Further developments in litigation funding in the Cayman Islands
By Nick Hoffman & Lachlan Greig, Harneys From Lexology Cayman Islands August 14 2018 Late last year, we reported on the watershed decision of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in A Company v A Funder (unreported, 23 November…
Cayman Islands court secrecy on the rise: 55% of recent financial cases are sealed
By David Marchant From OffshoreAlert The court that hears international business disputes in the Cayman Islands is sealing records of liquidations and other cases at unprecedented levels, meaning that foreign investors, creditors, and clients of Cayman-domiciled hedge funds and other…
Cayman Islands: AHAB v Saad – importance of a particularised and principled tracing claim
By Harneys From Lexology In the Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers Company (AHAB) v Saad judgment handed down on 31 May 2018, AHAB’s attempts to trace into the hands of the defendants were addressed (for further details please see “Grand…
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Cayman Islands: Walkers leads landmark defence of Mega-Litigation
See also related story published in iNews Cayman today “Hon. Chief Justice’s Judgement on the AHAB v SICL and others” Grand Cayman – (May 2018) – Judgment has today been handed down by the Honourable Chief Justice of the Grand…
The Editor Speaks: When ‘Freedom of Expression’ is a crime
“My art is an expression of my religious convictions and I do not understand why I’m being prosecuted for it.” The above was said by Cayman Brac resident artist Ronald Gregory Kynes (64) in Cayman’s Summary Court last Friday (6)…
Cayman Islands: Top Jet – Cayman Islands court widens scope Of Derivative Actions
By Nick Herrod Maples and Calder From Mondaq Derivative actions on behalf of companies in foreign courts can raise difficult conflict of laws and company law issues. In an important decision, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has addressed…
Address of Colin Mckie Q.C. on the occasion of the opening of the Cayman Islands Grand Court on 17 January 2018 given on behalf of the Cayman Islands Law Reports
My Lord Chief Justice, Hon. Judges of the Grand Court, Hon. Chief Magistrate, Hon. Magistrates, President of the Justices of the Peace Association, Mr Attorney, Madam DPP, Madam Acting Solicitor General, my colleagues at the Bar, our Special and Distinguished…
Address of Alasdair Robertson on the occasion of the Opening of the Cayman Islands Grand Court on 17 January 2018 given on behalf of the Cayman Islands Law Society
My Lord Chief Justice, Hon. Judges of the Grand Court, Hon. Chief Magistrate, Hon. Magistrates, Mr Attorney, Madam DPP, my colleagues at the Bar, our Special and Distinguished Guests, Ladies & Gentlemen If it may please my Lord I am…
Address of Stephen Watler President of the Caymanian Bar Association Cayman Islands Grand Court Opening 17 January 2018
Salutations My Lord Chief Justice, Honourable Judges of the Grand Court, Honourable Chief Magistrate, Honourable Magistrates, Honourable Attorney General, Madam Deputy of Public Prosecutions, Madam Acting Solicitor General, my colleagues at the Bar, our Special and Distinguished Guests, Ladies and…
Address by Hon. Samuel Bulgin QC, Attorney General – Cayman Islands Grand Court Opening January 17, 2018
1. My Lord Chief Justice, Hon. Judges of the Grand Court, Hon. Chief Magistrate, and other Hon. Magistrates, President of the Justices of the Peace Association, Madam Director of Public Prosecutions, Madam Acting Solicitor General, Presidents of the Bar Association…
