Chief Justice’s Address to the Opening of The Grand Court on The 15th January 2014
The proceedings commenced with Prayers led by Rev. Hazle of Elmslie Memorial United Church. Salutations were extended to Her Excellency the Governor, the Hon. Premier; the Hon. Deputy Governor and other Honourable Members of Cabinet; Honourable Members of the Legislative…
Grand Court Opens
The 2014 session of the Grand Court formally opened on Wednesday, 15 January 2014. In a ceremony on the court steps and in front of fellow judges, magistrates, attorneys and court staff, the Chief Justice, Hon. Anthony Smellie, QC, received…
The Editor Speaks: A new court house is urgently needed
When I was a practicing Quantity Surveyor here in the late 1980’s to early 1990’s I remember one of our projects was to do a cost exercise on an extension to the existing Court House in George Town. It was…
Father who sexually abuses his 8year old daughter has lenient sentence doubled
A West Bay father (45) who sexually molested his 8 year old daughter and received only a nine month jail sentence from Cayman’s Chief Magistrate, Nova Hall, has had the nine months doubled to 18 after appeal. The offender actually…
Court Staff bids colleagues farewell
A sculptor, aspiring social worker, and an avid cricketer and former police inspector – they all seemed on different trajectories, but fate brought them to the Courts. This month, they said their goodbyes after a combined 25 years at the…
Cayman: a hotspot of zero-taxes, legalised secrecy and “light touch” regulation
From Tax Justice Network The Cayman Islands is ranked fourth in the 2013 Financial SecrecyIndex. Cayman combines a high secrecy score (70 points out of a possible 100) with a large share (almost 5 per cent) of the global market…
