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Key definition

Domicile definition

What does Domicile mean? In practice, domicile identifies a person’s permanent home and chief legal connection, used in private international law to decide jurisdiction and the applicable law for matters such as divorce, succession and tax. Across England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland the concept is principally developed in case law (notably Udny v Udny), with statutory adjustments including the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 (which ended the dependent domicile of married women and uses domicile in family jurisdiction). In Ireland, the Domicile Act 1991 codifies and reforms the common‑law rules. Key features are broadly consistent across these jurisdictions: - Domicile of...

Jersey wills for non-domiciled testators: succession to Jersey-situs movable and immovable property, probate requirements, governing law, formalities, construction and revocation

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Practice notes

Introduction

It is a frequent practice for someone not domiciled in Jersey, yet owning movable Assets located there—such as an offshore investment or a bank account—to put in place a separate Jersey Will to regulate the Succession of those assets on death. Although preparing a distinct Jersey Will is not compulsory in these circumstances, doing so usually makes the Administration of the relevant assets after death markedly more straightforward and efficient.

Where a person dies leaving assets in Jersey with a value exceeding £30,000, the asset holder is legally obliged to require production of a Jersey Grant of Representation before releasing any funds. This will be a Grant of Probate if the deceased left a Will, or a Grant of Letters of Administration if they did not (the Jersey Grant). The Jersey Grant confirms who is legally entitled to administer the deceased’s Jersey assets.

If a Jersey Will is used to govern the succession of Jersey-based movable assets, the testator should also consider appointing a Jersey-based executor within that Will. This appointment can be of an individual or a professional...

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Victoria Grogan

Collas Crill

Victoria is a Group Partner in the International Private Client and Trusts team at Collas Crill specialising in wills, probate, estate planning and mental capacity. She joined the firm in November 2022.Victoria has more than 16 years of strong industry experience, having led the wills and probate teams of two other large offshore law firms.She has considerable expertise and interest in the succession planning and will drafting for, and administration of, complex and cross border estates. Victoria can advise on all aspects of Jersey wills, probate and mental capacity law for both local and international clients and acts as professional executor, delegate and attorney.Victoria also regularly makes Court appearances in non-contentious matters such as applications to vary a will, admit lost wills to probate and forced heirship claims.Victoria made the first Court application in Jersey under the Capacity and Self...

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