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In In the Matter of the A Trusts (unreported, 25 February 2024, Doyle J), the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands provided guidance as to the appropriate approach to costs...

A successful litigant in the Cayman Islands in inter partes proceedings will generally be entitled to recover from the losing side his/her reasonable costs, legal and other, incurred in conducting the proceedings in an economical, expeditious and proper manner.

In this article, Nick Dunne and Colette Wilkins QC, Partners, and Andrew Gibson, Senior Counsel, at the law firm Walkers, based in the Cayman Islands, set out recent developments in Cayman Islands law...

On 25 January 2023, the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal handed down its long-awaited decision in Sergey Taruta v JSC VTB Bank (heard together with Arrowcrest Ltd v JSC VTB Bank and Anor), by which it issued important guidance on.

As governments and economies respond to the macroeconomic impact of the latest global pandemic COVID-19, so too companies and individuals must respond to the microeconomic impact, ...

A group of shareholders had rejected an offer of US$10 per share and exercised their dissenting rights.

Judicial independence is a core pillar of the Cayman Islands' legal system. The judges' ability to perform their duties free of influence or control by other actors, whether governmental or private...

The Grand Court's decision in North Sound Pharmaceuticals Inc. (in Official Liquidation) (FSD 110 of 2022) on 21 February 2024 provides a useful reminder of the applicable process...

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has handed down its decision in the case of Pearson v Primeo.

In these unprecedented times, governments globally are reacting to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, including the availability of public services such as access to the courts for hearings and other...

On 24 July 2025, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council handed down two important decisions. Each decision concerned separate appeals...

In a novel judgment of Mr Justice McMillan delivered on 1 August 2017, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands awarded costs against non-parties that did not fund or control the proceedings in issue.

In the recent decision of in In the Matter of the Companies Law (2018 Revision) and In the Matter of Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund L.P. (In Official Liquidation) the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands granted an application ...

In the recent decision of Aurora Funds Management Limited et al -v- Torchlight GP Limited the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal brought in respect of an order made by McMillan J in the Grand Court ...

In a comprehensive judgment published on 23 April 2020, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, comprising Moses JA, Martin JA and Rix JA...

Earlier this year, the Honourable Justice Segal (Segal J) delivered a judgment (Abdulhameed Jafar v Abraaj Holdings and Others, unreported, 10 August 2021) (Judgment) on two security for costs applications.

The following case notes outline two significant recent developments in the Cayman Islands.

The English High Court ("Court") has found that an arbitrator could consider a letter containing an offer of settlement but not expressly marked "Without prejudice"...