News/Legal Updates

May 2021WILSON ON THE IMPACT OF COVID19 ON LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTIONGrahamThompson’s Stephen Wilson, QC was a featured expert in the CorporateLiveWire’s recent virtual Litigation & Dispute Resolution 2021 round table. The focus of the round table as highlighted by CorporateLiveWire’s Editor-in-Chief, James Drakeford, was to “examine the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the litigation...

April 2021WILSON ON CHALLENGES AND COMPLEXITIES OF MULTI-JURISDICTION REMOTE WORKINGGrahamThompson Partner Stephen Wilson, QC, who also leads the firm’s Litigation practice in the Turks and Caicos was a featured expert in IR Global’s recent Virtual Series edition by the Employment Working Group, on Remote Working: The Challenge for Businesses when a home-based workforce operates...

March 2021TOP RANKED AGAINThe law firm of GrahamThompson in The Bahamas is top-ranked once again, receiving the 2021 Band 1 Global ranking in General Business Law, from the London-based Chambers and Partners. GrahamThompson receives the ranking agency’s highest firm ranking...

January 2021ECONOMIC SUBSTANCE: NO PENALTIES FOR LATE REPORTING IF FILED BY JANUARY 31, 2021The Ministry of Finance of the Government of The Bahamas has announced that it will not penalize entities for not reporting by the December 31, 2020 deadline under the Commercial Entities Substance Requirements Act, 2018 (“CESRA”), if reports are received by...

March 2021Privacy & Data Protection Trends in The Bahamas...GrahamThompson Associates Sean McWeeney Jr. and Christina Justin discuss recent trends and developments in Data Protection and Privacy in The Bahamas in a recently published Chambers and Partners Global Guide on the Law and Practice of Data Protection and Privacy in The Bahamas...

March 2021MCWEENEY JR. AUTHORS DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY PRACTICE GUIDEGrahamThompson Associate Sean McWeeney Jr, who is also a member of the firm’s Financial Services, Private Client, Trusts and Estates Practice Group, authored the 2021 Chambers Global Data Protection and Privacy Practice Guide for The Bahamas. It is the first such...

January 202115 FAQs ON THE DIGITAL ASSETS AND REGISTERED EXCHANGES (‘DARE’) ACT, 2020In the first issue of GT's News & Insights Volume 3, GrahamThompson Partner Aliya Allen and Associate Sean McWeeney Jr. 15 FAQs on the Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges ('DARE') Act, 2020...

January 2021WILSON, GRUCHOT, MCAVINCHEY AUTHOR CHAMBERS LITIGATION GUIDE, TCIStephen Wilson QC, the GrahamThompson Partner who heads the firm’s litigation practice in the Turks and Caicos Islands, authored the 2021 Chambers Global Practice Guide on Litigation in The Turks and Caicos Islands along with Partner, Tony Gruchot and Professional Support Executive, Claire McAvinchey...