Premier Bush – Vice Chair of Caribbean OCT Council
Premier McKeeva Bush was elected Vice Chair of the Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Council on Thursday. High level political representatives of ten Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories convened for the first time in Curacao where they agreed to establish…
Judge rules on “No Case to Answer Submissions” in The Queen v Devon Wright plus Kristie McField
Both Defendants, Devon Wright and Kristie McField, after the Crown closed its case, had no case to answer submissions made by counsels on their behalf. Mr. John Furniss was acting for Devon Wright and Nick Hoffman of Priestleys for Kristie…
Caradonna partners with Cayman Islands to promote Cayman Summer Splash
Dive into the Cayman Islands during Cayman Summer Splash, from May 1 to September 30 and see what the island life is all about. This year, for the annual Summer Splash event, Cayman Island businesses are getting a partner who…
Dillon Eustace moving into the Cayman Islands
By Joanne Harris (www.thelawyer.com) As this week’s offshore feature (see page 30) reports, all the talk in the sector recently has been of firms moving onshore. Both Maples and Calder and Walkers have found success in Dublin in recent years….
The best part of our cruise was visiting Grand Cayman
By Tina and Mal Tina and Mal went on a cruise recently and visited Mohogany Bay in Roatan, Honduras, The Crystal Cave in Belize and the Mayan Ruins of Tulum in Cozumel, Mexico. On the last day of our…
UK Minister in Cayman – GIS Spotlight
The week starting Monday, 30 April, GIS Spotlight follows the UK Overseas Territories minister’s first Cayman tour; delves into genealogy and revisits a milestone groundbreaking. Visiting Minister Mr. Henry Bellingham managed to pack a lot of activities into his short…
Cayman Islands judge ruling means problems for pension funds
Josh Barbanel and Steve Eder (online.wsj.com) A judge’s ruling in the battle between three Louisiana pension funds and New York hedge-fund firm Fletcher Asset Management shows the difficulties the funds may face in recovering their investments. After the three pension…
Cruise ship “Disaster” exercise held
A mock major cruise ship ‘accident’ in George Town Harbour on Tuesday, 24 April saw top Cayman Islands’ officials, especially emergency responders, turn out in force to react to the planned exercise. The operation, code-named ‘Exercise Save Vessel’, was the…
Cayman Island hedge fund ruled “very doubtfully solvent”
Looks like the Louisiana Firefighters’ Retirement System, the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System and the New Orleans Firefighters’ Pension and Relief Fund may have lost almost $100 million that the three public funds invested in a New York hedge fund run…
Ethics czar mulling probe into Fantino over alleged Cayman bank accounts
By: Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press The Canadian ethics watchdog is deciding whether to probe a Conservative cabinet minister over allegations he did not disclose bank accounts in the Cayman Islands. But a spokesman for Associate Defence Minister Julian Fantino…
