Grand Court (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 5 of 2025)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE GRAND COURT ACT (2015 REVISION) TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE RULES COMMITTEE OF THE COURT; TO CHANGE THE FREQUENCY OF SESSIONS OF THE COURT; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. Short title This Act may be cited as the Grand Court (Amendment) Act, 2025.

I Assent, Jane Owen Governor Date: 18th February, 2025

Amendment of section 2 - definitions The Grand Court Act (2015 Revision), in this Act referred to as the “principal Act”, is amended in section 2 as follows — (a) by repealing the section heading and substituting the following section heading — “Interpretation”; (b) by deleting the word “and” after the definition of “Judge”; by deleting the full stop after the definition of “Rules” and substituting the word “; and”; and (d) by inserting after the definition of the word “Rules”, the following definition — “ “Rules Committee” means the body responsible for making Rules under section 19.”. Amendment of section 19 - Rules Committee and Rules of Court The principal Act is amended in section 19 as follows — (a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection — “(1) There shall be a Rules Committee which shall consist of — (a) the Chief Justice, who shall be the chairperson; (b) the Attorney General; and not less than two and no more than five persons who are — (i) entitled to practise as legal practitioners before the Court; and (ii) appointed by the Chief Justice after consultation with the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.”; and (b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection — “(2) At a meeting of the Rules Committee a quorum shall comprise a majority of the members present, which majority shall include the Chief Justice.”.

Repeal and substitution of section 21 - sessions of the Court The principal Act is amended by repealing section 21 and substituting the following section — “Sessions of Court 21.(1) The Court shall convene three sessions a year for the trial of both civil and criminal cases. The Chief Justice, by notice published in the Gazette on or by 1st December of each year, shall give notice of the dates and times of each session for the following year.”. Passed by the Parliament the 6th day of February, 2025. Hon. Sir Alden McLaughlin Speaker Zena Merren-Chin Clerk of the Parliament