How To Enforce A US Judgment In Cayman

A judgment from the United States is generally enforceable in the Cayman Islands and is categorized as a foreign judgment. A judgment creditor of a US Judgment ("Creditor") can sue the US judgment debtor ("Debtor") in the Cayman Islands on the judgment debt flowing from the US Judgment as an unpaid debt obligation in a fresh proceeding brought in the Cayman Islands.

A United States judgment is generally enforceable at common law in the Cayman Islands where: (1) the US judgment is a final and conclusive judgment or order; (2) the US judgment has not been obtained by fraud or given in breach of natural justice and is not contrary to public policy; (3) the US judgment was made for the payment of a sum of money for compensation or damages to the Creditor; and (4) the US court issuing the judgment had personal jurisdiction over the Debtor because the Debtor: (a) was ordinarily resident in the United States at the time the proceedings were commenced; (b) appeared as a