Cayman Islands law amended to facilitate the grant of interim relief in aid of foreign proceedings
By David Butler From Harneys In modern litigation there is often a strong possibility that obtaining interim relief from the court of the jurisdiction in which you are suing your opponent will not fully protect you against the dissipation by…
OffshoreAlert – the Nemesis of Fraudsters – Comes to London next Month for its 3rd Annual European Financial Intelligence & Investigations Conference
LONDON — In October, 2012, OffshoreAlert exposed a £117 m fraud committed by Cayman Islands-domiciled Axiom Legal Financing Fund. Two weeks later, Axiom was suspended and went into liquidation. Its principal was struck off as a solicitor in England. In…
Advantage Insurance acquires Southpac Life
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Oct. 28, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Advantage Insurance Holdings Ltd. (“Advantage”), a leader in providing customized insurance solutions for businesses and individuals, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Southpac Life Insurance Limited (“Southpac…
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Dart plans another hotel on Cayman Islands 7-Mile-Beach It has been confirmed that the Dart Group are in the “early planning” stages of their second hotel on Grand Cayman’s 7-Mile-Beach. This second hotel would be constructed a few miles up the…
L&T B (Cayman) Inc. Receives Common Shares of Hudson’s Bay Company as part of Distribution from Hudson’s Bay Company (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2014 /CNW/ – On October 15, 2014, Hudson’s Bay Company (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. (“LuxCo”), a significant shareholder of Hudson’s Bay Company (“HBC”), pursuant to the resolution of its sole shareholder Hudson’s Bay Trading Company, L.P. (“HBTC”), a…
Cayman Islands: important new legislation on third party rights
For more briefings visit www.mourantozannes.com This briefing is only intended to give a summary and general overview of the subject matter. It is not intended to be comprehensive and does not constitute, and should not be taken to be, legal…
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What are we doing in the Caribbean? Productivity vs. Busyness
By Youri Kemp From The Bahamas Weekly Government workers are lousy, lazy and dreadfully incompetent. They come to work late, don’t produce results of what you asked or paid them for in a timely manner, plus they take 3 hour…
CDB president reveals inherent risk to economic turnaround in the Caribbean
By Marie Claire Williams From Caribbean360 MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Friday October 24, 2014, CMC – President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Warren Smith, has warned that high debt poses an inherent risk to the success of structural…
Chancery Bar Placement scheme announcement – Invitation for applications from Cayman Islands
The Caymanian Bar Association, Cayman Islands Law Society and the Chancery Bar Association in England and Wales are pleased to announce the launch of the Cayman Trainee Placement Scheme for 2014. The Scheme is available to Caymanian articled clerks seeking…
Cayman Islands takes the lead in Banker survey for sixth time
Cayman Island’s position as the world’s top specialised financial centre was reconfirmed again this week with the news that this jurisdiction has come first in a leading international survey, topping the specialised financial centres ranking, as compiled by The Banker…
