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In a judgment delivered on 8 October 2018, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (“CICA”) allowed a partial appeal by the joint official liquidators of Argyle Funds SPC Inc. (in Official Liquidation) (“Argyle”) against an anti-suit injunction of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands that had restrained Argyle from continuing litigation in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against three parties related to Argyle’s former statutory auditor, BDO Cayman Ltd ("BDO Cayman").

On 18 September 2018 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment on the matter of Livingston Properties Equities Inc and Ors v JSC MCC EuroChem and Ors. The case is important because it sets out the criteria to be applied when considering whether a proceeding involving issues of foreign law and foreign defendants should properly be brought in BVI or in some other jurisdiction.

In a judgment likely to have significant consequences for litigants and third parties seeking access to Court documents, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (CICA) has clarified what documents third parties to litigation may obtain from the Court file and the parties to litigation before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands