Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
When must Cayman parties exchange document lists?
Fourteen days after deemed closure. Make and serve the list of relevant documents on the other party. Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery.
- Period
- Fourteen days after deemed closure
- Trigger
- Deemed close of pleadings between the relevant parties
- Rule
- Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1)
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1). 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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Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery. Establish deemed close of pleadings between the relevant parties and the actual completion required to make and serve the list of relevant documents on the other party.
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When must Cayman parties exchange document lists?
Fourteen days after deemed closure. Make and serve the list of relevant documents on the other party. Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery.
Responsible actor. Parties between whom pleadings are closed.
Deemed close of pleadings between the relevant parties.
Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery.
Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1)How does this provision count time?
- Establish deemed close of pleadings between the relevant parties.
- Make and serve the list of relevant documents on the other party.
- Establish party-specific closure under Order 18 rule 20 before counting the after-event period.
- Exchange requires service. A closed filing office does not by itself postpone list delivery.
Establish party-specific closure under Order 18 rule 20 before counting the after-event period.
Exchange requires service. A closed filing office does not by itself postpone list delivery.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery. Establish deemed close of pleadings between the relevant parties and the actual completion required to make and serve the list of relevant documents on the other party.
Parties between whom pleadings are closed establishes deemed close of pleadings between the relevant parties. Establish party-specific closure under Order 18 rule 20 before counting the after-event period. Fourteen days after deemed closure. Make and serve the list of relevant documents on the other 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 serve the list of relevant documents on the other party. Exchange requires service. A closed filing office does not by itself postpone list delivery. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
The claim arises from a road collision and the defendant assumes the ordinary automatic exchange applies. Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery. 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
- Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Establish party-specific closure under Order 18 rule 20 before counting the after-event period. Exchange requires service. A closed filing office does not by itself postpone list delivery.
- Actor and required completion
- Parties between whom pleadings are closed. Make and serve the list of relevant documents on the other party.
- Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery.
- Parties between whom pleadings are closed. Deemed close of pleadings between the relevant parties. Make and serve the list of relevant documents on the other party. Third-party proceedings are excluded from the automatic duty. Road-collision defendants, penalties and court orders can change discovery.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must Cayman parties exchange document lists?
Do third-party proceedings follow this automatically?
No. Rule 2(1) excludes them without prejudice to directions.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1)What documents belong on the list?
Documents in current or former possession, custody or power relating to matters in question.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1)Is road-collision discovery different?
Rule 2(2) excepts the defendant’s automatic discovery unless the court orders otherwise.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1)Can discovery be limited?
Yes. Rule 2(5) permits limits or dispensation when discovery is unnecessary.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1)When must an application to limit discovery be taken out?
Rule 2(6) requires it before the automatic discovery period expires.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1)Is a verifying affidavit automatic?
Rule 2(7) supplies a separate notice-driven affidavit procedure.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1)Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 24, rule 2(1) | 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 |