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The Court of Appeal handed down the much-anticipated decision in Irving H Picard and Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC v Primeo Fund.

Side-letters are generally viewed by managers as a key fundraising tool by which they can bestow ‘most favoured nation status' fee rebates, preferential redemption terms and a host of other benefits in return for investments.

In Dyxnet Holdings Limited v Current Ventures II Limited and Current Ventures IIA Limited (Cause CICA 33/2013), the CICA overturned two Grand Court judgments dating back to 2010...

Cayman Grand Court rules on the natural and ordinary meaning of fund constitutional documents in preference to following common practice in the funds industry.

In the long-awaited decision of Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers Company ('AHAB') v SAAD Investments Company Limited (In Official Liquidation) (SICL) and Others,[1] the Cayman Court ('the Court')

A landmark ruling on protector powers. The Privy Council has fundamentally reasserted the internal balance of power within modern trusts, holding that protector consent provisions may confer an independent discretion...

The decision of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands earlier this year in ArcelorMittal USA LLC v Essar Global Fund Limited & Anor[1] re-examines Norwich Pharmacal Orders (NPO)...

In a judgment delivered on 13 June 2019, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by Primeo Fund (in Official Liquidation), a Madoff feeder fund, against the 2017 judgment of the Grand Court ...

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ("Privy Council") in London, which is the highest appeal court for many Caribbean jurisdictions

The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal recently dismissed the USD2 billion appeal by Primeo, a Madoff feeder fund. Campbells represented the successful HSBC respondents.

This article explores the statutory powers which can be invoked by foreign litigants seeking to obtain evidence in the Cayman Islands under the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions)...

In the recent judgment of Kuwait Ports Authority and Ors (Respondents) v Mark Eric Williams & Ors (Appellants),[1] delivered on 28 October 2024, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ("JCPC")...

There have now been over 6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection globally, and over 370,000 deaths.

Those who assume positions as directors of companies, partners or trustees, as well as certain other advisory roles, will be aware that this inherently involves assuming fiduciary duties to the person or entity...

The English Court of Appeal confirmed that the members of a company are taken to be those shown on the Register of Members unless and until the register is rectified...

In an unprecedented turn of events, two recent proceedings in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands considered the same complex legal issues just one week apart. Both In the Matter of HQP Corporation Limited...

Cayman Islands trust law is based on a body of English law which has developed over many hundreds of years.

In the recent judgment of Mark Eric Williams and Ors v Kuwait Ports Authority & Ors, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal confirmed that the Grand Court had jurisdiction to order the joinder of two plaintiff limited partners of The Port Fund L.P.