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Civil procedure

Civil Restraint Orders: Practice & Procedure

Review of High Court's power to make civil restraint orders, following decision in Wilmot

Civil procedure Enforcement Human rights

Coren on Coroners: a whistle-stop tour

Round-up of law & practice on Coroners (Manx Court enforcement officers) * process service * arrest & sale of goods / land * Coroners' inquiries * attendance orders

Civil procedure Company

High Court prefers Single Joint Expert evidence (… again)

Deemster Corlett: in certain cases, "lack of objectivity" evident in rival expert reports

Insolvency Trusts

Very mixed news for Cyprus company in Isle of Man proof of debt appeal

Decision covers: proof of debt challenges, insolvency set-off, Quistclose trusts and finality of first instance decisions under appeal

Civil procedure

Update on Manx High Court’s powers to compel evidence

Witness summons issued to Manx judge set aside & new powers to compel evidence are on the way

Contract Financial services Fraud

APP fraud/romance scams: Isle of Man remedies

Round-up of Isle of Man law & practice, after Crown Dependencies' joint APP fraud initiative

AI Civil procedure Employment + Equality

EET: interim relief whistleblowing change may “create a perfect storm”

EET deals with application to postpone interim relief hearing in whistleblowing case - and highlights logistical issue with new legislation

Company Insolvency

English High Court refuses to wind up deadlocked Isle of Man company

Petitioner engaged in conduct including "industrial scale lying to the courts" - so winding-up option held to be "unjust and inequitable"