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In HML PM Ltd v. Canary Riverside Estate Management Ltd and another EWHC, [2019] 3496 (QB) the High Court dismissed an application for an interim injunction to restrain defendants from using allegedly

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (the "JCPC") has introduced updated Rules and Practice Directions (the "New Rules"), which came into force on 2 December 2024, together with an updated website...

The recent decision of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal in The International Banking Corporation BSC (In Administration) v Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers Company has clarified the proper approach

In Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd (unreported 26 January 2017) the Honourable Justice Quin held that the Grand Court had power to order an interim payment to be made by the Company to dissenters...

A notification injunction is an alternative to the conventional freezing order that is available where there is concern that a respondent may deal with their assets so as to frustrate the...

On 18 June 2018, the long running case of Al Sadik -v- Investcorp Bank BSC and others reached its conclusion in the Privy Council. Investment Managers will welcome the Privy Council's dismissal...

In our March client briefing we noted that the Tax Information Authority in the Cayman Islands ("TIA") had launched its online portal for the automatic exchange of tax information (the "AEOI Portal")...

It is sometimes assumed that the liquidation committee of an insolvent Cayman company can do little when it disagrees with decisions by liquidators.

In Aquapoint LP (in Official Liquidation) v Xiaohu Fan [2025] UKPC 56, the Privy Council confirmed that a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("ELP")...

The Cayman Islands has recently seen the passing of a number of laws to improve the Island's regulatory framework in support of the international financial system's integrity.

Walkers successfully represented the respondent limited partner in appeal proceedings filed by the General Partner (the "GP") of One Thousand & One Voices Africa Fund I, L.P.

Having seen a surge in dissenting shareholder litigation over the past 18 months, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands continues to release considered judgments concerning the operation of the appraisal process set out in ...

The plaintiff was a shareholder of a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the Company).

On 4 November 2015 the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Cavendish Square Holdings BV v Makdessi [2015] UKSC 67.

The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has recently delivered helpful clarification on the principles which apply with respect to security for costs when the official liquidators of an insolvent fund...

In the case of insolvency proceedings, the Court is often required to consider what is best for the stakeholders of the Company as a whole.

On 15 January 2021, the United Kingdom Supreme Court delivered its judgment on the appeals in the Business Interruption Insurance (BII) test cases between the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and...

The current position is that where an individual is the petitioner in Winding Up proceedings there is no power to award security for costs, the Court of Appeal approving the narrower basis for the decision in Freerider.