Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
When is a Cayman defence due after leave to defend?
Fourteen days after the order, or the other period specified in it. Serve the defence on the plaintiff. The special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes.
- Period
- Fourteen days after the order, or the other period specified in it
- Trigger
- Making of the order granting leave to defend
- Rule
- Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(2)
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(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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The special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes. Establish making of the order granting leave to defend and the actual completion required to serve the defence on the plaintiff.
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When is a Cayman defence due after leave to defend?
Fourteen days after the order, or the other period specified in it. Serve the defence on the plaintiff. The special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes.
Responsible actor. Defendant served with an Order 14 or Order 86 summons before serving a defence.
Making of the order granting leave to defend.
The special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes.
The special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(2)How does this provision count time?
- Establish making of the order granting leave to defend.
- Serve the defence on the plaintiff.
- Count after the order is made. Do not substitute later filing or service of the order without a direction saying so.
- The duty remains service of the defence. Establish any changed service boundary in the leave order.
Count after the order is made. Do not substitute later filing or service of the order without a direction saying so.
The duty remains service of the defence. Establish any changed service boundary in the leave order.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(2)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
The special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes. Establish making of the order granting leave to defend and the actual completion required to serve the defence on the plaintiff.
Defendant served with an Order 14 or Order 86 summons before serving a defence establishes making of the order granting leave to defend. Count after the order is made. Do not substitute later filing or service of the order without a direction saying so. Fourteen days after the order, or the other period specified in it. Serve the defence on the plaintiff. 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 serve the defence on the plaintiff. The duty remains service of the defence. Establish any changed service boundary in the leave order. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
The order grants leave but specifies twenty-one days instead of the ordinary fourteen. The special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes. 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 special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Count after the order is made. Do not substitute later filing or service of the order without a direction saying so. The duty remains service of the defence. Establish any changed service boundary in the leave order.
- Actor and required completion
- Defendant served with an Order 14 or Order 86 summons before serving a defence. Serve the defence on the plaintiff.
- The special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes.
- Defendant served with an Order 14 or Order 86 summons before serving a defence. Making of the order granting leave to defend. Serve the defence on the plaintiff. The special branch applies only where the pre-defence summons and leave conditions exist. Read the actual order rather than assuming ordinary defence time resumes.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When is a Cayman defence due after leave to defend?
Which summonses engage this branch?
An Order 14 rule 1 or Order 86 rule 1 summons served before the defence.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(2)Must leave to defend be granted?
Yes. Rule 2(2) makes that condition material.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(2)What starts fourteen days?
The making of the order, unless it specifies another period.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(2)Does every summary judgment refusal grant leave?
Read the operative order. Do not infer its terms from the hearing outcome alone.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(2)Can the order set another period?
Yes. Rule 2(2) expressly allows it.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(2)What act must be completed?
Service of the defence on the plaintiff, not only preparation or filing.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 2(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 |