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As leading international financial centres, both Bermuda and the Cayman Islands have detailed legislation in place providing methods for the civil recovery by Governmental agencies...

As every good litigator will know, in the common law world service of process on the defendant is the means by which jurisdiction is established over that defendant.

In a recent judgment, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (the "Court") has upheld the decision of the Grand Court which found that investors who have redeemed their shares but remain unpaid at the commencement of a company's liquidation are entitled to prove in the liquidation for their redemption proceeds as a creditor.

In Unicorn Biotech Ventures One Ltd v ATP III GP Ltd (No.2) [2026] CIGC (FSD) 1, Justice Jalil Asif KC has delivered the Grand Court’s first judgment addressing whether the Court has power to compel parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) against their wishes. The answer is an unequivocal yes – albeit that the power will only be exercised in appropriate cases.

The Privy Council has handed down its much anticipated decision in Gol Linhas Aereas SA (formerly VRG Linhas Aereas SA) (Respondent) v MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners...

1.The Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands has overturned the earlier decision of the Grand Court, thereby allowing the enforcement of a R$92,987,672 ICC ...

The executor's year in Cayman Islands succession law represents a critical juncture where beneficiary expectations meet administrative realities. Does this twelve-month period impose an absolute deadline for estate completion, or does it function as a flexible measure of reasonable diligence? This analysis examines the statutory provisions, common law foundations, and practical implications of sections 5 and 7 of the Succession Act to resolve fundamental questions about representative obligations and benefi