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ENDNOTES Grand Court Act (2026 Revision) (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Grand Court Act (2026 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Interpretation 2. In this Act \u2014 \u201cbailiff\u201d means the person appointed under section 7 and includes an assistant bailiff; \u201cchief officer\u201d means the chief officer of the judicial administration appointed under section 2 of the Public Management and Finance Act (2026 Revision); \u201cClerk of the Court\u201d means the person appointed under section 7; \u201cConstitution\u201d means the Constitution set out in Schedule 2 to the Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009 [UKSI 2009 No. 1379], as amended by the Cayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2016 [UKSI 2016 No. 780] and the Cayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2020 [UKSI 2020 No. 1283]; \u201cCourt\u201d means the Grand Court and includes a Judge of that Court; \u201cJudge\u201d means a Judge of the Court; \u201cRules\u201d mean Rules of Court made under section 19; and \u201cRules Committee\u201d means the body responsible for making Rules under section 19. Grand Court Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Grand Court to be constituted and exercise jurisdiction under the Constitution and this Act 3. The Grand Court for the Cayman Islands shall continue as reconstituted by the Constitution and this Act and shall have and exercise the jurisdiction and powers therein and thereinafter provided.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Style and constitution of the Court 4. The Court shall continue to be named \u201cThe Grand Court of the Cayman Islands\u201d and shall consist of the Chief Justice and one or more other Judges who shall exercise all the jurisdiction of the Court and who shall have seniority, following the Chief Justice, in an order to be determined by the Governor, the Chief Justice having responsibility for and management of all matters arising in judicature: Provided that the Court shall be deemed to be duly constituted during and notwithstanding any vacancy in the office of Chief Justice or of any Judge.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Seal of the Court 5. The seal of the Court provided for in section 94(2) of the Constitution shall be kept in the custody of the Clerk of the Court, in accordance with any directions which the Chief Justice may give in that behalf, and all writs and other processes of the Court shall be sealed therewith.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Appointment and qualifications of Chief Justice and Judges 6. (1) The Governor, acting in the Governor\u2019s discretion, shall appoint persons who are qualified for appointment under subsection (2) to be the Chief Justice and the Judges. The person appointed to be Chief Justice shall take precedence of and have seniority over the other Judges. (2) Any person qualified to practise as a barrister or solicitor in England or in an equivalent capacity in a Commonwealth country approved by the Governor as having comparable standards for call or admission to practise and who has so practised for not less than ten years shall be qualified to be appointed a Judge.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Officers of the Court 7. (1) The chief officer, in accordance with the Public Service Management Act (2026 Revision) after consultation with the Chief Justice, may appoint a Clerk of the Court, a bailiff, an assistant bailiff, a marshal and such other officers as may from time to time appear necessary, who, subject to this or any other law, shall perform such duties as the Chief Justice may direct or as may be provided by any Rules. (2) Officers of the Court shall give security, in such sum as the chief officer shall, from time to time, in each case order, for the fidelity in the performance of their several duties, and for the due accounting for the payment of all moneys received by them under this Act. Grand Court Act (2026 Revision) (3) A person appointed as a marshal under subsection (1) shall, in addition to the powers and duties conferred or to be performed by that person as directed by the Chief Justice or as may be provided by any Rules, have \u2014 (a) the power to administer oaths to witnesses and jurors in all matters before the Court or in connection with any proceedings pending before the Court; (b) within the precincts of the Court and on the order or direction of a Judge, the power without warrant to take into custody and detain any person until the rising of the Court; and (c) all the powers and immunities of a bailiff appointed under subsection (1).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Duties of Clerk of the Court 8. (1) The Clerk of the Court shall be ex officio the Registrar of the Court and shall have power to administer oaths and take affidavits, solemn declarations and affirmations in all matters before the Court or arising in Chambers or in the office of the Court or in connection with the proceedings pending before the Court. (2) The Clerk of the Court shall be responsible to the Chief Justice for the maintenance in minute books kept for that purpose of all records of the Court, and to the Minister of Finance for the keeping of accounts of all monies received by way of fines, fees and payment made into and out of court and on any other account whatsoever. (3) In any case in which a Judge is not present at the time and place appointed for the sitting of the Court, the Clerk of the Court shall have power to adjourn the Court in accordance with any directions given by such Judge in that behalf, or in default of any such instructions for any period not exceeding seven days. (4) In addition to other duties, the Clerk of the Court shall ordinarily attend all sittings of the Court, and at such sittings shall call jurors, arraign prisoners, receive and record verdicts, administer oaths to witnesses and jurors, issue summonses, writs and all other processes of the Court, and shall keep minutes and records of proceedings, judgments and orders of the Court.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Judicial and other officers not to act for private persons 9. No Judge or officer of the Court shall act as a legal practitioner or legal agent in any cause or matter whatsoever unless specifically authorised in that behalf by this or any other law and, when so acting in accordance with such authorisation, such Judge or officer shall pay into the Treasury any fee charged in respect of the services rendered by that Judge or officer of the Court in such cause or matter. Grand Court Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Office of the Court 10. The Court shall have an office at Grand Cayman, and such office shall be kept open for the transaction of public business on every day of the year except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, during the normal working hours of the offices of the Government.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Jurisdiction vested in the Court 11. (1) The Court shall be a superior court of record and, in addition to any jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the Court or conferred by this or any other law for the time being in force in the Islands, shall possess and exercise, subject to this and any other law, the like jurisdiction within the Islands which is vested in or capable of being exercised in England by \u2014 (a) His Majesty\u2019s High Court of Justice; and (b) the Divisional Courts of that Court, as constituted by the Senior Courts Act, 1981, and any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom amending or replacing that Act [U.K. Act]. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Court shall have and shall be deemed always to have had power to make binding declarations of right in any matter whether any consequential relief is or could be claimed or not. 11A. Interim relief in the absence of substantive proceedings in the Islands 11A. (1) The Court may by order appoint a receiver or grant other interim relief in relation to proceedings which \u2014 (a) have been or are to be commenced in a court outside of the Islands; and (b) are capable of giving rise to a judgment which may be enforced in the Islands under any Law or at common law. (2) The Court may, pursuant to this section, grant interim relief of any kind which it has power to grant in proceedings relating to matters within its jurisdiction. (3) An order under subsection (1) may be made either unconditionally or on such terms and conditions as the Court thinks fit. (4) Subsection (1) applies notwithstanding that \u2014 (a) the subject matter of those proceedings would not, apart from this section, give rise to a cause of action over which the Court would have jurisdiction; or (b) the appointment of the receiver or the interim relief sought is not ancillary or incidental to any proceedings in the Islands. (5) The Court may refuse an application for the appointment of a receiver or the grant of interim relief if, in its opinion, it would be unjust or inconvenient to grant the application. Grand Court Act (2026 Revision) (6) In exercising the power under subsection (1), the Court shall have regard to the fact that the power is \u2014 (a) ancillary to proceedings that have been or are to be commenced in a place outside the Islands; and (b) for the purpose of facilitating the process of a court outside the Islands that has primary jurisdiction over such proceedings. (7) The Court has the same power to make any incidental order or direction for the purpose of ensuring the effectiveness of an order granted under this section as if the order were granted in relation to proceedings commenced in the Islands. (8) The power to make Rules under section 19 includes power to make Rules for \u2014 (a) the making of an application for appointment of a receiver or interim relief under subsection (1); and (b) the service out of the jurisdiction of an application or order for the appointment of a receiver or for interim relief. (9) Any Rules made by virtue of this section may include incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as the Rules Committee considers necessary. (10) In this section, \u201cinterim relief\u201d includes an interlocutory injunction.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Admiralty proceedings 12. The Court shall be Colonial Court of Admiralty within the meaning of the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890 [U.K. Act], and all proceedings in Admiralty shall be had and taken on the Admiralty side of the Court.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Bankruptcy jurisdiction 13. The Court shall continue to be the Chief Court of Bankruptcy and shall have and exercise all the jurisdiction and powers conferred on that Court under the Bankruptcy Act (2026 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_14\", \"num\": \"14.\", \"text\": \"Mental incapacity 14. The Court shall have power to appoint guardians of the persons and estates of persons of unsound mind or suffering from mental illness and for that purpose to enquire into, hear and determine by inspection of the person the subject of such inquiry, or to examine on oath or otherwise the party in whose custody or charge such person may be, or any other person or persons, or use such other ways and means by which the truth may be best discovered.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Matrimonial jurisdiction 15. The Court shall have and exercise general jurisdiction in divorce and matrimonial causes and matters in accordance with the Matrimonial Causes Act (2026 Revision). Grand Court Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Law and equity to be administered concurrently 16. In every civil cause or matter law and equity shall be administered concurrently. The Court in the exercise of the jurisdiction vested in it shall have power to grant and shall grant, either absolutely or on such reasonable conditions as shall seem just, all such remedies whatsoever as any of the parties thereto may appear to be entitled to in respect of any and every legal or equitable claim or defence properly brought forward by them respectively in such cause or matter, so that so far as possible all matters in controversy between the said parties respectively may be completely and finally determined, and all multiplicity of legal proceedings concerning any of such matters be avoided. In all matters in which there is any conflict or variance between the rules of law and the rules of equity with reference to the same matter, the rules of equity shall prevail.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_17\", \"num\": \"17.\", \"text\": \"Counterclaims and third parties 17. The Court shall have power, subject to the procedural requirements of any other law or any Rules, to grant to any defendant, in respect of any legal or equitable estate, right or title claimed or asserted by that defendant, all such relief against any plaintiff as such defendant shall have properly claimed by that defendant\u2019s pleading and as the Court might have granted in an action instituted by the same defendant against the same plaintiff. The Court may also grant all such relief relating to or connected with the original subject of the cause or matter and in like manner claimed against any other person, whether or not already a party to the same cause or matter, who shall have been duly served with notice in writing of such claim pursuant to any Rules or order of the Court, as might properly have been granted against such person if that person had been made a defendant to an action duly instituted by the same defendant for the like purpose. Any person served with any such notice shall thenceforth be deemed to be party to such cause or matter with the same right in respect of that person\u2019s defence against such claim as if that person had been served in the ordinary way by such defendant.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"Jurisdiction to be exercised in accordance with Rules, but English practice to apply where no other provision made 18. (1) Subject to this or any other law, the jurisdiction of the Court shall be exercised in accordance with any Rules made under this Act. (2) In any matter of practice or procedure for which no provision is made by this or any other law or by any Rules, the practice and procedure in similar matters in the High Court in England shall apply so far as local circumstances permit and subject to any directions which the Court may give in any particular case.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Rules Committee and Rules of Court 19. (1) There shall be a Rules Committee, which shall consist of \u2014 (a) the Chief Justice, who shall be the chairperson; Grand Court Act (2026 Revision) (b) the Attorney General; and (c) not less than two and no more than five persons who are \u2014 (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. (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. (3) The Rules Committee may, subject to this or any other law, make rules, to be called Rules of Court, for all or any of the following purposes \u2014 (a) regulating pleading, practice and procedure in respect of the conduct of criminal business and of civil business before the Court in relation to all matters within the jurisdiction of the Court, whether original or appellate in nature; (b) prescribing forms to be used in any proceedings before the Court; (c) subject to subsection (4), prescribing fees of the Court; (d) prescribing the fees and costs of legal practitioners in contentious matters, and regulating their taxation; (e) prescribing duties of officers of the Court; (f) prescribing books and accounts to be kept by officers of the Court; (g) regulating the powers of notaries public and persons authorised to administer oaths; (h) regulating the taking, giving and admission of evidence; (i) regulating the reference to arbitration of matters in dispute; and (j) generally, providing for such other matters as may be reasonably necessary for or incidental to the administration of this Act. (4) A rule of Court prescribed in paragraph (c) of subsection (3) shall not have effect until it has been approved by the Cabinet. (5) Rules made under subsection (3) may \u2014 (a) apply any Rules of the Supreme Court in England which regulate the practice and procedure in the High Court in England; (b) provide that any such Rules shall apply as they are from time to time applicable in England by reason of the repeal, amendment or substitution of any such Rules there; and (c) revoke, replace or amend any rules made or prescribed under the Judicature Act (2021 Revision). (6) No rules of Court made under this section shall come into force until they have been published in the Gazette. Grand Court Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Orders for interim payment 20. (1) The power to make Rules under section 19 shall include power to make provision for enabling the Court, in such circumstances as may be specified in such Rules, to make an order requiring a party to any proceedings pending before it make an interim payment of such amount as may be specified in the order, either by payment into Court or (if the order so provides) by paying it to another party to the proceedings. (2) Rules made under subsection (1) may include \u2014 (a) provision for enabling the party who, in pursuance of such order, has made an interim payment to recover the whole or part of the amount thereof in such circumstances as may be determined in accordance with the Rules; and (b) such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as the Rules Committee may consider necessary or expedient. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the exercise of any power relating to costs, including any power to make Rules relating to costs. (4) In this section \u2014 (a) \u201cinterim payment\u201d means a payment on account of any damages, debt or other sum (excluding any costs) which a party to any proceedings may be held liable to pay to or for the benefit of another party to the proceedings if a final judgment or order of the Court in the proceedings is given or made in favour of that other party; and (b) a reference to a party to any proceedings includes a reference to any person who for the purposes of those proceedings acts as next friend or guardian of a party to the proceedings. (5) Rules made under this section shall bind the Crown only insofar as any proceedings to which it is applicable can be brought by or against the Crown in accordance with the Crown Proceedings Act (2026 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"Sessions of the Court 21. (1) The Court shall convene three sessions a year for the trial of both civil and criminal cases. (2) 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. Grand Court Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_22\", \"num\": \"22.\", \"text\": \"Appellate jurisdiction 22. The Court shall have and exercise jurisdiction in respect of appeals from the Summary Court in accordance with the Summary Jurisdiction Act (2025 Revision) and the Criminal Procedure Code (2026 Revision), and shall sit for the purpose of hearing any such appeals once at least in every three months, and may sit for such purpose at any other time if the Judge deems it expedient.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_23\", \"num\": \"23.\", \"text\": \"Proceedings in chambers 23. Except in cases where it is otherwise expressly provided by any law, a Judge may sit in chambers at any time to hear and determine all matters brought before that Judge on summons or motion, and may direct that any motion be heard in open court or adjourned into court, if, in that Judge\u2019s discretion, that Judge considers it expedient that any matter be heard in court.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"Power to adjourn, etc. 24. A Judge, whether sitting in court or in chambers, may from time to time adjourn the hearing of any case to such time as seems expedient; and, unless it is expressly provided to the contrary by any law, may also enlarge the time for doing any act or taking any step in any proceeding before the Court whether civil or criminal.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_25\", \"num\": \"25.\", \"text\": \"Attorney General may appear ex officio in any Court 25. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Attorney General shall, in addition to any power conferred upon the Attorney General by any other law, be entitled to act and appear in the Attorney General\u2019s official capacity on behalf of the Crown, the Governor, the Government or any department or officer of the Government in the Court of Appeal, the Court and any other court in the Islands, and shall be deemed to be ex officio the head of the legal profession in the Islands and, subject to the Constitution and any other law, shall have and exercise within the Islands the same powers and duties as the Attorney General has and exercises in England.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_26\", \"num\": \"26.\", \"text\": \"Copies of records of the Court as evidence 26. (1) Any copy of an entry in any book or record of the Court purporting to bear the seal of the Court and to be signed and certified as a true copy by the Clerk of the Court shall at all times be admitted in all courts in the Islands as prima facie evidence of the particulars of such entry and of the facts therein stated, and of the regularity of the proceedings referred to. (2) Certified copies of records of the Court may be obtained by any party to any proceedings, or that party\u2019s legal representative, subject to the Rules and upon payment therefor of any prescribed fee. Grand Court Act (2026 Revision)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_27\", \"num\": \"27.\", \"text\": \"Summary powers in cases of contempt 27. (1) Without prejudice to any powers conferred upon the Court under section 11(1), the Court shall have jurisdiction to order the arrest of and to try summarily any person guilty of any contempt of the Court or any act insulting to or scandalising the Court or disturbing the proceedings thereof, and any person convicted under this section is liable to imprisonment for six months and to a fine of five hundred dollars. (2) For the purposes of this section, contempt of court shall include any action or inaction amounting to interference with or obstruction of, or having a tendency to interfere with or to obstruct, the due administration of justice.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_28\", \"num\": \"28.\", \"text\": \"Appeals from judgments, etc., of the Court 28. Appeals shall lie from any judgment, decree or order of the Court to the Court of Appeal in accordance with the Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_29\", \"num\": \"29.\", \"text\": \"Protection of Chief Justice, Judges and officers of the Court 29. (1) Neither the Chief Justice nor any Judge nor any person acting as Chief Justice or Judge under section 97 of the Constitution shall be liable to be sued in any civil court for any act done or ordered to be done by that person \u2014 (a) when acting within that person\u2019s jurisdiction and in the discharge of that person\u2019s judicial functions; or (b) whether or not within the limits of that person\u2019s jurisdiction, provided that that person, at the time and in good faith, believed themselves to have the jurisdiction to do or order the act complained of, unless it is proved that that person acted maliciously and without reasonable cause. (2) No officer of the Court or other person bound to execute the lawful process or order of the Court or a Judge shall be liable to be sued in any civil court for the execution of any process or order, whether or not it was within the jurisdiction of the Court or a Judge issuing the same, if that officer or other person would be bound to execute it if it had been within such jurisdiction. (3) No action shall lie against a Judge in respect of anything done pursuant to a conviction, judgment, decree, declaration or order unless it has been quashed, set aside or rescinded. Grand Court Act (2026 Revision) Publication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 28th day of January, 2026. 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February, 2026.\n\nPage 2\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nPUBLISHING DETAILS\nLaw 8 of 1975 consolidated with Laws 28 of 1977, 1 of 1981, 12 of 1985, 7 of 1987, 31\nof 2005, 17 of 2007, 15 of 2014 and Acts 56 of 2020, 5 of 2025 and with the Grand Court\nLaw (Amendment) Order, 1995.\n\nRevised under the authority of the Law Revision Act (2020 Revision).\n\nOriginally enacted \u2014\nLaw 8 of 1975-3rd September, 1975\nLaw 28 of 1977-5th December, 1977\nLaw 1 of 1981-20th February, 1981\nLaw 12 of 1985-22nd May, 1985\nLaw 7 of 1987-29th April, 1987\nLaw 31 of 2005-9th November, 2005\nLaw 17 of 2007-19th November, 2007\nLaw 15 of 2014-11th September, 2014\nAct 56 of 2020-7th December, 2025\nAct 5 of 2025-6th February, 2025.\n\nOriginally made \u2014\nGrand Court Law (Amendment) Order, 1995-26th January, 1995.\n\nConsolidated and revised this 31st day of December, 2025.\n\nNote (not forming part of this Act): This revision replaces the 2015 Revision which\nshould now be discarded.\n\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nGRAND COURT ACT\n(2026 Revision)\nArrangement of Sections\nSection\nPage\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nInterpretation .............................................................................................................................5\n3.\nGrand Court to be constituted and exercise jurisdiction under the Constitution and this\nAct .............................................................................................................................................6\n4.\nStyle and constitution of the Court .............................................................................................6\n5.\nSeal of the Court ........................................................................................................................6\n6.\nAppointment and qualifications of Chief Justice and Judges ......................................................6\n7.\nOfficers of the Court ...................................................................................................................6\n8.\nDuties of Clerk of the Court ........................................................................................................7\n9.\nJudicial and other officers not to act for private persons .............................................................7\n10.\nOffice of the Court......................................................................................................................8\n11.\nJurisdiction vested in the Court ..................................................................................................8\n11A. Interim relief in the absence of substantive proceedings in the Islands.......................................8\n12.\nAdmiralty proceedings ...............................................................................................................9\n13.\nBankruptcy jurisdiction ...............................................................................................................9\n14.\nMental incapacity .......................................................................................................................9\n15.\nMatrimonial jurisdiction ..............................................................................................................9\n16.\nLaw and equity to be administered concurrently ...................................................................... 10\n17.\nCounterclaims and third parties ............................................................................................... 10\n18.\nJurisdiction to be exercised in accordance with Rules, but English practice to apply where\nno other provision made .......................................................................................................... 10\n19.\nRules Committee and Rules of Court ....................................................................................... 10\n20.\nOrders for interim payment ...................................................................................................... 12\n21.\nSessions of the Court .............................................................................................................. 12\n22.\nAppellate jurisdiction ................................................................................................................ 13\n23.\nProceedings in chambers ........................................................................................................ 13\n\nArrangement of Sections\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 4\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n24.\nPower to adjourn, etc. .............................................................................................................. 13\n25.\nAttorney General may appear ex officio in any Court ............................................................... 13\n26.\nCopies of records of the Court as evidence ............................................................................. 13\n27.\nSummary powers in cases of contempt.................................................................................... 14\n28.\nAppeals from judgments, etc., of the Court .............................................................................. 14\n29.\nProtection of Chief Justice, Judges and officers of the Court.................................................... 14\nENDNOTES\n17\nTable of Legislation history: ............................................................................................................... 17\n\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nGRAND COURT ACT\n(2026 Revision)\n\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Act may be cited as the Grand Court Act (2026 Revision).\n2.\nInterpretation\n2.\nIn this Act \u2014\n\u201cbailiff\u201d means the person appointed under section 7 and includes an assistant\nbailiff;\n\u201cchief officer\u201d means the chief officer of the judicial administration appointed\nunder section 2 of the Public Management and Finance Act (2026 Revision);\n\u201cClerk of the Court\u201d means the person appointed under section 7;\n\u201cConstitution\u201d means the Constitution set out in Schedule 2 to the Cayman\nIslands Constitution Order 2009 [UKSI 2009 No. 1379], as amended by the\nCayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2016 [UKSI 2016 No. 780]\nand the Cayman Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2020 [UKSI 2020 No.\n1283];\n\u201cCourt\u201d means the Grand Court and includes a Judge of that Court;\n\u201cJudge\u201d means a Judge of the Court;\n\u201cRules\u201d mean Rules of Court made under section 19; and\n\u201cRules Committee\u201d means the body responsible for making Rules under\nsection 19.\n\nSection 3\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n3.\nGrand Court to be constituted and exercise jurisdiction under the\nConstitution and this Act\n3.\nThe Grand Court for the Cayman Islands shall continue as reconstituted by the\nConstitution and this Act and shall have and exercise the jurisdiction and powers\ntherein and thereinafter provided.\n4.\nStyle and constitution of the Court\n4.\nThe Court shall continue to be named \u201cThe Grand Court of the Cayman Islands\u201d and\nshall consist of the Chief Justice and one or more other Judges who shall exercise all\nthe jurisdiction of the Court and who shall have seniority, following the Chief Justice,\nin an order to be determined by the Governor, the Chief Justice having responsibility\nfor and management of all matters arising in judicature:\nProvided that the Court shall be deemed to be duly constituted during and\nnotwithstanding any vacancy in the office of Chief Justice or of any Judge.\n5.\nSeal of the Court\n5.\nThe seal of the Court provided for in section 94(2) of the Constitution shall be kept\nin the custody of the Clerk of the Court, in accordance with any directions which the\nChief Justice may give in that behalf, and all writs and other processes of the Court\nshall be sealed therewith.\n6.\nAppointment and qualifications of Chief Justice and Judges\n6.\n(1) The Governor, acting in the Governor\u2019s discretion, shall appoint persons who\nare qualified for appointment under subsection (2) to be the Chief Justice and\nthe Judges. The person appointed to be Chief Justice shall take precedence of\nand have seniority over the other Judges.\n(2) Any person qualified to practise as a barrister or solicitor in England or in an\nequivalent capacity in a Commonwealth country approved by the Governor as\nhaving comparable standards for call or admission to practise and who has so\npractised for not less than ten years shall be qualified to be appointed a Judge.\n7.\nOfficers of the Court\n7.\n(1) The chief officer, in accordance with the Public Service Management Act (2026\nRevision) after consultation with the Chief Justice, may appoint a Clerk of the\nCourt, a bailiff, an assistant bailiff, a marshal and such other officers as may\nfrom time to time appear necessary, who, subject to this or any other law, shall\nperform such duties as the Chief Justice may direct or as may be provided by\nany Rules.\n(2) Officers of the Court shall give security, in such sum as the chief officer shall,\nfrom time to time, in each case order, for the fidelity in the performance of their\nseveral duties, and for the due accounting for the payment of all moneys\nreceived by them under this Act.\n\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 8\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 7\n\n(3) A person appointed as a marshal under subsection (1) shall, in addition to the\npowers and duties conferred or to be performed by that person as directed by\nthe Chief Justice or as may be provided by any Rules, have \u2014\n(a)\nthe power to administer oaths to witnesses and jurors in all matters before\nthe Court or in connection with any proceedings pending before the Court;\n(b) within the precincts of the Court and on the order or direction of a Judge,\nthe power without warrant to take into custody and detain any person until\nthe rising of the Court; and\n(c)\nall the powers and immunities of a bailiff appointed under subsection (1).\n8.\nDuties of Clerk of the Court\n8.\n(1) The Clerk of the Court shall be ex officio the Registrar of the Court and shall\nhave power to administer oaths and take affidavits, solemn declarations and\naffirmations in all matters before the Court or arising in Chambers or in the\noffice of the Court or in connection with the proceedings pending before the\nCourt.\n(2) The Clerk of the Court shall be responsible to the Chief Justice for the\nmaintenance in minute books kept for that purpose of all records of the Court,\nand to the Minister of Finance for the keeping of accounts of all monies received\nby way of fines, fees and payment made into and out of court and on any other\naccount whatsoever.\n(3) In any case in which a Judge is not present at the time and place appointed for\nthe sitting of the Court, the Clerk of the Court shall have power to adjourn the\nCourt in accordance with any directions given by such Judge in that behalf, or\nin default of any such instructions for any period not exceeding seven days.\n(4) In addition to other duties, the Clerk of the Court shall ordinarily attend all\nsittings of the Court, and at such sittings shall call jurors, arraign prisoners,\nreceive and record verdicts, administer oaths to witnesses and jurors, issue\nsummonses, writs and all other processes of the Court, and shall keep minutes\nand records of proceedings, judgments and orders of the Court.\n9.\nJudicial and other officers not to act for private persons\n9.\nNo Judge or officer of the Court shall act as a legal practitioner or legal agent in any\ncause or matter whatsoever unless specifically authorised in that behalf by this or any\nother law and, when so acting in accordance with such authorisation, such Judge or\nofficer shall pay into the Treasury any fee charged in respect of the services rendered\nby that Judge or officer of the Court in such cause or matter.\n\nSection 10\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n10.\nOffice of the Court\n10. The Court shall have an office at Grand Cayman, and such office shall be kept open\nfor the transaction of public business on every day of the year except Saturdays,\nSundays and public holidays, during the normal working hours of the offices of the\nGovernment.\n11.\nJurisdiction vested in the Court\n11. (1) The Court shall be a superior court of record and, in addition to any jurisdiction\nheretofore exercised by the Court or conferred by this or any other law for the\ntime being in force in the Islands, shall possess and exercise, subject to this and\nany other law, the like jurisdiction within the Islands which is vested in or\ncapable of being exercised in England by \u2014\n(a)\nHis Majesty\u2019s High Court of Justice; and\n(b) the Divisional Courts of that Court,\nas constituted by the Senior Courts Act, 1981, and any Act of the Parliament of\nthe United Kingdom amending or replacing that Act [U.K. Act].\n(2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Court shall have and shall be deemed\nalways to have had power to make binding declarations of right in any matter\nwhether any consequential relief is or could be claimed or not.\n11A. Interim relief in the absence of substantive proceedings in the Islands\n11A. (1) The Court may by order appoint a receiver or grant other interim relief in\nrelation to proceedings which \u2014\n(a)\nhave been or are to be commenced in a court outside of the Islands; and\n(b) are capable of giving rise to a judgment which may be enforced in the\nIslands under any Law or at common law.\n(2) The Court may, pursuant to this section, grant interim relief of any kind which\nit has power to grant in proceedings relating to matters within its jurisdiction.\n(3) An order under subsection (1) may be made either unconditionally or on such\nterms and conditions as the Court thinks fit.\n(4) Subsection (1) applies notwithstanding that \u2014\n(a)\nthe subject matter of those proceedings would not, apart from this section,\ngive rise to a cause of action over which the Court would have jurisdiction;\nor\n(b) the appointment of the receiver or the interim relief sought is not ancillary\nor incidental to any proceedings in the Islands.\n(5) The Court may refuse an application for the appointment of a receiver or the\ngrant of interim relief if, in its opinion, it would be unjust or inconvenient to\ngrant the application.\n\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 12\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 9\n\n(6) In exercising the power under subsection (1), the Court shall have regard to the\nfact that the power is \u2014\n(a)\nancillary to proceedings that have been or are to be commenced in a place\noutside the Islands; and\n(b) for the purpose of facilitating the process of a court outside the Islands that\nhas primary jurisdiction over such proceedings.\n(7) The Court has the same power to make any incidental order or direction for the\npurpose of ensuring the effectiveness of an order granted under this section as\nif the order were granted in relation to proceedings commenced in the Islands.\n(8) The power to make Rules under section 19 includes power to make Rules for \u2014\n(a)\nthe making of an application for appointment of a receiver or interim relief\nunder subsection (1); and\n(b) the service out of the jurisdiction of an application or order for the\nappointment of a receiver or for interim relief.\n(9) Any Rules made by virtue of this section may include incidental, supplementary\nand consequential provisions as the Rules Committee considers necessary.\n(10) In this section, \u201cinterim relief\u201d includes an interlocutory injunction.\n12.\nAdmiralty proceedings\n12. The Court shall be Colonial Court of Admiralty within the meaning of the Colonial\nCourts of Admiralty Act, 1890 [U.K. Act], and all proceedings in Admiralty shall be\nhad and taken on the Admiralty side of the Court.\n13.\nBankruptcy jurisdiction\n13. The Court shall continue to be the Chief Court of Bankruptcy and shall have and\nexercise all the jurisdiction and powers conferred on that Court under the Bankruptcy\nAct (2026 Revision).\n14.\nMental incapacity\n14. The Court shall have power to appoint guardians of the persons and estates of persons\nof unsound mind or suffering from mental illness and for that purpose to enquire into,\nhear and determine by inspection of the person the subject of such inquiry, or to\nexamine on oath or otherwise the party in whose custody or charge such person may\nbe, or any other person or persons, or use such other ways and means by which the\ntruth may be best discovered.\n15.\nMatrimonial jurisdiction\n15. The Court shall have and exercise general jurisdiction in divorce and matrimonial\ncauses and matters in accordance with the Matrimonial Causes Act (2026 Revision).\n\nSection 16\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 10\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n16.\nLaw and equity to be administered concurrently\n16. In every civil cause or matter law and equity shall be administered concurrently. The\nCourt in the exercise of the jurisdiction vested in it shall have power to grant and shall\ngrant, either absolutely or on such reasonable conditions as shall seem just, all such\nremedies whatsoever as any of the parties thereto may appear to be entitled to in\nrespect of any and every legal or equitable claim or defence properly brought forward\nby them respectively in such cause or matter, so that so far as possible all matters in\ncontroversy between the said parties respectively may be completely and finally\ndetermined, and all multiplicity of legal proceedings concerning any of such matters\nbe avoided. In all matters in which there is any conflict or variance between the rules\nof law and the rules of equity with reference to the same matter, the rules of equity\nshall prevail.\n17.\nCounterclaims and third parties\n17. The Court shall have power, subject to the procedural requirements of any other law\nor any Rules, to grant to any defendant, in respect of any legal or equitable estate,\nright or title claimed or asserted by that defendant, all such relief against any plaintiff\nas such defendant shall have properly claimed by that defendant\u2019s pleading and as the\nCourt might have granted in an action instituted by the same defendant against the\nsame plaintiff. The Court may also grant all such relief relating to or connected with\nthe original subject of the cause or matter and in like manner claimed against any\nother person, whether or not already a party to the same cause or matter, who shall\nhave been duly served with notice in writing of such claim pursuant to any Rules or\norder of the Court, as might properly have been granted against such person if that\nperson had been made a defendant to an action duly instituted by the same defendant\nfor the like purpose. Any person served with any such notice shall thenceforth be\ndeemed to be party to such cause or matter with the same right in respect of that\nperson\u2019s defence against such claim as if that person had been served in the ordinary\nway by such defendant.\n18.\nJurisdiction to be exercised in accordance with Rules, but English practice\nto apply where no other provision made\n18. (1) Subject to this or any other law, the jurisdiction of the Court shall be exercised\nin accordance with any Rules made under this Act.\n(2) In any matter of practice or procedure for which no provision is made by this or\nany other law or by any Rules, the practice and procedure in similar matters in\nthe High Court in England shall apply so far as local circumstances permit and\nsubject to any directions which the Court may give in any particular case.\n19.\nRules Committee and Rules of Court\n19. (1) There shall be a Rules Committee, which shall consist of \u2014\n(a)\nthe Chief Justice, who shall be the chairperson;\n\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 19\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 11\n\n(b) the Attorney General; and\n(c)\nnot less than two and no more than five persons who are \u2014\n(i)  entitled to practise as legal practitioners before the Court; and\n(ii) appointed by the Chief Justice after consultation with the Cayman\nIslands Legal Practitioners Association.\n(2) At a meeting of the Rules Committee a quorum shall comprise a majority of the\nmembers present, which majority shall include the Chief Justice.\n(3) The Rules Committee may, subject to this or any other law, make rules, to be\ncalled Rules of Court, for all or any of the following purposes \u2014\n(a)\nregulating pleading, practice and procedure in respect of the conduct of\ncriminal business and of civil business before the Court in relation to all\nmatters within the jurisdiction of the Court, whether original or appellate\nin nature;\n(b) prescribing forms to be used in any proceedings before the Court;\n(c)\nsubject to subsection (4), prescribing fees of the Court;\n(d) prescribing the fees and costs of legal practitioners in contentious matters,\nand regulating their taxation;\n(e)\nprescribing duties of officers of the Court;\n(f)\nprescribing books and accounts to be kept by officers of the Court;\n(g) regulating the powers of notaries public and persons authorised to\nadminister oaths;\n(h) regulating the taking, giving and admission of evidence;\n(i)\nregulating the reference to arbitration of matters in dispute; and\n(j)\ngenerally, providing for such other matters as may be reasonably necessary\nfor or incidental to the administration of this Act.\n(4) A rule of Court prescribed in paragraph (c) of subsection (3) shall not have\neffect until it has been approved by the Cabinet.\n(5) Rules made under subsection (3) may \u2014\n(a)\napply any Rules of the Supreme Court in England which regulate the\npractice and procedure in the High Court in England;\n(b) provide that any such Rules shall apply as they are from time to time\napplicable in England by reason of the repeal, amendment or substitution\nof any such Rules there; and\n(c)\nrevoke, replace or amend any rules made or prescribed under the\nJudicature Act (2021 Revision).\n(6) No rules of Court made under this section shall come into force until they have\nbeen published in the Gazette.\n\nSection 20\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 12\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n20.\nOrders for interim payment\n20. (1) The power to make Rules under section 19 shall include power to make\nprovision for enabling the Court, in such circumstances as may be specified in\nsuch Rules, to make an order requiring a party to any proceedings pending\nbefore it make an interim payment of such amount as may be specified in the\norder, either by payment into Court or (if the order so provides) by paying it to\nanother party to the proceedings.\n(2) Rules made under subsection (1) may include \u2014\n(a)\nprovision for enabling the party who, in pursuance of such order, has made\nan interim payment to recover the whole or part of the amount thereof in\nsuch circumstances as may be determined in accordance with the Rules;\nand\n(b) such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as the Rules\nCommittee may consider necessary or expedient.\n(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the exercise of any power\nrelating to costs, including any power to make Rules relating to costs.\n(4) In this section \u2014\n(a)\n\u201cinterim payment\u201d means a payment on account of any damages, debt or\nother sum (excluding any costs) which a party to any proceedings may be\nheld liable to pay to or for the benefit of another party to the proceedings\nif a final judgment or order of the Court in the proceedings is given or\nmade in favour of that other party; and\n(b) a reference to a party to any proceedings includes a reference to any person\nwho for the purposes of those proceedings acts as next friend or guardian\nof a party to the proceedings.\n(5) Rules made under this section shall bind the Crown only insofar as any\nproceedings to which it is applicable can be brought by or against the Crown in\naccordance with the Crown Proceedings Act (2026 Revision).\n21.\nSessions of the Court\n21. (1) The Court shall convene three sessions a year for the trial of both civil and\ncriminal cases.\n(2) The Chief Justice, by notice published in the Gazette on or by 1st December of\neach year, shall give notice of the dates and times of each session for the\nfollowing year.\n\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 22\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 13\n\n22.\nAppellate jurisdiction\n22. The Court shall have and exercise jurisdiction in respect of appeals from the Summary\nCourt in accordance with the Summary Jurisdiction Act (2025 Revision) and the\nCriminal Procedure Code (2026 Revision), and shall sit for the purpose of hearing\nany such appeals once at least in every three months, and may sit for such purpose at\nany other time if the Judge deems it expedient.\n23.\nProceedings in chambers\n23. Except in cases where it is otherwise expressly provided by any law, a Judge may sit\nin chambers at any time to hear and determine all matters brought before that Judge\non summons or motion, and may direct that any motion be heard in open court or\nadjourned into court, if, in that Judge\u2019s discretion, that Judge considers it expedient\nthat any matter be heard in court.\n24.\nPower to adjourn, etc.\n24. A Judge, whether sitting in court or in chambers, may from time to time adjourn the\nhearing of any case to such time as seems expedient; and, unless it is expressly\nprovided to the contrary by any law, may also enlarge the time for doing any act or\ntaking any step in any proceeding before the Court whether civil or criminal.\n25.\nAttorney General may appear ex officio in any Court\n25. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Attorney General shall, in addition to\nany power conferred upon the Attorney General by any other law, be entitled to act\nand appear in the Attorney General\u2019s official capacity on behalf of the Crown, the\nGovernor, the Government or any department or officer of the Government in the\nCourt of Appeal, the Court and any other court in the Islands, and shall be deemed to\nbe ex officio the head of the legal profession in the Islands and, subject to the\nConstitution and any other law, shall have and exercise within the Islands the same\npowers and duties as the Attorney General has and exercises in England.\n26.\nCopies of records of the Court as evidence\n26. (1) Any copy of an entry in any book or record of the Court purporting to bear the\nseal of the Court and to be signed and certified as a true copy by the Clerk of\nthe Court shall at all times be admitted in all courts in the Islands as prima facie\nevidence of the particulars of such entry and of the facts therein stated, and of\nthe regularity of the proceedings referred to.\n(2) Certified copies of records of the Court may be obtained by any party to any\nproceedings, or that party\u2019s legal representative, subject to the Rules and upon\npayment therefor of any prescribed fee.\n\nSection 27\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 14\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\n27.\nSummary powers in cases of contempt\n27. (1) Without prejudice to any powers conferred upon the Court under section 11(1),\nthe Court shall have jurisdiction to order the arrest of and to try summarily any\nperson guilty of any contempt of the Court or any act insulting to or scandalising\nthe Court or disturbing the proceedings thereof, and any person convicted under\nthis section is liable to imprisonment for six months and to a fine of five hundred\ndollars.\n(2) For the purposes of this section, contempt of court shall include any action or\ninaction amounting to interference with or obstruction of, or having a tendency\nto interfere with or to obstruct, the due administration of justice.\n28.\nAppeals from judgments, etc., of the Court\n28. Appeals shall lie from any judgment, decree or order of the Court to the Court of\nAppeal in accordance with the Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision).\n29.\nProtection of Chief Justice, Judges and officers of the Court\n29. (1) Neither the Chief Justice nor any Judge nor any person acting as Chief Justice\nor Judge under section 97 of the Constitution shall be liable to be sued in any\ncivil court for any act done or ordered to be done by that person \u2014\n(a)\nwhen acting within that person\u2019s jurisdiction and in the discharge of that\nperson\u2019s judicial functions; or\n(b) whether or not within the limits of that person\u2019s jurisdiction, provided that\nthat person, at the time and in good faith, believed themselves to have the\njurisdiction to do or order the act complained of, unless it is proved that\nthat person acted maliciously and without reasonable cause.\n(2) No officer of the Court or other person bound to execute the lawful process or\norder of the Court or a Judge shall be liable to be sued in any civil court for the\nexecution of any process or order, whether or not it was within the jurisdiction\nof the Court or a Judge issuing the same, if that officer or other person would be\nbound to execute it if it had been within such jurisdiction.\n(3) No action shall lie against a Judge in respect of anything done pursuant to a\nconviction, judgment, decree, declaration or order unless it has been quashed,\nset aside or rescinded.\n\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\nSection 29\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 15\n\nPublication in consolidated and revised form authorised by the Cabinet this 28th\nday of January, 2026.\nKim Bullings\nClerk of the Cabinet\n\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\n\nENDNOTES\n\nc\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nPage 17\n\nENDNOTES\nTable of Legislation history:\nSL #\nLaw\/Act #\nLegislation\nCommencement\nGazette\n\n5\/2025\nGrand Court (Amendment) Act, 2025\n19-Feb-2026\nLG15\/2025\/s4\n\n56\/2020\nCitation of Acts of Parliament Act, 2020\n3-Dec-2020\nLG89\/2020\/s1\n\nGrand Court Law (2015 Revision)\n17-Jul-2015 GE53\/2015\/s13\n\nGrand Court (Amendment) Law, 2014\n(Commencement) Order, 2014\n19-Nov-2014\nGE86\/2014\/s2\n\n15\/2014\nGrand Court (Amendment) Law, 2014\n24-Nov-2014\nG21\/2014\/s1\n\nGrand Court Law (2008 Revision)\n23-Jun-2008\nG13\/2008\/s4\n\n17\/2007\nGrand Court (Amendment) Law, 2007\n25-Dec-2007\nG25\/2007\/s3\n\nGrand Court Law (2006 Revision)\n10-Jul-2006\nG14\/2006\/s5\n\n31\/2005\nGrand Court (Amendment) Law, 2005\n1-Jul-2007\nG24\/2005\/s\n\nGrand Court Law (1995 Revision)\n18-Apr-1995\nG8\/1995\/s4\n\nGrand Court (Amendment) Order, 1995\n30-Jan-1995\nGE3\/1995\/s1\n\n7\/1987\nGrand Court (Amendment) Law, 1987\n2-Jun-1987\nG13\/1987\/s5\n\n12\/1985\nGrand Court (Amendment) Law, 1985\n8-Jul-1985\nG14\/1985\/s4\n\n1\/1981\nGrand Court (Amendment) Law, 1981\n20-Apr-1981\nG8\/1981\/s1\n\n28\/1977\nGrand Court (Amendment) Law, 1977\n19-Dec-1977\nG26\/1977\/s6\n\n8\/1975\nGrand Court Law, 1975\n1-Oct-1976\nG22\/1975\/s1\n\nENDNOTES\nGrand Court Act (2026 Revision)\n\nPage 18\nRevised as at 31st December, 2025\nc\n\nGrand Court Act (2026 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