Tag: Steve McField

IAT chair will recuse from PR and status appeals

IAT chair will recuse from PR and status appeals

| 17/01/2024 | 34 Comments

(CNS): The chairperson of the Immigration Appeals Tribunal, Steve McField, will be expected to recuse himself from any appeals that relate to decisions made by the Permanent Residency and Caymanian Status Board between October 2021 and September 2023 while he chaired that board. It remains unclear how many PR applications were decided under the points […]

Continue Reading

PR refusals unlikely to stick, say lawyers

PR refusals unlikely to stick, say lawyers

| 09/08/2023 | 135 Comments

(CNS): Many of the points-based applications for permanent residency that have been refused over the last year are likely to be overturned on appeal because the process leading to those decisions remains flawed, according to Nick Joseph of HSM, which specialises in immigration work. As WORC tackles the application backlog administratively, Joseph says that those […]

Continue Reading

Revised constituencies stick to historic boundaries

Revised constituencies stick to historic boundaries

| 08/08/2023 | 30 Comments

(CNS): A draft report from the 2023 Electoral Boundary Commission sticks to the Cayman Islands’ six traditional districts but redraws constituency lines within those districts. The new proposed election landscape has created constituencies that differ significantly in population size countrywide but are more evenly balanced within the districts of West Bay, George Town, Bodden Town, […]

Continue Reading

Election maps change within districts

Election maps change within districts

| 06/07/2023 | 40 Comments

(CNS): The 2023 Electoral Boundary Commission has unveiled its proposed new election maps impacting 15 constituencies, including the Sister Islands, where the dividing line on Cayman Brac has been moved slightly. But the commissioners have not crossed district boundary lines or merged East End and North Side, leaving Bodden Town with four supersized constituencies.

Continue Reading

Districts pose problem for constituency review

Districts pose problem for constituency review

| 18/05/2023 | 60 Comments

(CNS): Retaining the five traditional districts boundaries in Grand Cayman while reshaping constituencies will result in more major population differences, the Electoral Boundary Commission has warned. As district meetings got underway this week, the three-member team tasked with redrawing Cayman’s election map explained the challenges presented by the huge population growth, especially in Bodden Town, […]

Continue Reading

Work underway on new election landscape

Work underway on new election landscape

| 04/05/2023 | 18 Comments

(CNS): The official Cayman Islands Register of Electors currently stands at 23,496 voters, which is 2,270 more than in 2017, the year of the first election under the system of ‘one man, one vote’. While the number of voters has increased by only 9% in the last six years, the growth is concentrated in certain […]

Continue Reading

Court ruling finds PR system breaches BoR

Court ruling finds PR system breaches BoR

| 31/03/2023 | 137 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government’s troubles with the permanent residency system got a whole lot worse on Thursday when the Court of Appeal declared that the Immigration Act is incompatible with section 9 of the Bill of Rights, which deals with family and private life. Two individuals whose PR applications were denied over insufficient points […]

Continue Reading

Electoral map to undergo review this year

Electoral map to undergo review this year

| 15/01/2023 | 40 Comments

(CNS): A new Electoral Boundary Commission has been appointed by Governor Martyn Roper which will begin work this year on re-examining the current boundaries that form the 19 constituencies across the Cayman Islands. Under the Constitution, a commission must be appointed to look at the electoral map and make recommendations every eight years. Since the […]

Continue Reading

Commission publishes Constitution Comic Book

Commission publishes Constitution Comic Book

| 02/11/2022 | 35 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Constitutional Commission has published a comic book that breaks down Cayman’s most important legally binding document to help young people understand and teachers explain the constitution and how it affects everyone. A release from the commission said the book presented the important information contained in the nine parts of the 2009 […]

Continue Reading

No environmentalists on planning law review team

No environmentalists on planning law review team

| 10/03/2022 | 77 Comments

(CNS): Cabinet has appointed a new committee to review the Development and Planning Act that doesn’t include a single expert on climate resilience or sustainability. The lack of any environmentalists on this board is likely to raise considerable public concern, given the PACT Government’s stated policy objectives and the need to address fundamental problems in […]

Continue Reading

Lawyers to head immigration boards

Lawyers to head immigration boards

| 23/09/2021 | 100 Comments

(CNS): Government has made several more appointments to some of the country’s most important boards. According to a government gazette published yesterday, lawyers will be heading up the main immigration boards. Maxine Bodden has been appointed as chair of the Work Permit Board, Richard Barton now chairs the Business Staffing Plan Board and Steve McField […]

Continue Reading