Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
When must a Cayman statement of claim be served?
Before fourteen days after that defendant gives notice of intention to defend. Serve the statement of claim on each relevant defendant. An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement.
- Period
- Before fourteen days after that defendant gives notice of intention to defend
- Trigger
- Defendant gives notice of intention to defend, if the claim was not already served or endorsed
- Rule
- Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 1
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 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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An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement. Establish defendant gives notice of intention to defend, if the claim was not already served or endorsed and the actual completion required to serve the statement of claim on each relevant defendant.
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When must a Cayman statement of claim be served?
Before fourteen days after that defendant gives notice of intention to defend. Serve the statement of claim on each relevant defendant. An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement.
Responsible actor. Plaintiff in a writ action.
Defendant gives notice of intention to defend, if the claim was not already served or endorsed.
An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement.
An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 1How does this provision count time?
- Establish defendant gives notice of intention to defend, if the claim was not already served or endorsed.
- Serve the statement of claim on each relevant defendant.
- Use each defendant’s own notice event. Exclude that event under Order 3 rule 2(2) when applying the after-event period.
- This is service, not merely filing. Court Office closure does not automatically extend delivery to the defendant.
Use each defendant’s own notice event. Exclude that event under Order 3 rule 2(2) when applying the after-event period.
This is service, not merely filing. Court Office closure does not automatically extend delivery to the defendant.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 1Which facts prevent one automatic date?
An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement. Establish defendant gives notice of intention to defend, if the claim was not already served or endorsed and the actual completion required to serve the statement of claim on each relevant defendant.
Plaintiff in a writ action establishes defendant gives notice of intention to defend, if the claim was not already served or endorsed. Use each defendant’s own notice event. Exclude that event under Order 3 rule 2(2) when applying the after-event period. Before fourteen days after that defendant gives notice of intention to defend. Serve the statement of claim on each relevant defendant. 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 statement of claim on each relevant defendant. This is service, not merely filing. Court Office closure does not automatically extend delivery to the defendant. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
One of several defendants gives notice later than the others. An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement. 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
- An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Use each defendant’s own notice event. Exclude that event under Order 3 rule 2(2) when applying the after-event period. This is service, not merely filing. Court Office closure does not automatically extend delivery to the defendant.
- Actor and required completion
- Plaintiff in a writ action. Serve the statement of claim on each relevant defendant.
- An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement.
- Plaintiff in a writ action. Defendant gives notice of intention to defend, if the claim was not already served or endorsed. Serve the statement of claim on each relevant defendant. An endorsed statement or service with the writ satisfies a different route. Leave to the contrary can change the requirement.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
When must a Cayman statement of claim be served?
Must the claim accompany the writ?
It may, but rule 1 also permits later service within the stated boundary.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 1What if it is endorsed on the writ?
The later-service duty in rule 1 does not apply to that endorsed claim.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 1Which defendant starts the clock?
The defendant on whom the statement must be served. Treat separate defendants individually.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 1Does filing satisfy service?
No. Rule 1 expressly requires service on the defendant.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 1Can the court allow another arrangement?
Yes. The rule begins with an exception for leave to the contrary.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 1Does acknowledgment receipt always equal notice to defend?
Establish the actual notice of intention to defend. The rule names that event.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 1Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 18, rule 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 |