Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands legislation

Free website hosted by the Cayman Islands Government, providing all current legislation pertaining to the territory. The legislation can be filtered by category (repealed, not in force, etc.) and the website includes an index and a search function. The site also provides links to external legislation (such as UK statutory instruments relevant to the Cayman Islands) and other legal resources.

Cayman Islands Law Courts

This website provides information on the history and structure of the Cayman Islands courts. There are profiles of the judges, information on the work of the various committees and professional directories of law firms, Justices of the Peace, licensed attorneys and Notaries Public. A link is given to Cayman Island law reports which are available via the vLex subscription database.

World Law: Cayman Islands

Part of WorldLII's Countries service containing links to internet resources for the Cayman Islands, the British dependency in the West Caribbean. Link collections provide access to Cayman Islands Government and Legislation sites. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to the Cayman Islands on all of WorldLII. The WorldLII service presents a global index and search engine for law, developed by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Cayman Islands Government

Web portal of the Cayman Islands government. The Cayman Islands are a British dependency consisting of 3 islands in the western Caribbean. The website provides information about the structure of government and the judiciary and provides links to government departments and services. Profiles are given for members of the Legislative Assembly along with details of chief officers and justices of the peace.

Guide to Caribbean Law Research

Online guide to researching Caribbean law, by Yemisi Dina, Chief Law Librarian at Osgoode Hall Law Library, York University, Canada. Published on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, the guide covers all the dependent and independent Caribbean states. It describes their legal and court systems, sources of legislation and law reports. Key law journals and textbooks are listed, along with online sources. There are also details of legal abbreviations and legal education.

Caribbean Law Project

The Caribbean Law Project provides access to the legal materials of Caribbean countries via CommonLII, the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. The collection includes databases of cases and legislation from: Anguilla; Antigua & Barbuda; the Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; St Kitts & Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent & the Grenadines; Trinidad & Tobago. It is also possible to search external legal websites listed on the catalogue pages of each of the Caribbean jurisdictions.

Cayman Islands Judicial and Legal Services Commission

Website of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission (JLSC), set up under the 2009 Constitution to advise the Governor of the Cayman Islands on judicial appointments and appointment of the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions, magistrates and other legal public officers. The site reproduces the sections of the Cayman Constitution that apply to the JLSC and provides the Code of Conduct of the Cayman Islands judiciary, reports and other material.

Walkers: Insights

Walkers Global is a legal and management services firm based in the Cayman Islands, with branches in the British Virgin Islands, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jersey, London and Tokyo. The Insights section of their website offers a collection of articles, guides, case studies and podcasts on the law of the Cayman Islands, Jersey, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Ireland and Guernsey.
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