Cayman: Statement by the Premier on the Knighthood of Hon Alden McLaughlin
Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, QC, JP, MP to be KnightedBy Premier Hon. G. Wayne Panton, JP, MP, December, 2021 The Government of the Cayman Islands is delighted to note the decision of Her Majesty the Queen to confer on Hon. Alden…
Gadget of the week
Totallee Wireless Charger review: Slim and minimal From iMore Totallee’s wireless charger looks great on your desk or nightstand. Totallee’s wireless charger is thin and aesthetically appealing, much like Totallee’spopular cases. With its tweed cover and tasteful lightning bolt symbol, it looks…
Commonwealth Caribbean Conference opens in the Cayman Islands
Governor Martyn Roper formally opens Commonwealth Caribbean integrity commissions and anti-corruption bodies’ conference. · Commonwealth Secretary-General Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, QC, gave the main address. · Delegates will share their experiences combatting corruption in their respective jurisdictions during the three-day conference. Grand…
Cayman Islands Opposition joins UK Constitutional Talks
The Leader of the Opposition the Hon. Ezzard Miller departs today for the UK where he and Mr. Alva Suckoo, the deputy leader of the Opposition, will be joining the Cayman Islands team for the Constitutional talks that begin on…
The Editor speaks: Gambling
The Cayman Islands Government’s plan to to increase the penalties for gambling and to review the existing law that goes back to 1964, has stalled. In a press release, see iNews Cayman story “Cayman Islands Gambling Law Amendments under further…
Appointments to the Panel of Acting Cayman Islands Grand Court Judges
His Excellency the Governor, Martyn Roper, OBE, is pleased to announce the appointments of Her Honour Judge Aileen Downey, Simon Russell Flint, QC, and Hugh Southey, QC to the Panel of Acting Grand Court Judges (“the Panel”). During the first…
Appleby said to retain well-known QC to ‘block further publication’ of docs
By Helen Burggraf From International Investment Appleby, the offshore law firm at the centre of last year’s so-called Paradise Papers tax avoidance scandal, has retained a well-known UK legal figure, Hugh Tomlinson, QC, to block further publication of leaked documents…
Barbados: Clarke loses appeal in suit against First Caribbean
by Emmanuel Joseph From Barbados Today Eight years after Shirley Clarke was fired from First Caribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited for violating the bank’s code of conduct, gross negligence and misconduct, and just under seven years after then magistrate Barbara…
Bahamas foreign minister accused of contempt of court
By Artesia Davis Nassau Guardian Staff Reporter From Caribbean News Now NASSAU, Bahamas — A prominent attorney said on Sunday he will seek to have Bahamas foreign affairs and immigration minister Fred Mitchell committed to prison for contempt of court…
TCI: Judge dismisses Misick’s mistrial application
From Jamaica Observer The mistrial application filed on behalf of former Turks and Caicos Island (TCI) Premier Michael Misick was yesterday dismissed by High Court Judge Justice Paul Harrison. A story in yesterday’s online edition of the Turks and Caicos…