by Philip Boni | Nov 6, 2019 | General, Personal Injury, Road Traffic
“What happened to compulsory third-party insurance?” A pedestrian, Sebastian, is walking along a pavement when he is hit by a passing car and sustains injuries. The Traffic Court finds the driver, Lewis, guilty of various offences including careless driving. Sebastian...
by Philip Boni | May 14, 2019 | Employment Law, General
In 2018, the Premier of the Cayman Islands, Alden McLaughlin, announced the creation of a Fair Employment Opportunities Commission (FEOC) aimed at addressing complaints about discrimination against Caymanian job seekers or Caymanians applying for promotions. The bill...
by Philip Boni | Sep 28, 2018 | Data Protection Law, General
In 2017, the Cayman Islands passed the Data Protection Law (DPL), which will take effect in January 2019. Because it is a dependent territory of the U.K., the country’s laws are heavily influenced by U.K. law, and the new DPL reflects the General Data Protection...
by Philip Boni | Mar 5, 2018 | General
Approximately two years after it was enacted to protect public and private sector employees who report wrongdoing, the Whistleblower Protection Law, 2015 went into effect on February 1, 2018. One reason advanced for the delay in implementing the law was the inadequacy...
