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Section 92(e) provides that a company may be wound up if the court is of the opinion that it is just and equitable to do so.

In its recent judgment, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) provided guidance in relation to the correct approach in assessing loss flowing from an interlocutory injunction.

In the increasingly internationalised corporate world, complex cross-border structures which include an offshore entity at some level within the structure ...

In a groundbreaking move last month, the Cayman Islands gazetted the Private Funding of Legal Services Act 2020 ("the Act").

The Cayman Islands Grand Court has introduced Rule 7A, granting express powers for pre-action discovery and non-party discovery in civil proceedings. This procedural reform addresses significant gaps in the court's framework by providing a codified mechanism for obtaining documents before litigation commences and from non-parties during ongoing proceedings.

On 7 March 2023, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal delivered its judgment in Cayman Shores Development Ltd et al v Registrar of Lands et al.

Following the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal's recent decision in Re Shanda Games Limited, dissenting shareholders will need to take into account the commercial impact of a minority discount on the value of...

By a decision dated 27 January 2026 in Unicorn Biotech Ventures One Ltd (in its capacity as general partner of Rigmora Biotech Investor One LP) & Anor. v ATP III GP, Ltd (No. 3) [2026] CIGC (FSD) 5...

The judgment is the first time section 33(3) of the ELP Act has been considered at appellate level and the CICA overruled the Grand Court's earlier decision in a number of important respects.

In Pearson v Primeo [2020] UKPC 3, the Privy Council considered an appeal by a liquidator on the scope of section 112(2) of the Companies Law (2018 Revision) of the Cayman Islands.

Instead each party bears the burden of proving the value for which it contends, and relies on the Court to finally determine the fair value.

For further information on any of the issues discussed in this publication please contact the related contact(s) on this page. In a wide-ranging judgment of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal ("CICA")...

Argyle Fund SPC Inc. is a Cayman Island Mutual Fund which went into insolvent liquidation on 26 April 2016, purportedly due to significant exposure to debt factoring via investments made through two credit advisors ...

As noted in our recent article 'Private Lives and Public Interest', the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the "Grand Court") ...

In a judgment delivered on 18 June 2018, the Privy Council has dismissed the appeal by Emirati businessman Riad Tawfiq Al Sadik against judgments of the Grand Court and the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal ...

Businesses that litigate in the Cayman Islands courts have historically had few alternatives to the traditional funding model, i.e., paying a law firm a fixed hourly rate.

The impact of arbitration clauses on corporate insolvency litigation is still being worked out in the offshore world.

Non-Lawyers may be surprised to know that the omnipotence paradox is a commonly considered topic by law students.