Tag: Office of the Attorney General

Auditor warns of continued failure of public accounting

Auditor warns of continued failure of public accounting

| 25/11/2024 | 105 Comments

(CNS): The auditor general has issued some severe criticisms in this year’s annual general report on the state of financial reporting on how public cash is being collected, spent and managed. Sue Winspear and her team found a catalog of issues relating to the 2023 books and government’s accounting practices on the more than $1billion […]

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CIG wasting public cash in battle with Doctors Express

CIG wasting public cash in battle with Doctors Express

| 19/08/2024 | 47 Comments

(CNS): The recent ruling by the Grand Court forcing government lawyers to hand documents over to Doctors Express is part of a long legal battle that has seen the government waste hundreds of thousands of public dollars. The documents might reveal the reasons why no public official has ever been prosecuted for the unlawful raid […]

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Buttonwood removal case ‘complex’ and ‘unusual’

Buttonwood removal case ‘complex’ and ‘unusual’

| 06/06/2024

(CNS): Local attorney Ben Tonner KC told a court on Wednesday morning that he was still engaged in discussions with the crown relating to the case against his client, Bon Crepe Ltd, and its owner, James Bergstrom, who has been charged with taking a protective species in relation to buttonwood trees removed from land in […]

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General Licence issued to protect fund investors

General Licence issued to protect fund investors

| 19/10/2022 | 10 Comments

(CNS) The governor has issued the first General Licence under the Russia Sanctions Regime for the Cayman Islands, which officials said allows multiple parties to undertake specified activities that would otherwise be prohibited by the Modified Regulations. An industry expert told CNS that, subject to certain requirements, this licence allows relevant investment funds to redeem, […]

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Local lawyer promoted to senior post in AG chambers

Local lawyer promoted to senior post in AG chambers

| 13/07/2022 | 16 Comments

(CNS): Marilyn Brandt has become the first Caymanian attorney to be appointed to the position of deputy solicitor general in the Portfolio of Legal Affairs. Brandt has 14 years experience as a practising public sector attorney, having begun her career as an articled clerk within the Attorney General’s Chambers before being called to the Cayman […]

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Doctors Express tab will cost public purse

Doctors Express tab will cost public purse

| 16/02/2021 | 100 Comments

(CNS): The end result of the unlawful drug raid at Doctors Express by customs and police officers will likely end with a significant tab that will be picked up by the public purse. Even before a court rules on reputational damages and business losses, the private clinic will be claiming “significant costs” as a result […]

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Crown’s defence in doctors’ JR on shaky ground

Crown’s defence in doctors’ JR on shaky ground

| 06/11/2020

(CNS) A Grand Court judge raised concerns on Thursday about how the crown is presenting its defence to a judicial review brought by Doctors Express over the seizure of their legal medical cannabis last year. On a number of occasions Justice Robin McMillan pointed out to counsel from the Attorney General’s Chambers, that he was […]

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AG: Speaker has no authority to block report

AG: Speaker has no authority to block report

| 06/11/2020 | 69 Comments

(CNS): Legal advice from the Attorney General’s Chambers released by the Public Accounts Committee shows that Speaker McKeeva Bush had no authority to block a report about OfReg last week. Attorney General Samuel Bulgin signed the advice, which stated that there is no provision in either the Constitution or Standing Orders that requires the speaker […]

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CIG finally offers free online access to laws

CIG finally offers free online access to laws

| 09/10/2020 | 25 Comments

(CNS): The public can finally access all current Cayman Islands legislation free of charge on a single website with the launch of legislation.gov.ky. This long-awaited online library includes laws and regulations, as well as all bills tabled for consideration by the Legislative Assembly. The archive goes back to 1963 and is a recognition by government […]

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Cayman meets CFATF assessment deadline

Cayman meets CFATF assessment deadline

| 27/02/2020 | 4 Comments

(CNS): Following the blow to the Cayman Islands financial sector after it was blacklisted by the European Union as being non-cooperative on tax issues because it missed the deadline to pass relevant laws, Cayman continues efforts to get on good international standing on other fronts, namely to be seen as a jurisdiction that does not […]

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Operation Tempura spin-offs ran up AG’s lawyer bill

Operation Tempura spin-offs ran up AG’s lawyer bill

| 03/05/2018 | 37 Comments

(CNS): Acting Solicitor General Reshma Sharma from the Portfolio of Legal Affairs told the Public Accounts Committee Thursday that spin-off litigation from the fall-out of Operation Tempura, a corruption probe into the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, accounted for a significant amount of spending by the Attorney General’s Chambers on outside lawyers’ fees. Appearing before […]

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