Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will sit in the Cayman Islands in November
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) will sit in the Cayman Islands from 15–18 November, the first time it has sat in an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The JCPC is the highest court of appeal for…
Judgment has been given this morning by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 2 cases, including Chantelle Day and Vickie Bodden Bush
From Judgments from the JCPC Attorney General for Bermuda (Appellant) v Ferguson and others (Respondents) (Bermuda) – JCPC 2019/0077 Jurisdiction: Court of Appeal for Bermuda The Bermudian Parliament passed the Domestic Partnership Act 2018, which provided for same-sex couples to…
Privy Council backs Cayman pari passu clawbacks in Weavering liquidation
By Dominic Lawson From Global Restructuring Review The UK Privy Council has upheld recovery payments secured by liquidators of a Cayman Islands vehicle under the pari passu principle, marking the first successful clawback of shareholder redemption payments in the jurisdiction…
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In the Courts in 2018: an Appleby review of offshore court decisions
Article first published by Appleby in January 2019. Welcome to the latest issue of Appleby’s annual “In The Courts” publication, a round-up of the most interesting decisions handed down by the courts of our offshore jurisdictions in 2018. As always,…
REBROADCAST TIMES: St Kitts & Nevis -The Emergency Parliament Sitting of Friday, January 16th, 2015
The riveting emergency Parliament sitting of Friday, January 16th, 2015 will be aired tomorrow, Friday, January 18th, 2019 at 10:00am and again at 8:15pm on ZIZ TV (Channel 5) and ZIZ’s website (https://zizonline.com/tv/channel-5/). Please stay tuned for further rebroadcast times scheduled for this…
Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada vote no to CCJ as final appellate court
From Nationwide Radio JM Voters in Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada, yesterday voted to reject the option of making the Caribbean Court of Justice, CCJ, their final appellate Court. The no-vote in the referendum means the islands are likely to…
Privy Council orders Trinidad chief justice to pay legal costs
From Caribbean News Now LONDON, England — Trinidad and Tobago Chief Justice Ivor Archie has been ordered to pay the legal costs incurred by the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) in defending the unsuccessful action brought against it…
New anti-Caribbean Court of Justice group
From Antigua Observer A month before the electorate will be asked to vote in a referendum to determine whether or not the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) should replace the Privy Council as the nation’s final court of appeal, a…
OECS Bar president urges member countries to embrace CCJ
By LK Hewlett West Indies News Network From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — Thaddeus Antoine, president of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Bar Association, has lent the organization’s voice to the calls for member countries…
Former Cayman Islands Solicitor-General and Trinidad Chief Justice loses Privy Council appeal on conduct review
Trinidad judge loses bid to halt legal inquiry into his private life By Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent, from the Guardian, UK Chief justice Ivor Archie had tried to stop law association’s investigation which could lead to his removal from…
