NLJ this week: View from Jersey on litigating in the English courts

20 January 2023

Issue: 8009 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , International justice , Legal services

Writing in this week’s NLJ, Philip Sinel, senior partner at Jersey firm Sinels, offers the English courts lessons from offshore. What can the courts in these different jurisdictions learn from each other?

Sinel is based in Jersey but frequently litigates in England and further abroad, and therefore has a good vantage point to compare the operations of some offshore courts to those of the courts in England and Wales.

He reports that, while matters proceed smoothly once you get to court in England, getting there can be a frustrating process. In illustration of this, he has several tales to tell. He also gives his experiences of using offshore courts.

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NLJ this week: View from Jersey on litigating in the English courts

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Mourant—Stephen Alexander

mfg Solicitors—nine trainees