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O’Neal Webster Secures Appointment of Provisional Liquidators over Members of the Prince Group of Companies

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In January 2025, the O’Neal Webster team of Paul Dennis, K.C., Nadine Whyte Laing and Koya Ryan successfully applied on behalf of the Attorney General of the Virgin Islands, for the appointment of joint provisional liquidators over 30 BVI registered…
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O’Neal Webster’s Litigation Department Welcomes Koya Ryan, Associate Attorney

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands. January 2025 – O’Neal Webster announces that Koya Ryan has joined the firm as an associate attorney in the litigation department. Her practice covers civil, commercial, insolvency, and cross-border disputes. She is admitted to practice in…
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Applicability of Drelle v Servis-Terminal LLC in the British Virgin Islands  

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On January 21, 2025, the Court of Appeal in England in Valeriy Ernestovich Drelle v Servis-Terminal LLC (Drelle)1ruled that a debt based on a foreign judgment that has not been recognised in England cannot be used to found an application…
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Paul Webster, KC, Returns to O’Neal Webster 

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Leading British Virgin Islands law firm O’Neal Webster announced the return of former managing partner and King’s Counsel Paul Anthony Webster following his distinguished tenure as a judge on the Court of Appeal and the Commercial Court of the Eastern…
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Civil Procedure Takes a Bold Step: Unravelling the changes to service out of the jurisdiction and the Civil Procedure Rules in the British Virgin Islands

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Oxford University Press recently published OW attorney Paul Edwards’ article in the Trusts & Trustees Journal: “Civil Procedure Takes a Bold Step: Unravelling the changes to service out of the jurisdiction and the Civil Procedure Rules in the British Virgin Islands.”…
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Chambers Global 2024 Recognises O’Neal Webster’s Dispute Resolution, Corporate, Finance and Funds Practices

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We are delighted to share that O’Neal Webster has again been recognised in Chambers Global Guide 2024 for the British Virgin Islands jurisdiction in Dispute Resolution and Corporate & Finance, including Funds categories. Chambers rankings are a definitive mark of…
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O’Neal Webster Successfully Defends Eastern Caribbean Central Bank in Multi-Million Dollar Claim

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TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, May 5, 2021 – The O’Neal Webster legal team of Paul Dennis, Q.C. and Nadine Whyte Laing successfully defended the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank against claims in excess of US $200m in total, brought by the…
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Free-standing Freezing Orders in the BVI | Black Swan Verses Broad Idea

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British Virgin Islands entities and structures are frequently used to hold assets located onshore, outside the BVI. Sometimes these assets represent the proceeds of wrongdoing including breach of fiduciary duty, breach of express trust, or pure fraud. The vast majority…
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