Hinds (Phillip) -v- Hinds (Clive) and Others (Unreported) (5 December 2014)

CAYMAN ISLANDS

GRAND COURT

CIVIL PROCEDURE – GCR O.62, R.4 – INDEMNITY BASIS – COURT’S DISCRETION TO AWARD INDEMNITY COSTS BASED ON CONDUCT OF LOSING PARTY – SEGREGATING COSTS – COSTS AGAINST ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE

This was a Ruling that concerned the appropriate form of order to be made on a Judgment (which the Plaintiff did not pursue) and also the appropriate order to be made in respect of the costs of the proceedings.

The original proceedings concerned a dispute between members of the Hinds family and a Claim by the Plaintiff in relation to seven parcels of land of significant value in the Cayman Islands. The Plaintiff and the Defendants’ deceased mother had apparently wished all four of her sons to share the properties concerned equally.

 

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