Paragraph 1 Application to Grand Court for assistance in obtaining evidence for civil proceedings in other court
Where an application is made to the Grand Court for an order for evidence to be obtained in the Cayman Islands, and the court is satisfied—
(a)
that the application is made in pursuance of a request issued by or on behalf of a court or tribunal (“the requesting court”) exercising jurisdiction in a country or territory outside the Cayman Islands; and
(b)
that the evidence to which the application relates is to be obtained for the purposes of civil proceedings which either have been instituted before the requesting court or whose institution before that court is contemplated,
the Grand Court shall have the powers conferred on it by the following provisions of this Act.