Category Archives: BVI Courts

Legal proceedings in British Virgin Islands courts: Appeal Court, High Court and Magistrate Court.

Businessman won dispute on BVI-registered property

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of businessman James Stanley, the former chairman of the company Bula Resources, in a dispute over the ownership of a property, which, as he claimed, was bought in 1989 for IR£235,000 and moved … Continue reading

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Dispute between TNK-BP and British Petroleum to be solved in the BVI court

It was stated by international media sources that the lawsuit against British Petroleum, filed by TNK-BP, the Russian-based company owned by BP, will come to the British Virgin Islands court in a short time. This matter which will be probably … Continue reading

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Dispute over Turkcell to be resolved in the BVI Court

The dispute over the ownership of Turkcell between Russian Alfa Group and Turkey’s conglomerate Cukurova Holding, which is owned by one of Turkey’s most powerful businessmen, is close to resolution. The appeals court is expected to say its final verdict … Continue reading

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Satyam scam: UK and Singapore give response to CBI’s rogatory letters

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) (India) has received a response from UK and Singapore authorities to the Letter of Rogatory (LOR) which concerns the so-called Satyam scam with the company Satyam Computers. According to the CBI official, who decided … Continue reading

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Tullow Oil lost case against BVI companies

London-listed company Tullow Oil Plc has lost an injunction to stop the development of oil blocks in Democratic Republic of Congo to which it lost the rights, by two offshore companies registered in the British Virgin Islands The BVI companies … Continue reading

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Tullow Oil sues DRC for passing the rights on two oil blocks to the BVI companies

The UK oil producer Tullow Oil, which has been deprived of the right for two oil blocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in September won a temporary injunction in a British Virgin Islands court against the development or resale … Continue reading

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Cukurova won case against Alfa Group in BVI Court

Turkish telecoms-to-construction group Cukurova Holding, which controls Turkcell, last week won a case in the court of the British Virgin Islands against Russia’s Alpha Group that sought to seize 14 percent of the shares of Turkcell, which was put by … Continue reading

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Danone and Wahaha Group finally settle their dispute dealt with by the BVI Court

Chinese beverage giant, joint venture Wahaha Group, finally settled the long-lasting legal dispute with the French food and beverage group Danone SA, which started in 2007 with Danone’s complaint that Wahaha Group was running separate businesses selling Wahaha-branded products.  Since … Continue reading

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New adjudication order from the BVI High Court in favour of Wahaha Group

The Chinese joint venture Wahaha Group, which is involved in a long-lasting dispute with Danone, announced that it has received a new adjudication order from the High Court of the British Virgin Islands. By the decision of the BVI court, … Continue reading

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Complaint filed by editors to the BVI governor and deputy governor over media ban

Publisher of BVI News Online Merrick Andrews is going to file formal complaint to the British Virgin Islands governor and deputy governor. The subject of the complaint is the ban of one of the publication’s reporters from attending magistrate court … Continue reading

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