Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
When is a Cayman discovery verification affidavit required?
Fourteen days after service of the notice. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party. The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out.
- Period
- Fourteen days after service of the notice
- Trigger
- Service of notice before the summons for directions is taken out
- Rule
- Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7)
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7). 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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The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out. Establish service of notice before the summons for directions is taken out and the actual completion required to make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party.
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When is a Cayman discovery verification affidavit required?
Fourteen days after service of the notice. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party. The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out.
Responsible actor. Party served with a qualifying verification notice.
Service of notice before the summons for directions is taken out.
The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out.
The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7)How does this provision count time?
- Establish service of notice before the summons for directions is taken out.
- Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party.
- Use notice service, not list service or pleading closure, as the fourteen-day trigger.
- This combines filing and service. Establish an Office closure separately from timely service of the copy.
Use notice service, not list service or pleading closure, as the fourteen-day trigger.
This combines filing and service. Establish an Office closure separately from timely service of the copy.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out. Establish service of notice before the summons for directions is taken out and the actual completion required to make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party.
Party served with a qualifying verification notice establishes service of notice before the summons for directions is taken out. Use notice service, not list service or pleading closure, as the fourteen-day trigger. Fourteen days after service of the notice. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting 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 make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party. This combines filing and service. Establish an Office closure separately from timely service of the copy. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
The verification notice is served after the summons for directions was taken out. The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out. 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
- The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Use notice service, not list service or pleading closure, as the fourteen-day trigger. This combines filing and service. Establish an Office closure separately from timely service of the copy.
- Actor and required completion
- Party served with a qualifying verification notice. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party.
- The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out.
- Party served with a qualifying verification notice. Service of notice before the summons for directions is taken out. Make and file the affidavit and serve a copy on the requesting party. The notice must concern discovery required under rule 2 and be served before the directions summons is taken out.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is a Cayman discovery verification affidavit required?
Does every list need immediate verification?
Rule 2(7) makes this particular duty notice-driven.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7)Who may serve the notice?
A party to whom discovery is required under rule 2.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7)When may the notice be served?
Before the summons for directions is taken out.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7)What starts fourteen days?
Service of the verification notice.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7)Is filing sufficient?
No. The party must make and file the affidavit and serve the requesting party.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7)Does earlier list service start this clock?
No. It is a separate notice-based requirement.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7)Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(7) | 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 |