Grand Court (Amendment) Bill, 2025
Government bill, sponsored by the Portfolio of Legal Affairs (PLA)
Deferred.
What this law does
This bill amends the Grand Court Act to enlarge the Court's Rules Committee, which makes the Court's procedural rules, by allowing between two and five appointed local lawyers in addition to the Chief Justice and Attorney General. It also changes the Court's sitting schedule so it holds three sessions a year for civil and criminal trials, with dates published in the Gazette by 1 December each year.
- Rules Committee membership: adds 2 to 5 practising legal practitioners, appointed by the Chief Justice after consulting the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association, alongside the Chief Justice and Attorney General.
- Court sessions: the Grand Court must convene three sessions a year for both civil and criminal trials.
- Scheduling notice: the Chief Justice must publish the dates and times of each session for the following year in the Gazette by 1 December.
- Definitions: adds a definition of 'Rules Committee' and retitles section 2 as 'Interpretation'.
Who it affects: legal practitioners, Grand Court judges and court staff, litigants and parties to civil and criminal cases, Attorney General, Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association
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