Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
When must a Cayman civil notice of appeal be lodged and served?
Fourteen days, subject to leave and extension provisions. Lodge notice with the Registrar and Clerk of the Grand Court and serve the opposite party. Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment.
- Period
- Fourteen days, subject to leave and extension provisions
- Trigger
- Filing of the judgment or order under GCR Order 42 rule 5
- Rule
- Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4)
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Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment. Establish filing of the judgment or order under GCR Order 42 rule 5 and the actual completion required to lodge notice with the Registrar and Clerk of the Grand Court and serve the opposite party.
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When must a Cayman civil notice of appeal be lodged and served?
Fourteen days, subject to leave and extension provisions. Lodge notice with the Registrar and Clerk of the Grand Court and serve the opposite party. Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment.
Responsible actor. Appellant from a Grand Court civil judgment.
Filing of the judgment or order under GCR Order 42 rule 5.
Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment.
Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment.
Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4)How does this provision count time?
- Establish filing of the judgment or order under GCR Order 42 rule 5.
- Lodge notice with the Registrar and Clerk of the Grand Court and serve the opposite party.
- Use the actual filed judgment, not oral delivery. Identify whether the ordinary notice or post-leave branch applies.
- Lodgment and service must each be completed. Do not infer a single carried deadline from an office closure.
Use the actual filed judgment, not oral delivery. Identify whether the ordinary notice or post-leave branch applies.
Lodgment and service must each be completed. Do not infer a single carried deadline from an office closure.
Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment. Establish filing of the judgment or order under GCR Order 42 rule 5 and the actual completion required to lodge notice with the Registrar and Clerk of the Grand Court and serve the opposite party.
Appellant from a Grand Court civil judgment establishes filing of the judgment or order under GCR Order 42 rule 5. Use the actual filed judgment, not oral delivery. Identify whether the ordinary notice or post-leave branch applies. Fourteen days, subject to leave and extension provisions. Lodge notice with the Registrar and Clerk of the Grand Court and serve the opposite party. Establish the actual completion facts before calculating a final date.
A proposed completion or status boundary intersects a closure or holiday while the party seeks to lodge notice with the Registrar and Clerk of the Grand Court and serve the opposite party. Lodgment and service must each be completed. Do not infer a single carried deadline from an office closure. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
The judgment was pronounced earlier than its filing date. Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment. Resolve the changed source branch and required completion. The nominal period alone does not establish this scenario.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual procedure and branch
- Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Use the actual filed judgment, not oral delivery. Identify whether the ordinary notice or post-leave branch applies. Lodgment and service must each be completed. Do not infer a single carried deadline from an office closure.
- Actor and required completion
- Appellant from a Grand Court civil judgment. Lodge notice with the Registrar and Clerk of the Grand Court and serve the opposite party.
- Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment.
- Appellant from a Grand Court civil judgment. Filing of the judgment or order under GCR Order 42 rule 5. Lodge notice with the Registrar and Clerk of the Grand Court and serve the opposite party. Rule 11(4) qualifies the Act’s judgment-date wording with actual filing. Leave-required cases have a separate rule 11(5) route. Section 19(2) also requires security at lodgment.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a Cayman civil notice of appeal be lodged and served?
Does oral delivery always start the appeal period?
No. Rule 11(4) uses filing under GCR Order 42 rule 5.
Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4)Where must notice be lodged?
With the Registrar and the Clerk of the Grand Court under section 19(1).
Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4)Must the opposite party be served?
Yes. Section 19(1) prescribes service as well as lodgment.
Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4)Is security required?
Section 19(2) requires the specified deposit and any further directed security at lodgment.
Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4)What if leave is required?
Rule 11(5) supplies the leave and post-leave notice branches.
Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4)Can time be extended?
Section 24 gives the Court power to extend notice and specified appeal steps.
Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4)Official sources and review
Provisions used (3)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Court of Appeal Act (2023 Revision), section 19(1), read with Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rule 11(4) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), rules 2, 8, 9, 11, 13 and 15 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Court of Appeal Rules (2014 Revision), official errata notice | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |