the key to the palmerston partnership was the isle of man.se papers. i am here to investigate one of them which involves a billionaire and private jets. the aviation business is clear the big part of what appleby does in the big part of what appleby does in the isle of man and the trouble is that it the isle of man and the trouble is thatitis the isle of man and the trouble is that it is not illegal, it is legal but only available to people with enough money to pay the right lawyers and accountants to do it is for them. in june 2012 there was much excitement in the office behind me because appleby had been contacted me because appleby had been co nta cted by me because appleby had been contacted by a very exquisite swiss aviation company called execujet. could you provide some directors for us? set up an isle of man company? and can you do it today? we will try our best, said appleby. the firm even waved some of its usual background checks to guarantee it closes the deal, perhaps because the owner is one of the richest men in the world, dermo