In a recent case the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has refused to grant leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in respect of an injunction ordered in support of a foreign arbitration....more
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is the highest court of appeal for several Commonwealth jurisdictions and it will be sitting, physically, in the Cayman Islands in November 2022. This provides a timely reason to...more
In a rare foray into insurance law, London’s Privy Council considered the interpretation of a Contractors’ All Risk (CAR) policy in Sun Alliance (Bahamas) Ltd v Scandi Enterprises Ltd (Bahamas), and overturned the decision of...more
In Willers v Joyce & anr [2016] UKSC 43, the Supreme Court has provided clarity on a previously unsettled point of the doctrine of precedent: the English courts should never follow a decision of the Privy Council if it is...more