Practice Expertise
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation
- Banking and Finance Litigation
- Banking Regulation
- Civil and Family Disputes
- Commercial Litigation
- Competition Law
- Contentious Regulatory
- Corporate Disputes
- Cybersecurity and Data Protection
- Employee Incentives
- Employment Law
- Employment Pensions and Incentives
- Employment, Pensions and Incentives
- Fraud and Asset Tracing
- GDPR
- Insurance and Personal Injury
- Intellectual Property
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Regulatory
- Tax Related Disclosure Notices
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
- Trust Litigation View More
Profile
Elaine is partner and head of Carey Olsen's Guernsey dispute resolution and litigation team and is also deputy managing partner of Carey Olsen in Guernsey. She advises clients on commercial and trust litigation, and on employment, data protection, regulatory, competition and intellectual property matters. She is recognised as a leading lawyer in these fields and appears regularly in courts and tribunals at all levels in Guernsey.
Elaine is immediate-past President of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce. Elaine has been named as a leading lawyer in the Citywealth Leaders Lists each year from 2009 and is a member of the Chancery Bar Association.
She was previously appointed to the Population Employment Advisory Panel as representative of Guernsey's financial service industry.
Elaine was also appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Civil Litigation to the Guernsey Bar from 2018 to 2022.
Elaine is a Certified International Privacy Professional (CIPP/E).
Areas of Practice
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation
- Banking and Finance Litigation
- Banking Regulation
- Civil and Family Disputes
- Commercial Litigation
- Competition Law
- Contentious Regulatory
- Corporate Disputes
- Cybersecurity and Data Protection
- Employee Incentives
- Employment Law
- Employment Pensions and Incentives
- Employment, Pensions and Incentives
- Fraud and Asset Tracing
- GDPR
- Insurance and Personal Injury
- Intellectual Property
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Regulatory
- Tax Related Disclosure Notices
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
- Trust Litigation
Professional Career
Elaine qualified as a Scottish solicitor and notary public in 1995, before moving to the Cayman Islands in 2003 where she was admitted as an attorney-at-law. She then qualified as a solicitor in England in 2008 before being admitted as an advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey in 2009. Elaine is a registered Image Rights, Trademark and Patent Agent. She was made a partner at Carey Olsen in 2015, appointed Head of Dispute Resolution and Employment in 2018 and deputy managing partner of the Guernsey office of Carey Olsen in 2023. Recent Experience
- Guernsey Litigation Guides 2023 (Chambers)
- Five litigation guides authored for Chambers Global Practice Guides 2023
- Privy Council Hands Down Landmark Ruling on Priority Between Trustees' Competing Rights of Indemnity
- A guide to lending and taking security in Guernsey (PLC Chapter)
- Carey Olsen marks International Women's Day 2023 with the launch of Women's Network
- Guernsey economic substance guide 2023 (Lexology Getting the Deal Through)
- Carey Olsen attending Fresh Perspectives 2023
- Carey Olsen sponsors Trust and Estates Litigation Forum 2023
- Carey Olsen attending Serle Court 6th International Trusts & Commercial Litigation Conference 2023
- Law Over Borders Comparative Guide: Commercial Litigation and Cross-border Enforcement - Guernsey
- Guernsey Litigation Guides 2024 (Chambers)
- Five litigation guides authored for Chambers Global Practice Guides 2024
