Insolvency & Dispute Resolution : Advisory

02 September 2022

Cayman Islands: When are relevant documents in the “power” of a litigant and therefore discoverable?

Under Order 24, rule 1 of the Grand Court Rules (“GCR”), a party is required to give discovery o...

16 August 2022

Offshore Litigation And Hong Kong Seated Arbitrations

Bermudan, British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) and Cayman Islands companies are frequently used as inv...

01 August 2022

Introduction of the New Cayman Islands Restructuring Officer Regime

The much-anticipated and welcome reforms to the Cayman Islands restructuring and insolvency legislat...

20 July 2022

Judgment on Declaratory Relief in Cayman Islands Insolvent Liquidation Proceedings

A recent decision of Kawaley J sitting in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Grand Court...

12 July 2022

Grand Court warns investment managers that indemnity costs will loom large should they contest the identity of official liquidators in solvent liquidations

OverviewIn a recent decision of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the "Court") concerning a sup...

08 July 2022

Can sanctions on Russia provide a defence for non-performance under Cayman Islands law contracts?

The Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team at Walkers in Dubai continue to advise on the impact of t...

06 July 2022

Facing a DSAR: How to Respond to a Data Subject Access Request

With the use of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) becoming increasingly common, it is important t...

06 July 2022

What next for Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs)? The direction of travel

Data subject access requests (DSARs) are a cornerstone of the data protection regime, being fundamen...

27 June 2022

Appointing liquidators in the Cayman Islands

Where multiple Cayman Islands entities in the same corporate structure become subject to insolvency ...

22 June 2022

Privy Council considers the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in the Cayman Islands

On 19 May 2022, the Privy Council's judgment in Gol Linhas Aereas SA (formerly VRG Linhas Aereas SA)...