Tag: Helen Kilpatrick
Justice expert IDs systemic problems
(CNS): An expert from the crown prosecution service in the UK has identified a catalogue of measures to improve efficiencies and outcomes in Cayman’s criminal justice system. From simple changes, such as better communication between the police and prosecutors, to new practice directions, Claire Wetton has recommended a list of more than a dozen systemic […]
Governor relaxed over increased LA costs
(CNS): The additional costs the country will incur when, or if, government adopts the recommendations of the Electoral Boundary Commission to increase the number 0f seats in the LA to nineteen need to be weighed against the advantages, Governor Helen Kilpatrick said when she received the report from the EBC Thursday. So far, the even […]
Governor to collect new CI$125k Jag
(CNS): A brand new white Jaguar XJ will be handed over to Governor Helen Kilpatrick Wednesday at a local car showroom in George Town where the new ride was fitted out. The flag car, which will be used by Kilpatrick and her driver while she remains in office, replaces the Lincoln Town car, which officials […]
Report on legal review under wraps
(CNS): A report by a UK prosecutor who came to the Cayman Islands earlier this year to review the local criminal justice system will not be made public anytime soon. The governor’s office has refused to release the document by Claire Wetton, which examined the way criminal caseloads are being handled by the crown and […]
Dozens of dangerous dog reports filed
(CNS): The RCIPS has confirmed that it has received several dozen reports relating to stray or dangerous dogs biting and attacking members of the public or their pets over the last few months. However, the issue, which has raised concern in the community for years, has now become more of a focus after the governor was […]
UK naval support ship to bring the governor’s new car
(CNS): A British naval vessel which is currently on deployment in the Atlantic for both disaster relief and counter narcotics operations is on its way to Cayman and is expected to arrive on Wednesday with a new car for the governor. RFA Lyme Bay will visit for five days and in addition to the humanitarian and […]
Finance committee re-calls CoP over Legge security
(CNS): Police Commissioner David Baines has been recalled to Finance Committee in order to explain to members of the Legislative Assembly why the editor of a local daily newspaper was given police protection on the public dollar. During committee hearings on Thursday the deputy governor said the police guard for David Legge and his wife, Vicki, was […]
Legge: Premier put a target on my back
(CNS): The editor of The Cayman Compass has said that he is not sure when he can return to Cayman because of the “hate speech” and “vitriol” against him after the premier “put a target on my back”, when he “named me by name” and had some pointed things to say. As David Legge did […]
The Man Who Ran
Nicky Watson writes: The world has gone mad. On Friday the Cayman Islands governor, rising on a tide of over-reaction and hyperbole, decided that David Legge, owner and editor of The Cayman Compass, needed police protection after he got an over-the-top verbal slapping from the premier in the Legislative Assembly.
Legge makes NY headlines as MLAs vote to boycott paper
(CNS): The editor of The Cayman Compass has told The New York Times that the premier’s statement on Friday berating him over allegations of corruption against the whole country had “created such an atmosphere” that he and his wife needed protection. David Legge told the publication that the protection was put in place not by […]
Duddridge invited to Cayman
(CNS): The Cayman Island governor has sent an invitation to the FCO’s junior minister, James Duddridge, to come visit the Cayman Islands at the earliest opportunity, following news the conservative MP kept his job in David Cameron’s Cabinet. In an exceptionally short throne speech that lasted just a few minutes at the opening of the […]
