection International Comparative Legal Guide
DQ is delighted to confirm that Kathryn Sharman and Sinead O’Connor have once again authored the Isle of Man...
The Island awaits the commencement of the Capacity Act 2022 (the “Act”), which will come into operation on such...
Keeping talented people in work – menopause and the workplace
My previous article entitled “The Menopause – Removing Workplace Stigma” published at the start of this year considered the...
International Comparative Legal Guide Anti-Money Laundering Laws & Regulation Report 2023.
DQ is proud to announce that Christopher Jennings and Sinead O’Connor have authored the Isle of Man chapter of...
Case Law Update: Trustee Decision Making
Grand View Private Trust Co Ltd and another (Respondents) v Wong and others UKPC47 On 8 December 2022, the...
Can a judgment debtor be obliged to drawdown pension benefits under an occupational pension scheme in order to satisfy a judgment debt?
In the recent English case of Manolete Partners v White, 2023 EWHC 567 Ch (https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2023/567.html), the High Court had...
Deputy Pensions Ombudsman Determination Update – Key Aspects
Over the course of 2022, we published several articles setting out key aspects from the determinations of the (then)...
‘Insolvent Trusts’: Priority goes to ….?
The Privy Council recently handed down the monumental decision in the joined cases of Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v...