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A Cayman Islands court decision examines the procedural requirements for obtaining interim injunctive relief in a family property dispute, highlighting critical deficiencies in the application process. The Chief Justice's ruling provides essential guidance on urgency requirements, pleading standards, standing issues, and the adequacy of damages as a remedy in interlocutory proceedings.

Two recent judgments in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands show how freezing injunctions are still nimble going into their 50th year and continue to be a powerful and vital tool...

The Cayman Islands remains a pro-arbitration jurisdiction, with recent court decisions demonstrating the judiciary's readiness to engage with the difficult nexus between arbitration and insol¬vency.

The recent judgment in the case of Geneva Trust Company v IDF and MF or Re Stingray Trust (the Judgment) is the latest in a line of decisions of the Cayman Islands courts considering the meaning...

The recent judgment in the case of Geneva Trust Company v IDF and MF or Re Stingray Trust is the latest in a line of decisions of the Cayman Islands courts considering the meaning and scope of the Cayman firewall provisions.

In Cayman Islands litigation the general rule is that costs "follow the event". In other words, the losing party is obligated to pay not only their own legal costs...

The rule in Houldsworth, as it has been known since the decision of the House of Lords in Houldsworth v City of Glasgow Bank (1880) 5 App Cas 317, served to preclude a shareholder of a company...

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

Aquapoint L.P. v Xiaohu Fan CICA (Civil) Appeal no. 0014 of 2022 (Grand Court cause no. FSD 0157 of 2021 (DDJ)), 4 October 2023...

Over the past few years, offshore courts have been grappling with whether an overarching equitable concept known as the 'substratum principle' exists.

Uncontested evidence that the late settlor of a discretionary trust wished to take care of all relevant parties was the pivotal factor in support of a finding by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands....

Earlier this year, the CICA heard the appeal of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB against the 5 January 2016 order of Mr Justice Clifford of the Grand Court in Conway and Walker v SEB1.

Parties should usually, with the help of their legal teams, be able to resolve their dispute without the cost and court time associated with a trial being incurred.

On 7 March 2023, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (CICA) overturned the decision of the Grand Court, which held that certain legal instruments dating from 1992 to 2001 granting various rights...

The Limited Liability Companies (Jersey) Law 2018 (Jersey LLC Law) came into force on 01 September 2022, which created a new type of entity

In a long-awaited and wide-ranging judgment delivered on 15 November 2023,[1] the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed[2] the appeal by Primeo Fund (in Official Liquidation)...

外国律师费的可追讨性是英属维尔京群岛法院近年来经常审理的一个争论点，由此产生了与该争论点相关的大量判例法。