User:Legis

This user comes from the British Virgin Islands. Oxon.This user is an Oxonian. Template:User EconomistTemplate:User pro aviation fuel taxTemplate:User independentTemplate:User Economic LiberalTemplate:User No Secondhand SmokeTemplate:User Public TransitTemplate:User democracyTemplate:User AITemplate:User organ donor This user is a lawyer. This user contributes using Firefox. Template:User proud to be a Wikipedian This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues. This user is a recent changes patroller. aBcThis user prefers that all categories and stubs be placed in alphabetical order. Template:User 500e

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About me

I am a barrister specialising in offshore finance. Prior to going into private practice I worked briefly as an academic teaching at Oxford University, and although I kept teaching part-time for as long as I could, I now practice law full time. I got involved with editing articles in Wikipedia quite by accident when I was unhappy at a number of inaccuracies and inconsistencies in articles relating to my field, which is (admittedly) a fairly swiftly developing are of law/finance.

Articles

Articles I have authored include:

• Offshore Financial Centres (my magnus opus)

• International Business Corporation

• Captive Insurance (my other magnus opus)

• Umbrella fund

• Segregated portfolio company

• Forced heirship

• Orphan structure

• BVI Financial Services Commission

• BVI Bar Association

• Offshore trust (my other other magnus opus)

• The following case reports: Adams v Cape Industries; Bartlett v Barclays Bank; McPhail v Doulton; Royal British Bank v Turquand; and Salomon v Salomon

I have also heavily edited:

• Security interest
• Company (law)
• The following case reports: Pinnel's Case; and Sommersett's Case

The jurisdiction I practice in is the British Virgin Islands, but I try to be as even handed as I can in relation to the jurisdictions I know less about. If I have indvertantly misrepresented anything about anyone else's home turf, I apologise, and please feel free to correct me. Although I am (obviously) pro offshore finance centres generally, I try to balance my articles by including the main criticisms of them.

Although I didn't write them, I also try to keep an eye on the following related articles:

• Offshore funds
• Offshore company
• Tax haven
• Offshore bank

My "to do" list includes articles on: Offshore partnerships -- modify perfection (law) -- modify Equitable jurisdiction -- recharacterisation (law) -- Romalpa clause -- At some stage I am going to start huge tidying up of Legal latin -- rectification (law) -- tracing (law) --

Personal sandbox

User:Legis/sandbox