Statutory Instruments
JUDICIAL COMMITTEE
Made
5th February 2025
Coming into force
6th February 2025
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 5th day of February 2025
Present,
The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
His Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Him by section 1(1) of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows—
1. This Order may be cited as the Judicial Committee (Cayman Islands) Order 2025 and comes into force on 6th February 2025.
2. The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands is named as a superior court for the purposes of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 1(1) of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895 provides (in part) that if any person is or was a Chief Justice or judge of a superior court in His Majesty's Dominions named for these purposes, and is a member of His Majesty's Privy Council, that person is a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
This Order names the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands as a superior court for the purposes of section 1(1) of the Judicial Committee Amendment Act 1895.
1895 c. 44 (58 & 59 Vict.). Section 1(1) was amended by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act (c. 12), Schedule 1, Part 1, Group 2 and by the Schedule to the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1913 (c. 21).