Cayman civil and statutory proceedings
How much notice is required for Cayman summary judgment?
Not less than ten clear days before the return day. Serve summons, supporting affidavit and exhibits on the defendant. Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue.
- Period
- Not less than ten clear days before the return day
- Trigger
- Return day of the summary judgment summons
- Rule
- Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3)
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3). 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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Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue. Establish return day of the summary judgment summons and the actual completion required to serve summons, supporting affidavit and exhibits on the defendant.
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How much notice is required for Cayman summary judgment?
Not less than ten clear days before the return day. Serve summons, supporting affidavit and exhibits on the defendant. Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue.
Responsible actor. Applicant under Order 14 rule 1.
Return day of the summary judgment summons.
Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue.
Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3)How does this provision count time?
- Establish return day of the summary judgment summons.
- Serve summons, supporting affidavit and exhibits on the defendant.
- Ten full days must intervene between service and return day. The seven-day-or-less exclusion does not apply to a ten-day interval.
- Earlier service may be needed to preserve the minimum. Never roll a backward minimum to a later service day automatically.
Ten full days must intervene between service and return day. The seven-day-or-less exclusion does not apply to a ten-day interval.
Earlier service may be needed to preserve the minimum. Never roll a backward minimum to a later service day automatically.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3)Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue. Establish return day of the summary judgment summons and the actual completion required to serve summons, supporting affidavit and exhibits on the defendant.
Applicant under Order 14 rule 1 establishes return day of the summary judgment summons. Ten full days must intervene between service and return day. The seven-day-or-less exclusion does not apply to a ten-day interval. Not less than ten clear days before the return day. Serve summons, supporting affidavit and exhibits on the 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 summons, supporting affidavit and exhibits on the defendant. Earlier service may be needed to preserve the minimum. Never roll a backward minimum to a later service day automatically. Establish the applicable closure and completion rule. This guide does not supply an assumed carried date.
The return day moves after service arrangements were planned. Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue. 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
- Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue.
- Count and complete the actual act
- Ten full days must intervene between service and return day. The seven-day-or-less exclusion does not apply to a ten-day interval. Earlier service may be needed to preserve the minimum. Never roll a backward minimum to a later service day automatically.
- Actor and required completion
- Applicant under Order 14 rule 1. Serve summons, supporting affidavit and exhibits on the defendant.
- Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue.
- Applicant under Order 14 rule 1. Return day of the summary judgment summons. Serve summons, supporting affidavit and exhibits on the defendant. Confirm Order 14 eligibility and the actual return day. This is minimum service notice, not a filing deadline after issue.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
How much notice is required for Cayman summary judgment?
Does the hearing day count?
No. Clear-day counting excludes the return day and service day.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3)Are ten days working days?
The short-period exclusion is limited to seven days or less. Ten days is not automatically ten working days.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3)What must accompany the summons?
The supporting affidavit and copies of referred exhibits.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3)Who receives service?
The defendant against whom the application is made.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3)Does taking out the summons complete notice?
No. Rule 2(3) requires service of the document set.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3)What if the return day changes?
Reassess the minimum interval against the operative return day and directions.
Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3)Official sources and review
Provisions used (4)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Grand Court Rules (2023 Revision), Order 14, rule 2(3) | 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 |