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The Cayman Islands has recently passed legislation requiring certain Cayman Islands corporate entities to maintain beneficial ownership registers at their registered offices ...

The Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI), as part of its social responsibility, will volunteer at the Cayman Islands Red Cross.

The Ministry of Commerce has renewed its contract for the hosting of small business workshops with the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce.

Derivative actions on behalf of companies in foreign courts can raise difficult conflict of laws and company law issues.

In accordance with a decision by the Liquor Licensing Board, liquor licence holders who operate bars and nightclubs can choose to extend their hours of business on Grand Cayman...

A Cayman Islands court has ruled on whether creative pleading strategies can circumvent arbitration agreements when parties attempt to frame monetary claims as requests for specific performance. The case examines the interplay between contractual arbitration clauses, statutory stay provisions, and the court's inherent case management jurisdiction when parallel proceedings are underway in different forums.

For slightly over 400 years most common law jurisdictions have laboured under the strictures of the decision of Sir Edward Coke in Pigot's Case.

The commerce environment in Cayman will become better licensed and regulated with the implementation of the new Trade and Business Law.

A power of attorney is a document by which the donor gives the attorney the power to act on behalf of and in the name of the donor.

The new Legal 500 directory has recognised 19 of Ogier's Cayman and BVI team in their latest set of Caribbean rankings.

Currently under Cayman Islands law, a person who is not a party to a contractual agreement cannot enforce its terms directly.

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales ("EWCA") recently ruled in the case of Philip Barton v Timothy Gwyn-Jones and others.

Local persons and businesses that engage in the trade of certain animals and plants, and the product derivatives of animals or plants, will have a quicker process by which to be licensed.

The Ministry of Commerce has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chamber of Commerce and the Cayman Islands Small Business Association (CISBA) to assess the challenges that face small and micro businesses in Cayman, and to produce an action plan within eight months to provide a stronger platform for their viability.

In a recent decision of the English Commercial Court, in Alafco Irish Aircraft Leasing Sixteen Ltd v. Hong Kong Airlines Ltd [2019] EWHC 3668 (Comm), it was ordered that costs of proceedings are to be assessed ...

During these difficult times, as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to disrupt our daily lives, health and safety is paramount.

The Cayman Islands legislature has approved a major overhaul of the jurisdiction’s Exempted Limited Partnership Law.