Britannia Owners' Golf And Beach Club Rights Upheld

On 9 June 2021, the Grand Court handed down its judgment in Cayman Shores Development Ltd and Palm Sunshine Ltd v Registrar of Lands and others (FSD Cause No. 143 of 2019) protecting certain recreational and sporting rights of residential owners at the Britannia development.

In one of the most significant pieces of local litigation heard in the Cayman Islands in many years, the case involved the island's largest property developer on one side and around 200 residential owners at Britannia on the other. The judge had to consider core principles of the jurisdiction's land law in reaching his decision. This judgment provides substantial reassurance to residential owners as to the security of recreational and sporting property rights in the Cayman Islands, and gives valuable guidance on the construction and registration of restrictive agreements and easements.