Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
When must a Cayman originating summons defendant file evidence?
Twenty-eight days after service. File the defendant’s affidavit evidence and serve the plaintiff and affected other defendants. Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date.
- Period
- Twenty-eight days after service
- Trigger
- Service on that defendant of the plaintiff’s filed affidavit evidence
- Rule
- Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4)
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4). 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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Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date. Establish service on that defendant of the plaintiff’s filed affidavit evidence and the actual completion required to file the defendant’s affidavit evidence and serve the plaintiff and affected other defendants.
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When must a Cayman originating summons defendant file evidence?
Twenty-eight days after service. File the defendant’s affidavit evidence and serve the plaintiff and affected other defendants. Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date.
Responsible actor. Defendant who acknowledged service and wishes to adduce affidavit evidence.
Service on that defendant of the plaintiff’s filed affidavit evidence.
Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date.
Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4)How does this provision count time?
- Establish service on that defendant of the plaintiff’s filed affidavit evidence.
- File the defendant’s affidavit evidence and serve the plaintiff and affected other defendants.
- Count after effective service of the plaintiff’s copies. Identify affected defendants for the additional service duty.
- Filing and service both matter. Any Court Office carry must not silently extend the separate service act.
Count after effective service of the plaintiff’s copies. Identify affected defendants for the additional service duty.
Filing and service both matter. Any Court Office carry must not silently extend the separate service act.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date. Establish service on that defendant of the plaintiff’s filed affidavit evidence and the actual completion required to file the defendant’s affidavit evidence and serve the plaintiff and affected other defendants.
Defendant who acknowledged service and wishes to adduce affidavit evidence establishes service on that defendant of the plaintiff’s filed affidavit evidence. Count after effective service of the plaintiff’s copies. Identify affected defendants for the additional service duty. Twenty-eight days after service. File the defendant’s affidavit evidence and serve the plaintiff and affected other defendants. 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 file the defendant’s affidavit evidence and serve the plaintiff and affected other defendants. Filing and service both matter. Any Court Office carry must not silently extend the separate service act. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
Another defendant is affected by the answering affidavit but was not served. Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date. 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
- Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Count after effective service of the plaintiff’s copies. Identify affected defendants for the additional service duty. Filing and service both matter. Any Court Office carry must not silently extend the separate service act.
- Actor and required completion
- Defendant who acknowledged service and wishes to adduce affidavit evidence. File the defendant’s affidavit evidence and serve the plaintiff and affected other defendants.
- Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date.
- Defendant who acknowledged service and wishes to adduce affidavit evidence. Service on that defendant of the plaintiff’s filed affidavit evidence. File the defendant’s affidavit evidence and serve the plaintiff and affected other defendants. Court directions may change the timetable. The event is plaintiff-evidence service, not acknowledgment or the plaintiff’s filing date.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a Cayman originating summons defendant file evidence?
Does acknowledgment start this twenty-eight days?
No. Service of the plaintiff’s affidavit evidence starts it.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4)Must the defendant file evidence?
The duty applies when an acknowledging defendant wishes to adduce affidavit evidence.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4)Who must receive copies?
The plaintiff and every other defendant affected by the evidence.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4)Are exhibits included?
Yes. Rule 1A(9) includes them.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4)Can further affidavits be added freely?
Rule 1A(6) requires leave for affidavits outside the permitted sequence.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4)Can a direction alter twenty-eight days?
Yes. Rule 1A(8) preserves contrary court directions.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4)Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 28, rule 1A(4) | 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 |