In 2017, a total of 17 restructuring petitions were filed in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

In an eagerly awaited judgment of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ("JCPC") delivered on 20 September 2023 in FamilyMart China Holding Co Ltd v Ting Chuan, the JCPC addressed whether an arbitration agreement...

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.

In a recent judgment in the matter of Virginia Solution SPC Ltd, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands ordered that a captive insurance company of two substantial Virginia based not-for-profit health care systems...

On 29 July 2019, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council handed down its judgment in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB v Conway & Shakespeare (as joint official liquidators of

A new corporate entity has been introduced to the Cayman Islands in the form of the Foundation Company ("Cayman Foundation"), under the Foundation Companies Law 2017 which is now in force.

The Data Protection Act, 2021 (the "Act") was brought into force in the BVI with immediate effect on 9 July 2021 and introduces, for the first time in the British Virgin Islands, a legislative framework for data protection ...

In a judgment delivered on 6 October 2023,[1] the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (Parker J) dismissed an application by the joint voluntary liquidators ("JVLs") of Port Link GP Ltd ("Port Link")...

Primeo was one of several investors which had submitted redemption requests to Herald for a redemption date of 1 December 2008 (the "December Redeemers").

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In a significant judgment delivered on 23 April 2020, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against a 2019 decision of the Grand Court to stay a ‘just and equitable' winding up petition on the grounds that ...

In Ocean Rig, the Grand Court sanctioned four inter-related schemes of arrangement (the "Schemes"), as part of a group restructuring of over US$3.69 billion of New York law governed debt...

This country-specific Q&A provides an overview to restructuring & insolvency laws and regulations that may occur in the British Virgin Islands.

On 29 May 2020 the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Court of Appeal handed down a judgment which found that the BVI Court has no jurisdiction to grant free-standing freezing injunctions...

In a landmark judgment of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands delivered on 23 August 2017 in Primeo Fund (in Official Liquidation) ("Primeo") v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd ("BBCL") and HSBC Securities Services...

In a recent judgment in the liquidation of Herald Fund SPC, an insolvent Madoff feeder fund, the Grand Court addressed the extent to which official liquidators

The Cayman Islands Shipping Registry ("CISR") has issued a new alternative set of requirements for yachts that wish to operate commercially in the Caribbean under Shipping Notice No. 02/2016 Rev 1.

To understand the significance of the decision in Re HQP Corporation, it is first necessary to understand what the "Rule in Houldsworth" (the "Rule") actually is.

Anecdotally, there has been a marked increase recently in the use of arbitration as a means by which to resolve commercial disputes in the Cayman Islands.

In recent years, the offshore courts have shown a greater willingness to provide assistance to claimants or potential claimants by ordering third parties to disclose information about wrongdoing.