THE OFFSHORE CASE DIGEST OFFERS READERS A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR COMMERCIAL CASES DECIDED IN BERMUDA, THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
Our goal is to provide a useful reference tool for clients and practitioners who are interested in the development of case law in each jurisdiction.
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March 2021 March 2021To BII or not to BII – a Cayman Islands perspective
March 2021 January 2021Shareholder Rights and Remedies: a summary
January 2021BVI Passes Legislation Codifying the “Black Swan” Jurisdiction
January 2021Provisional Liquidators, the Automatic Stay, and the Hong Kong Court
December 2020Ciban Management Corporation (Appellant) v Citco (BVI) Ltd and another (Respondents) Privy Council
November 2020 October 2020Covering Ears to Steal Bells: Ignoring Insolvency at Risk of Liquidation
September 2020 September 2020 September 2020 August 2020Undue Influence: Clarification of the Requirements on Lenders
July 2020A Seismic Shift to Certainty: “Substratum” and the Proper Construction of Trust Deeds
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Effective 3 December 2020, all legislation in the Cayman Islands is described by the term “Act” rather than “Law”. Any references to “Law” (and accompanying acronyms) in Conyers written materials pre-dating October 2020 should be read as “Act”.