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Cayman Airways plane makes emergency landing According to the Cayman Islands Air Traffic Controllers (CIATCA) a Cayman Airways flight from Little Cayman to Grand Cayman on Saturday (28) made an emergency landing at Owen Roberts International Airport. The plane, a Twin Otter was…
The Editor speaks: 10 months goes by and Cayman Islands police do not even acknowledge lawyer’s complaint
On the 29th May 2013 Cayman Islands lawyer Peter Polack notified the Summary Court he had made a complaint to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service on behalf of his client, Andre Woodman. The Complaint concerned what Polack claims was…
Superyacht accused of damaging coral reef in Cayman Islands
By Sophia Heath From Boat International The Department of Environment in the Cayman Islands has claimed a superyacht damaged a coral reef on the Grand Cayman’s west side and is investigating further. There had been three luxury yachts anchored in…
Ellen Pao loses Silicon Valley bias case against Kleiner Perkins
By David Streitfeld From New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — One of Silicon Valley’s most famous venture capital firms prevailed on Friday over a former partner in a closely watched suit claiming gender discrimination, but hardly got away unscathed. The…
Amanda Knox’s legal nightmare exposed the utter insanity of Italy’s justice system
By Jim Edwards From Business Insider Italy’s highest court finally acquitted Amanda Knox of murder on Friday, but the 27-year-old American had to endure a legal battle that dragged out more than seven years before she was finally declared innocent….
Cayman Islands Governor hosts Caribbean Overseas Territory colleagues for Conference
Her Excellency the Governor hosted the Governors from Bermuda and the other Caribbean Overseas Territories for a Conference to discuss regional matters and issues of common interest. The Conference, hosted at Government House on Friday 27 March, was attended by…
Widow of slain D.C. lawyer: ‘Please help us heal’
By Zoe Tillman From Legal Times, The wife of David Messerschmitt—the Washington lawyer killed at a downtown hotel in February—made an emotional plea on Wednesday for information about her husband’s death. Standing with her family in front of the Metropolitan…
CCJ President Reviews The impact and influence of the Magna Carta on Caribbean Law
From Curacao Chronicle BASSETERRE, St Kitts – President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron, recently presented a lecture at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, which underscored the impact and influence of the…
$20 Billion later, banks finally win ruling on time limits
By Scott Flaherty From The Litigation Daily Big banks have failed to convince courts around the country that various government agencies waited too long to sue over Wall Street’s role in the 2008 financial crisis. This week, a judge finally…
High Court raises burden for employers on pregnancy bias
By Marcia Coyle From Supreme Court Brief Employers are not required to give pregnant workers the same accommodations that they offer workers with similarly temporary disabilities, but need to establish a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for any difference to avoid liability…
