Cayman Islands

• The Cayman Islands Constitution Order of 2009, the highest local law
• Laws made by the Parliament, and English common law and equity
• Special laws on trusts, funds and companies, including a form of trust called STAR
• Decisions of the Grand Court, the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council

• The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, the final court
• The Court of Appeal
• The Grand Court (with a Financial Services Division), and the Summary Court

A law degree, practical training, and admission as an attorney-at-law by the Grand Court.

• A specialised division of the Grand Court deals with financial services cases.
• It has its own trust law that lets a trust be set up for purposes, not only for people.
• It follows English law closely, but writes its own statutes for finance.

Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, United Kingdom

The University of Ottawa’s JuriGlobe database lists Cayman Islands as: Common law. It names the systems in order of importance.

The map colours a country by the first-named system, and shows both civil-law and common-law countries as “mixed”. It is a simplification, and real systems are rarely pure.

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Cook Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, India, Ireland, Jamaica.

• JuriGlobe: world legal systems (University of Ottawa)
• Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Sources last reviewed: October 2026.