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the politics and government of the British Virgin Islands  The
law of the British Virgin Islands is a combination of common law
and statute, and is based heavily upon English law.  Law in the
British Virgin Islands tends to be a combination of the very old
and the very new. As a leading offshore financial centre, the
Territory has extremely modern statutes dealing with company
law, insolvency, banking law, trust law, insurance and other
related matters. However, in a number of areas of law, such as
family law, the laws of the British Virgin Islands are based
upon very old English laws, and can cause some difficulty in
modern times. Other areas of law, such as international law, are
essentially regulated externally through the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office in London by Order in Council. A large body
of the laws of the British V