Cayman Islands: The Confidential Information Disclosure Law: Increasing corporate transparency
From Mourant Ozannes AUGUST 2016 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…
Changes to Cayman Islands Judiciary made by HM The Queen
S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2016 No. 780 CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES The Cayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2016 Made – – – – …
Cayman Islands, Jersey: Fighting firewalls
By Andreas Kistler and Graham Stoute From Carey Olsen An examination of two judgments on a conflict between the firewall provisions of Jersey and Cayman trust laws. INTRODUCTION The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the Royal Court of…
Cayman Islands: Woodman receives time served
From Peter Polack Andre Woodman who had been charged in November 2013 by the police with a number of drug charges after police raided a house in Northward and seized drug paraphernalia, scales, bags, 10 ounces of ganja and almost…
The new conditional release scheme aims to reduce reoffending in Cayman Islands
From Cayman Islands Deputy Governor’s Office In November 2014 the Legislative Assembly passed the Conditional Release Law, which replaces the parole provisions of the Prison Law. The law and regulations will come into effect on 15 February, 2016. This law is…
China Fishery : Provisional liquidators discharged and winding up petitions dismissed in Cayman Islands and Hong Kong
CHINA FISHERY GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands) (“Company”) PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS DISCHARED AND WINDING UP PETITIONS DISMISSED IN CAYMAN ISLANDS AND HONG KONG The Company refers to the announcements made on 27 November 2015, 30 November 2015, 4 December…
Cayman Islands: Petitioning for change?
From Harneys Cayman Insolvency Update Despite the absence of a formal restructuring regime, the Courts in Cayman (and latterly by way of the Companies Law) have developed a flexible and pragmatic approach, deploying provisional liquidators to provide breathing space for…
Cayman Islands Court of Appeal clarify law in favour of redeeming investors
By Paul Smith, Partner, and Ben Hobden, Associate, Conyers Dill & Pearman, Cayman Islands From International Corporate Rescue On 20 November 2015 the Cayman Islands gave its long awaited decision in RMF Market Neutral Strategies (Master) Limited v DD Growth Premium…
HSM congratulates HSM Senior Counsel, Robin McMillan on his appointment as a judge of the Cayman Islands Grand Court
The HSM Group is pleased to congratulate Robin McMillan, Senior Counsel of HSM Chambers, on his recent appointment as a Judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. With a career extending over 40 years, Robin has already made…
Shareholder disputes in the Cayman Islands: Petitions to wind up a company on
By David Harby From Loeb Smith 25 January 2016 Loss of substratum (or reason for existence) Shareholders of a Cayman Islands company may petition the Grand Court for an order that a company is wound up pursuant to section 92(e)…
