Cayman Islands: New Property Attorney Joins HSM
HSM welcomes new attorney Harriet Waterhouse, who was recently admitted to the Cayman Islands Bar on 23rd February, 2016. After graduating with first class honours in Law and Mathematics and being admitted as a solicitor in 2011 in the UK,…
Immigration and trade in politics – Part One
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean News Now Trade has become an issue in the political party primaries of the US presidential elections that holds lessons for the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I note first that, as far…
Vessel towed, ganja found
From Cayman Islands Immigration and Customs Departments. Cayman Islands: Customs officers working with Immigration officers seized a moderate amount of vegetable matter resembling ganja on-board a fishing vessel that had been towed into the George Town Harbour on Tuesday 8th…
Caribbean-Americans votes more important than ever in Florida Primaries
From Caribbean National Weekly Florida voters head to the polls on March 15 The presidential primary race gets more competitive than ever as it heads to Florida for March 15. The fierce competiveness of this year’s campaign on both sides…
Grenada resort seeks injunction to prevent government seizure
From Caribbean News Now ST GEORGE’S, Grenada — On Friday, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court will hear an application by MRI Ltd, the management company of The Grenadian by Rex Resorts, for judicial review and an interim injunction preventing…
downed ships reveal hurricane history
Ahoy, Mateys! downed ships reveal hurricane history By Tia Ghose From Live Science Ancient Spanish shipwrecks and tree-ring data have revealed an unusual low in Hurricane activity during the “golden age of piracy,” new research suggests. This lull in hurricanes,…
Quinn Emanuel sued over legal fees in major foreign bribery case
By Nell Gluckman, From The Am Law Daily A case that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan hailed last year as a “stunning” victory is ending in a dispute over legal fees between the firm and its onetime client, former oil…
Caribbean warned against overuse of antibiotics in animals
From Jamaica Observer GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Caribbean countries have been urged to implement measures to deal with the overuse of antibiotics given to animals as this may lead to resistant bacteria and resistance genes to spread from these animals…
US: Wrongfully convicted man released from prison after 25 years
By Andrew Keshner and Andrew Denney, New York Law Journal A man who spent almost 25 years in prison for a murder he said he did not commit walked out of a courtroom a free man Thursday after Brooklyn prosecutors…
Panel reinstates NY claims alleging Cayman Islands’ breach
By Ben Bedell, From New York Law Journal A minority shareholder’s $40 million fiduciary breach claims against the directors of a Cayman Islands company were revived Thursday by a Manhattan appeals court, which held that he should be allowed to…