【Table of Contents】

Ch.1 Introduction

1. The British Virgin Islands.

2. History and Early Constitutional Developments

3. Development as a Financial Centre

4. Common Law and Equity

5. Status

6. Taxation

7. External Relations

Ch.2 Company Law

1. Introduction

2. Incorporation

3. Company Names

4. Types of Company

5. Memorandum and Articles of Association

6. Corporate Capacity and Ultra Vires

7. Registered Agents

8. Company Records

9. Registrar of Company

10. Members

11. Shares and Shareholders

12. Directors

13. Mergers and Consolidations

14. Continuations

15. Arrangements

16. Solvent Liquidation and Dissolution

17. Striking-Off and Restoration

Ch.3 Credit and Security

1. Introduction

2. Documentation

3. Security Interests

4. Registration of Security

5. Priority of Competing Security Interests

6. Enforcement of Security

7. Subordination and Intercreditor Arrangements

8. Set-off

9. Guarantees and Indemnities

10. Derivatives and Financial Contracts

Ch.4 Law of Property

1. Introduction

2. Lex Situs of Property

3. Conveyance

4. Assignments

5. Voidable Transfer

6. Ownership and Possession

7. Protection of Property

8. Power of Attorneys

9. Age of Majority

10. Sovereign Immunity

Ch.5 Financial Services Law

1. Financial Services Commissions

2. Licensing and Regulation of Entities by the Finance Service Commission

3. Investment Business Regime

4. Trust Companies

5. Banking Business

6. Financing and Money Services Business

7. Insurance Business

8. Anti-Money Laundering Regime

9. Economic Sanctions

Ch.6 Investment Funds

1. Collective Investment Schemes

2. Meaning of Mutual Fund

3. Fund Structures

4. Segregated Portfolio Companies

5. Securities and Investment Business Act 2010

6. Categories of Mutual Funds

7. Application for Recognition or Registration of a Mutual Fund

8. Fund Functionaries and Service Providers

9. Approved Managers

10. Ongoing Obligations of Funds

11. Fund Documentation

12. Mutual Fund Annual Returns

13. Termination of a Fund

14. Restrictions of Use of Words "Fund" and "Mutual Fund"

15. Distressed Funds

16. Searches of the Registers of Funds

Ch.7 Insolvency Law

1. Introduction

2. Insolvency

3. Liquidation

4. Treatment of Assets and Claims in a Liquidation

5. Set-off

6. Voidable Transactions

7. Malpractice

8. Receivership

9. Administration

10. Creditors' Arrangements

11. Cross-Border Issues

12. Insolvency Practitioners

Ch.8 Dispute Resolution

1. Count Structure

2. General Count Procedure

3. Costs

4. Service out of the Jurisdiction

5. Injunctions

6. Freezing Injunctions

7. Enforcement

8. Norwich Pharmacal Orders

9. Enforcement of Foreign Judgements, Orders and Arbitral Awards

10. Unfair Prejudge Claims

11. Asset Tracing

Ch.9 Trusts

1. Overview

2. Formalities

3. Virgin Islands Special Trusts Act

4. Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts

5. Private Trust Companies

6. Reserved Powers

7. Role of the Court

8. Conflict of Laws

Ch.10 Partnership

1. Introduction　

2. Definition

3. Effect of Partnership

4. Partnership Assets and Liabilities

5. Partnership Capital

6. Rights and Duties of Partners

7. Limited Partnerships

8. Partnership Agreements

9. Admission and Removal of Partners

10. Continuation

11. Striking-off

12. Winding-up and Dissolution

Ch.11 Banking Law

1. Introduction

2. Definition

3. Legal Nature of the Banking Relationship

4. Bank Mandates and Payment Instructions

5. Bankers’ Rights

6. Bankers’ Duties

7. Payment Mechanisms

8. Blocked Accounts

9. Anti-money Laundering Compliance

Ch.12 Taxation and Information Exchange in Tax Matters

1. Introduction

2. A Brief History of Taxation in the British Virgin Islands

3. Direct Taxation

4. Mutual Legal Assistance in Tax Matters

5. Double Taxation Treaties and Agreements

6. the EU Saving Tax Directive

Ch.13: Confidentiality (NEW in 3rd ed.)

Ch.14: Anti-Money Laundering (NEW in 3rd ed.)