Court Fees (Amendment) Rules 2014 (SL 25 of 2014)

dated 20 May, 2014.

The Court Fees (Amendment) Rules 2014

COURT FEES (AMENDMENT) RULES 2014

These Rules are made by the Grand Court Rules Committee (with the approval of the Governor in Cabinet) pursuant to section 19 (3) (c) of the Grand Court Law (2008 Revision).

Citation, Commencement and Interpretation

These Rules shall be cited as the Court Fees (Amendment) Rules 2014.

These Rules shall come into operation with retroactive effect from the 1st day of January 2014, referred to as the “Commencement Date”.

Words and expressions used in these Rules which are also used in the Court Fees Rules 2009 (referred to as “the principal rules”) shall have the same meaning in these Rules as in the principal rules.

Addition of Rule 5B

The principal rules shall be amended by adding a new Rule 5B as follows:

“5B Website – Cost Recovery (1) A single annual fee in the amount of $350 shall be paid by each attorney-at-Law who is registered to practice in the Cayman Islands as a judicial website cost recovery fee.

(2) This fee, to be termed a “website fee”, will be levied and paid at the same time as the attorney’s practicing certificate fee; effective 1st January 2014.

(3) Upon payment of the website fee, each attorney will be issued a password, renewable annually, enabling unlimited access to the Cayman Islands Law Reports online website service and to such other services as may be accessed by way of the judicial website: www.judicial.ky

Made by the Grand Court Rules Committee on the 2nd day of May 2014.

The Honourable Anthony Smellie QC, Chief Justice The Honourable Samuel Bulgin QC, Attorney General Colin McKie QC, Legal Practitioner Hector Robinson, Legal Practitioner