Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
What notice is required after Cayman directions?
Four clear days of notice to the other party. Apply under the summons and give notice stating the grounds. Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2).
- Period
- Four clear days of notice to the other party
- Trigger
- Hearing of the later application under the directions summons
- Rule
- Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3)
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3). Official current index and full primary bodies retained October 10, 2026. The 2024 replacement Orders 1 and 64 and 2026 Order 24 rule 7A amendment are retained separately.
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Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2). Establish hearing of the later application under the directions summons and the actual completion required to apply under the summons and give notice stating the grounds.
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What notice is required after Cayman directions?
Four clear days of notice to the other party. Apply under the summons and give notice stating the grounds. Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2).
Responsible actor. Party making an interlocutory application after directions and before judgment.
Hearing of the later application under the directions summons.
Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2).
Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2).
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3)How does this provision count time?
- Establish hearing of the later application under the directions summons.
- Apply under the summons and give notice stating the grounds.
- Four days must intervene, with Order 3 short-period exclusions. A new seven-day initial-directions notice is a different branch.
- Preserve sufficient prior notice. A later next-open-day service could destroy the minimum.
Four days must intervene, with Order 3 short-period exclusions. A new seven-day initial-directions notice is a different branch.
Preserve sufficient prior notice. A later next-open-day service could destroy the minimum.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2). Establish hearing of the later application under the directions summons and the actual completion required to apply under the summons and give notice stating the grounds.
Party making an interlocutory application after directions and before judgment establishes hearing of the later application under the directions summons. Four days must intervene, with Order 3 short-period exclusions. A new seven-day initial-directions notice is a different branch. Four clear days of notice to the other party. Apply under the summons and give notice stating the grounds. 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 apply under the summons and give notice stating the grounds. Preserve sufficient prior notice. A later next-open-day service could destroy the minimum. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
The application actually concerns new relief at a resumed directions hearing. Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2). 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
- Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2).
- Count and complete the actual act
- Four days must intervene, with Order 3 short-period exclusions. A new seven-day initial-directions notice is a different branch. Preserve sufficient prior notice. A later next-open-day service could destroy the minimum.
- Actor and required completion
- Party making an interlocutory application after directions and before judgment. Apply under the summons and give notice stating the grounds.
- Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2).
- Party making an interlocutory application after directions and before judgment. Hearing of the later application under the directions summons. Apply under the summons and give notice stating the grounds. Distinguish a later application under rule 7(3) from initial or resumed directions notices under rule 7(1) and (2).
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What notice is required after Cayman directions?
What procedural stage does this cover?
After the summons for directions and before judgment.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3)Must the grounds be stated?
Yes. Rule 7(3) expressly requires them.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3)Is a separate fresh proceeding required?
The application is made under the summons for directions.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3)Is initial directions notice also four days?
No. Rules 7(1) and (2) specify their own seven-day notices.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3)What are four clear days?
Four qualifying intervening days, excluding the service and hearing endpoints.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3)Can a weekend inside the interval be ignored?
Order 3 rule 2(5) excludes weekends in periods of seven days or less.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3)Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 25, rule 7(3) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Grand Court Rules, Order 3 rules 1, 2, 4 and 5 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Grand Court (Amendment) Rules 2024, rules 1–3 and replacement Orders 1 and 64 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Grand Court (Amendment) Rules 2026, Order 24 rule 7A | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |