Tot ii19 Jan 2019 10:25
FWIW this webpage provides a very useful summary of litigation and enforcement procedures in the Cayman Courts:https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/2-633-8594?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true&comp=pluk&bhcp=1 1
This extract seems particularly relevant here:
"7. Are court proceedings confidential or public? If public, are the proceedings or any information kept confidential in certain circumstances?
Proceedings before the Cayman Islands court are generally held either in open court or in the judge’s chambers. Proceedings in open court are open to the public, whereas proceedings in the judge’s chambers are generally considered to be private to the parties to the proceedings. However, the presiding judge can allow other interested parties, including members of the public, to attend a chambers hearing.
In large commercial disputes the substantive trial is ordinarily held in open court. However, interlocutory matters are generally dealt with in the judge’s chambers. In insolvency proceedings, while the petition for the winding-up of the company must be heard in open court, interlocutory applications, either before the hearing of the winding-up petition or after the making of a winding-up order, are heard in the judge’s chambers.
Unless otherwise ordered by the court, all originating proceedings filed with the court and all judgments and orders issued by the court are available for public inspection, on payment of a small fee. All other documents filed with the court are not available to the public and are ordinarily only available to the parties. However, the court rules provide for a process whereby non-parties to a proceeding can apply to the court to have access to some or the entire court file."
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