Corporate & Commercial

Ferbrache & Farrell LLP’s corporate department offers full service corporate, banking and commercial cover and is able to advise on all aspects of Guernsey corporate and commercial law, including banking and finance, regulatory, investment funds, asset management and listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE).

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11 April 2025
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At F&F LLP Property Teams (Guernsey Property Team & UKRE Team), we understand that purchasing a property is one of the most significant investments you’ll…
Dispute Resolution

The Dispute Resolution department at Ferbrache & Farrell LLP has vast experience of local and international litigation and dispute resolution generally, gained from acting in complex local and international high-value disputes, both in Guernsey and throughout the world.

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20 June 2025
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This Monday 16 June 2025, the Domestic Abuse and Related Provisions (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2024 (the Law) came into force, marking a landmark development…
Property

The Guernsey property department is dedicated to providing tailored solutions that meet and exceed clients’ expectations. In addition, the property department provides support to colleagues in the corporate and dispute resolution departments on real estate-related technical points of law.

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04 June 2025
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UK Real Estate

We are delighted to help in relation to providing legal advice for real estate in England and Wales. We listen. We learn what your needs are. We proactively respond. Whether it’s personal or commercial property, we always provide sound and pragmatic advice, adding value to the transaction.

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07 July 2025
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Private Client

Our services for private client matters include the drafting of realty and personalty wills, acting as professional executors, and assisting foreign lawyers who have requirements in this jurisdiction.

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11 April 2025
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At F&F LLP Property Teams (Guernsey Property Team & UKRE Team), we understand that purchasing a property is one of the most significant investments you’ll…

On 1 October 2023 Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 comes into force. It amends the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 by adding to the existing duties of Responsible Persons. It is the task of the Responsible Person to make sure that the fire safety assessment for a building is done properly.

In particular, it introduces new rules about fire safety to ensure that occupiers in a building receive due and proper fire safety guidance for their building.

This includes:

  • The Responsible Person is the person in charge of fire safety, and they are obliged to keep a detailed record of the fire safety assessment;
  • The Responsible Person must also record who does or checks the fire safety assessment and they also need to be able to demonstrate how fire safety is managed in the building;
  • The Responsible Person is obligated to keep their contact details and information up to date and diligently share it with others who are responsible for fire safety (and if needed, with the people living in the building);
  • If there are other people who are in charge of fire safety matters in the building, the Responsible Person should try to meet them;
  • When the person in charge of fire safety changes, the new appointed person should receive all the important fire safety information;
  • If the building has more than one home in it, the Responsible Person should give to the occupier easy-to-understand information about how to stay safe from fires;
  • There will be bigger fines introduced for certain offences, for example failing to comply with specific requirements imposed by a fire inspector;
  • It is expected that the UK government’s advice on these rules will be much clearer and stronger.

Furthermore, it is anticipated that in the future, there will be a rule that the person hired to do or check the fire safety assessment must be competent and fully qualified.

For further guidance on Fire safety responsibilities under Section 156 of the Building Safety Act 2022 click here.

If you need any further information or legal advice, including conveyancing of a property in England & Wales please feel free to contact our UKRE team: Anna Douglass, Alastair Hargreaves, Caren Vidamour and Naledi Odiseng, who will be happy to assist.