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It is a core principle of justice in the Cayman Islands that both an Applicant and a Respondent be given an opportunity to address the Court before a Court Order is made.

In its recent judgment in Suning International Group Co Limited v Carrefour Nederland BV [2025] CICA (Civ) 11, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal upheld Justice Kawaley's decision...

It is of the utmost importance that confidentiality in legal communications is maintained within the context of financial services.

In 2012 and 2013 first instance decisions of the Cayman Islands Grand Court restricted the efficacy of side letters which may be routinely entered into between investors and investment managers of the fund they are investing in.

On 28 March 2024 the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Minsheng Vocational Education Company Limited against an injunction enjoining Minsheng from purporting to enforce certain share charges.

Cayman Islands trusts are commonly established with provisions appointing one or more protectors.

Importantly, it also construed s.90 of the Trust Law as not affording the Cayman Islands courts an exclusive statutory jurisdiction to determine such issues.

Obtaining authorised access to confidential documents in offshore jurisdictions is, in some circles at least, the holy grail of information gathering.

A recent decision in the UK has held that an email from a solicitor, with an automatically generated footer, was sufficient to satisfy ...

This article considers two Cayman court decisions on claims brought by limited partners in respect of an exempted limited partnership (‘ELP') and the court's interpretation of provisions...

On 25 April 2017, the Honourable Justice Segal published his judgment in In the matter of Shanda Games Limited (FSD 14 of 2016, 25 April 2017) ("Shanda").

In a significant judgment delivered on 9 August 2021, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council granted the preliminary limb of a bifurcated appeal by Primeo Fund (in Official Liquidation), a Madoff feeder fund, ...

As we previously reported in our briefing FGL Holdings – Cayman Court determines fair value at transaction price, in September 2022 the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands delivered final judgment in FGL Holdings, ...

Despite the absence of a formal restructuring regime, the Courts in Cayman (and latterly by way of the Companies Law) have developed a flexible and pragmatic approach...

In a judgment delivered on 19 May 2022,[1] the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council upheld the 2020 decision of the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal ("CICA") to allow an appeal against...

As has been widely reported, the litigation funding landscape in the Cayman Islands is changing to keep pace with the UK, Australia and other common law jurisdictions.

In a judgment delivered on 16 November 2016 in Primeo Fund (in Official Liquidation) v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd & Anor., the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands ("CICA") held...

Under Order 24, rule 1 of the Grand Court Rules ("GCR"), a party is required to give discovery of "documents which are or have been in his possession, custody or power".