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The Professional Practice Course students had their annual class on the ins and outs of the Cayman Islands’ Anti-Money Laundering provisions last week at the Truman Bodden Law School. The class, delivered by Sandra Edun-Watler, Head of Compliance & Reporting Services at Mourant Governance Services, ensures the students become familiar with a topic that is at the forefront of legal services in the Islands.

Scott Atkins, Deputy Director & PPC Course Leader, said: ‘The Anti-Money Laundering class is a permanent fixture of the PPC. Together with a new suite of subjects which will be offered for the first time on this year’s Course, the class is a way to ensure that Caymanian students are truly prepared for entering legal practice here. Our Course was recently revalidated by our partners at Oxford Brookes University (UK) for another five years and goes from strength to strength, offering a programme which can really match and exceed comparable courses offered in the UK.’

Pictured: some of the PPC students with Sandra-Edun Watler (right) after their AML class.

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Scott Atkins, Deputy Director of the Truman Bodden Law School, has had an article published in the last week in the peer-reviewed Oxford University Press journal Trusts & Trustees analysing recent cases of trusts of the family home.

Scott said, ‘It’s great to be able to make a small contribution to the understanding of trusts’ law, particularly when English law and Cayman Islands’ law are so closely related. This article directly relates to my teaching at the Law School and I hope it might also be used to inform practitioners in this area in the Islands.’

Mitchell Davies, Director of the Truman Bodden Law School, said, ‘Scott and other colleagues continue to publish in leading law journals in their areas and, along with teaching Caymanian and international students, show just what a world-class academic faculty we have in the Cayman Islands. The Law School goes from strength to strength and I look forward to two new academics joining us over the next few months to bolster the expertise available here.’

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Mr. Andrew Perkins has contributed a paper entitled ‘Does Holding Offshore Jurisdictions To Higher AML Standards Really Assist In Preventing Money Laundering’ to the Institute Of Advanced Legal Studies Centre For Financial Law conference today via Zoom.

Mr. Perkins paper seeks to contend that when tackling financial crimes such as money laundering and terrorist financing, international regulators are seeking to hold offshore jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands to higher standards and that this detracts from the pursuit of detecting and prosecuting money launders.

Link https://ials.sas.ac.uk/events/event/24581

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