Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
How soon must a Cayman judicial review application be made?
Promptly and in any event within three months, subject to extension and other statutory limits. Apply for leave for judicial review. Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment.
- Period
- Promptly and in any event within three months, subject to extension and other statutory limits
- Trigger
- Date the grounds first arose, with a special certiorari decision-date rule
- Rule
- Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2)
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2). 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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Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment. Establish date the grounds first arose, with a special certiorari decision-date rule and the actual completion required to apply for leave for judicial review.
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How soon must a Cayman judicial review application be made?
Promptly and in any event within three months, subject to extension and other statutory limits. Apply for leave for judicial review. Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment.
Responsible actor. Applicant seeking leave for judicial review.
Date the grounds first arose, with a special certiorari decision-date rule.
Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment.
Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2)How does this provision count time?
- Establish date the grounds first arose, with a special certiorari decision-date rule.
- Apply for leave for judicial review.
- Three calendar months is an outer limit, not a guaranteed last safe day. Identify grounds and any controlling statutory restriction.
- Do not use Office closure as permission to delay a prompt application. Establish completion and any extension judicially.
Three calendar months is an outer limit, not a guaranteed last safe day. Identify grounds and any controlling statutory restriction.
Do not use Office closure as permission to delay a prompt application. Establish completion and any extension judicially.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment. Establish date the grounds first arose, with a special certiorari decision-date rule and the actual completion required to apply for leave for judicial review.
Applicant seeking leave for judicial review establishes date the grounds first arose, with a special certiorari decision-date rule. Three calendar months is an outer limit, not a guaranteed last safe day. Identify grounds and any controlling statutory restriction. Promptly and in any event within three months, subject to extension and other statutory limits. Apply for leave for judicial review. 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 for leave for judicial review. Do not use Office closure as permission to delay a prompt application. Establish completion and any extension judicially. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
A shorter statute applies or promptness requires action well before three months. Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment. 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
- Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Three calendar months is an outer limit, not a guaranteed last safe day. Identify grounds and any controlling statutory restriction. Do not use Office closure as permission to delay a prompt application. Establish completion and any extension judicially.
- Actor and required completion
- Applicant seeking leave for judicial review. Apply for leave for judicial review.
- Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment.
- Applicant seeking leave for judicial review. Date the grounds first arose, with a special certiorari decision-date rule. Apply for leave for judicial review. Promptness can require action before the outer limit. Another statute can impose a shorter limit. A good-reason extension requires the court’s judgment.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
How soon must a Cayman judicial review application be made?
Is three months always safe?
No. Rule 4(1) separately requires promptness.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2)What starts a certiorari application?
Rule 4(2) uses the date of the challenged judgment, order, conviction or proceeding.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2)Can another statute shorten the period?
Yes. Rule 4(3) expressly preserves statutory limits.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2)Can the court extend time?
Yes, if it considers there is good reason.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2)Is this the final substantive hearing deadline?
No. The provision governs the leave application.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2)Does later awareness always restart time?
The rule uses when grounds first arose. Establish the actual legal trigger rather than assuming discovery controls.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 53, rule 4(1) and (2) | 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 |