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Tax Residency Change to Economic Substance Act

The Economic Substance Act 2018 (the “Economic Substance Act”) was established in direct response to concerns raised by the Council of the European Union concerning the absence of economic substance…

Economic Substance Update

Bermuda was removed from the European Union (“EU”) list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions at the 17th May, 2019 meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (“ECOFIN”). Bermuda’s commitment to…

Adenike Carmichael Joins MJM Limited

Leading law firm, MJM Limited, is pleased to announce that Bermudian, Adenike Carmichael has joined as Client Relationship Manager in the firm’s Dispute Resolution Team.

MJM Sponsors the 32nd Annual End to End

It is that time of year again when the ever popular AXA End-to-End kicks off. In its 32nd year, this year’s event promises to be a super fun and exciting…

Holding Company Liability in Tort

It is a general basic principle of company law that each company within a group of companies (even those owned and controlled by a parent or intermediate holding company) are…

Divorce and the “costs” of Financial Disputes

A January 2019 reported decision of the Supreme Court (F v F) provides a more forceful argument than ever for the resolution and settlement of all financial matrimonial issues.

2013 Case of Note: Fifth Street Finance Corporation v David Dobbin

In this case, Fifth Street Finance v D Dobbin [2013] SC (Bda) 55 Com (313 KB PDF), Alan Dunch and Tim Frith of MJM acted on behalf of Fifth Street Finance Corporation in the recovery of $4,000,000 as money due under a Guarantee and Indemnity Agreement dated September 28th, 2009. The principal debtor whose debts […]

MJM represented at The IBA Annual Conference 2013

Senior Associates Brian Holdipp (Corporate) and Tim Frith (Litigation) attended the International Bar Association’s annual conference in Boston this month. The International Bar Association, established in 1947, is the world’s leading organisation of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies with a membership of more than 50,000 lawyers and over 200 bar associations and […]