Paragraph 99 Constitution and jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 2 s. 96(1) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(1)
Sch. 2 s. 97(3) deleted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(2)
Sch. 2 s. 106(1) words omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(3)(a)
Sch. 2 s. 106(1A)(1B) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2016 art. 3(3)(b)
Sch. 2 word substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 3(1)
Sch. 2 s. 32(1) words substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 4(2)
Sch. 2 s. 32(2)(c) omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 4(3)
Sch. 2 s. 32(5)-(9) substituted for s. 32(5) by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 4(4)
Sch. 2 s. 44(1)(b) word substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 5(2)
Sch. 2 s. 44(2) words inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 5(3)
Sch. 2 s. 44(5) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 5(4)
Sch. 2 s. 48(5) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 6(2)
Sch. 2 s. 54A inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 7
Sch. 2 s. 58(4) words substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 8
Sch. 2 s. 58A 58B inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 9
Sch. 2 s. 71(1) words omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 10
Sch. 2 s. 77(2) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 11(2)
Sch. 2 s. 77(4)(5) inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 11(3)
Sch. 2 s. 80 omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 12
Sch. 2 s. 124(1) words omitted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 13(2)
Sch. 2 s. 124(2)(a) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 13(3)
Sch. 2 s. 124(2)(c) substituted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 13(4)
Sch. 2 s. 126 inserted by Cayman Islands Constitution 2020 art. 14

(1)

There shall be a Court of Appeal for the Cayman Islands which shall be a superior Court of Record and shall have jurisdiction and powers to hear and determine such appeals from the Grand Court as may be prescribed by this Constitution or any other law.

(2)

The Court of Appeal shall, subject to this Constitution and any other law, have all the powers and jurisdiction that are possessed by the Grand Court under any law in force in the Cayman Islands; and decisions of the Court of Appeal in respect of any appeal from the Grand Court shall, subject as aforesaid, be enforced in the Cayman Islands in the same way as decisions of that Court.

(3)

Subsection (1) shall not apply to appeals relating to any matter in respect of which this Constitution or any other law provides that the decision of the Grand Court is to be final.

(4)

The Court of Appeal shall have and use a seal bearing the style of the Court and a device approved by the President.