With a marked increase in large-scale cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings in the Cayman Islands and elsewhere, there is a greater focus on principles of comity and co-operation between courts and...more
11/8/2022
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Cayman Islands ,
Companies Act ,
Cross-Border ,
Hong Kong ,
Insolvency ,
Jurisdiction ,
New Zealand ,
Remote Hearings ,
Restructuring ,
UNCITRAL
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (‘the JCPC’) is the final and highest Court of Appeal for the Cayman Islands, eleven other British Overseas Territories, three Crown Dependencies and nine commonwealth countries...more
On 24 June 2022, the Honourable Mr Justice Harris (of the High Court of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) granted assistance to Cayman Islands appointed Joint Provisional Liquidators (the “JPLs”) of Seahawk China...more
7/29/2022
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Business Litigation ,
Cayman Islands ,
Cross-Border ,
Hong Kong ,
Insolvency ,
Investment Funds ,
Jurisdiction ,
Liquidation ,
Shareholder Resolution ,
Shareholders
In a recent first-instance judgment handed down by Kawaley J on 21 April 2022 in The Matter of Formation Group (Cayman) Fund I LP, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has held that a winding up petition may be presented...more
In Sang Cheol Woo v Charles C Spackman, the BVI Commercial Court handed down its first written judgment on the issue of whether the Court has jurisdiction to grant a committal order against a judgment debtor resident and...more