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Ogier successfully seeks stay in the matter of the Stingray Trust

Case

09 March 2021

Cayman Islands

Ogier successfully seeks stay in the matter of the Stingray Trust

In the recent case Geneva Trust Company v IDF and MF or Re Stingray Trust, the latest in a line of decisions of the Cayman Islands courts considering the meaning and scope of the Cayman firewall provisions, Ogier successfully obtained a stay of proceedings in Cayman on forum non conveniens grounds, and the Court provided helpful guidance on the scope and effect of section 90 of the Trusts Act.

Global senior partner Rachael Reynolds led the Ogier team in the case, working alongside Counsel, Deborah Barker-Roye, and Dakis Hagan QC of Serle Court

In its judgment the Grand Court provided important clarification that section 90 of the Trusts Act 2020 does not operate to bestow exclusive jurisdiction on the Cayman Islands courts (as previous cases have suggested) and that common law principles of forum non conveniens still have relevance and application in the context of disputes concerning Cayman Islands trusts. The Court also provided further guidance on the application of forum for administration clauses in Cayman trusts.

Read the full briefing on the case here.

Rachael Reynolds said: "The Stingray case has given welcome clarity in relation to the proper interpretation and application of Cayman's firewall provisions, and in particular its interplay with common law principles of forum non conveniens. As this latest judgment confirms, the Cayman firewall does not mandate the exclusive jurisdiction of the Cayman Court to determine issues relating to a Cayman trust without regard to forum non conveniens principles, but rather the Court will apply those principles to ensure the matter is heard in the most appropriate forum in light of the facts of the case."

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