Judgment of the Court of Appeal

Statutory construction - Crown liability for injury to fire officer on duty- content of Crown's duty of carer qua employer under section of 3(1) (b) of the Crown Proceedings Law- whether liability excluded Section 9(5) of Fire Brigade Law - Effect of section 3(1) (b) of the Crown Proceedings Law-

FSD- Court's discretion to grant declaratory relief- principles to be applied- construction of Articles of Association-principles to be applied.

Application to renew writ- discretion to renew writ after expiry of validity- successive renewals in one application not permitted Chappell v Cooper [1980] 1 WLR. 957- when leave to amend required

Forum non conveniens - application for stay of Cayman Islands trust invalidity proceedings in favour of pending Italian proceedings - trust governed by Cayman Islands law - whether forum for administration clause operated as an exclusive jurisdiction clause - construction of section 90 of the Trust Law (2020 Revision)

Post-Judgment Decision

Section 238 Companies Act-company disclosure-dissenter disclosure-Information requests of dissenters-Management Meeting transcripts.

Leave to serve foreign defendant out of the jurisdiction - claims in deceit and unlawful means conspiracy- full and frank disclosure on ex parte application - Order 11- necessary and proper party- application to set aside leave granted ex parte - real issue to be tried- appropriate forum- Limitation Law sections 3, 4 and 37-application to a company in liquidation - proof of debt process- knowledge of facts - discovering and pleading fraud - reasonable diligence - issue estoppel - res judicata- US rule of standing - US Bankruptcy Law.

Criminal Law- Appeals (against Sentence) from the Summary Court to the Grand Court - Failure to comply with Regulation 3 of the Control of Covid-19 Regulations.

FSD - Request for International Judicial Assistance in Civil Proceedings- special circumstances for release of implied undertaking not to use documents in any other proceedings.

Court of Appeal - Husband appealing judgment made by Acting Justice Gunn in respect of the final ancillary order - 'clean break' case- division of property following divorce

The common law duty of disclosure in criminal proceedings in the Cayman Islands- The scope and application of a separate duty of disclosure where material has come to light following the end of criminal proceedings. - No continuing right of convicted persons to indefinite re-examination of their cases.

FSD - Claims relate to the share in Britannia Holding (2006) Ltd- First Plaintiff claimed that the transfer was made in breach of her proprietary rights in and to the Share arising under Israeli matrimonial property law - The first and second Plaintiff also claimed, in their capacity as the representatives of Mr. Perry's estate, that the transfer was made by mistake - Mistake claim- Judgment - Plaintiffs' claims were dismissed after trial- The plaintiffs issued a notice of appeal

Applicants pleaded guilty - illicit drug trafficking in ganja - Both sentenced to imprisonment for 6 years - Each seeks leave to appeal against those sentences - Leave granted

Guilty plea - Applicant sentenced to 8 years and 3 Months' imprisonment - Single count importation of cocaine- Applicant seeks leave to appeal against his sentence on the ground that it is manifestly excessive

Court of Appeal - The appellant seeks to appeal against the Order of the Chief Justice - Chief Justice dismissed the appellants application for an adjournment, refused a stay of the Respondent's Petition and directed that Hiroaki Ogino, a representative of one of the Limited Partners, Tokyo Century, sign a statement pursuant to Section 10(1) of the Exempted Limited Partnership Law (ELP) in respect of the removal of the Appellant as the General Partner of the Partnership and file the same on behalf of the General Partner with the Registrar of Exempted Limited Partnerships. The Chief Justice set out his reasons for the Order on 13 August 2020.

Court of Appeal - Further Judgment on costs- By the judgment handed done on 24 June 2020 dismissing the Appellant, H's appeal, the Court made no order as to costs

Companies Law (2020 Revision) section 97 (1) - threshold for grant of leave to commence proceedings against company in liquidation - how discretion to grant leave to be exercised

Respondent ( " Rubicon"). A Singapore company - seeking to wind up the appellant ("KEGOT") -statutory demand for unpaid sums due under four invoices for work down on a floating storage and offloading vessel chartered by Rubicon to KEGOT under a Bareboat Charter - 5 year term

Matrimonial Law- Final Ancillaries - Waggott v Waggott- spouse's earning capacity not a marital asset subject to the sharing principle- principles applicable to orders for spousal maintenance.