Anguilla Commercial Registry

This Anguilla government site provides company registration and related services, including the full text of selected legislation relating to companies, partnerships, intellectual property and financial services.

Antigua Barbuda Laws

The web site of the Ministry of Legal Affairs contains the Revised Laws of Antigua and Barbuda, 1992 and annual laws 1993 onwards, all in PDF format. Selected Statutory Instruments 2006 onwards and Bills before Parliament are also available.

Appleby

Appleby is a firm which provides offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services from offices in locations worldwide including Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Shanghai, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Mauritius and the Seychelles. Publications on its web site include articles and commentary on recent developments in areas of interest.

Barbados Judicial System

The Barbados Judicial System site includes a Judgments section providing full text of Court of Appeal and High Court judgments (dates not readily ascertainable), as well as Rules of Court and Practice Directions. The Laws section contains Consolidated Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation of Barbados, Annual Acts 2009 onwards, and Statutory Instruments 2009 onwards.

Belize Judiciary

Belize Judiciary is the official web site of the Supreme Court of Belize. Site content includes court rules, practice directions and information on the judges. The following judgments are available – but note that coverage is incomplete for the earlier years: Supreme Court (Criminal) 1977 onwards; Supreme Court (Civil) 1972 onwards; Court of Appeal (Criminal) 1977 onwards; Court of Appeal (Civil) 1987 onwards. In addition there is a link to the online version of the Laws of Belize, revised edition 2000.

Belize Legal Information Network Online

This site contains the Revised Laws of Belize, published in 2000. These may be browsed by volume or chapter; alternatively there is a keyword search facility. Each law is a separate PDF document.

British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission

The Commission is the regulatory authority for all financial services business operating in and from within the British Virgin Islands. The site’s “Legislation” section has full text (PDF) of legislation relating to the following sectors: Anti-money laundering, Corporate structures, Deposit-taking institutions, Governance, Insolvency, Insurance, Intellectual property, International Cooperation, Investment business, and Trusts & estates. There is also an extensive “Form Library”.

Carey Olsen

Carey Olsen is an offshore law firm serving clients in many jurisdictions including Jersey, Guernsey, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. The site’s Briefings section contains a number of articles relating to legal developments in those jurisdictions.

Caribbean Court of Justice

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) was inaugurated in 2005. In addition to replacing the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as a court of final appeal for member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), it is vested with an original jurisdiction in respect of the interpretation and application of the Treaty Establishing the Caribbean Community. The web site contains the Rules of Court, information on the judges and on the court administration. All judgments of the Court, 2005 onwards (Appellate jurisdiction) and 2008 onwards (Original jurisdiction) are available, in PDF format.

Caribbean Court of Justice: a Research Guide

This guide to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), on the LLRX.com web site, is written by Yasmin Morais, Resident Librarian at Georgetown University Law Center, Edward Bennett Williams Law Library, Washington, D.C., and was published February 2008. It traces the CCJ’s history and outlines its mandate and structure. It also provides information on the court’s funding, its justices and recent judgments.

Cayman Islands Business, Taxation and Offshore Information

This site, part of the Lowtax Global Tax & Business Portal, provides information and news regarding the legal and tax regimes primarily of “low-tax” or offshore jurisdictions. The “Cayman Islands Law of Offshore” section here concentrates on trust law, banking, insurance and mutual funds. The regime is discussed in some detail; however individual statutes are not reproduced in full.

Cayman Islands Government

The official web site of the Cayman Islands Government provides information about the legal system and contacts for government departments and agencies. There is a link to the separate web site of the government’s Gazette Office, where legal notices are available in the Cayman Islands Gazette 2004 onwards and Acts, Regulations and Bills in the Gazette supplement, also 2004 onwards. The Gazette Office site also contains the latest annual Consolidated Index of Laws and Subsidiary Legislation in force.

Cayman Islands Judicial Administration

This official web site provides information on the Cayman Islands courts and judicial officers, court rules and practice directions, and lists of attorneys and law firms. Case law consists of Cayman Islands Law Reports and Unreported Judgments. The latter are currently (June 2020) available for the following dates: Court of Appeal (Civil) 2013 onwards, Court of Appeal (Criminal) 2017 onwards, Grand Court (Civil General) 1989 onwards, Grand Court (Criminal) 2000 onwards, Grand Court (Family Division) 2009 onwards, and Financial Services Division 2007 onwards. These are available by subscription, or with limited access on registration. Legislation (Cayman Islands enacted plus UK laws extended to the Cayman Islands) is available on a similar basis.

Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Cayman Islands Laws and Regulations relating to banking, trusts, companies, insurance, investment business etc. are available on the web site of the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), as well as CIMA’s own Regulatory Handbook and Enforcement Manual. See “Regulatory Framework”.

Central Bank of Belize

The Laws and Regulations section of the Central Bank of Belize website gathers together the major legislation governing the supervision and regulation of banks, credit unions and other financial institutions in Belize.

CommonLII: Caribbean Law Project

The Caribbean Law Project is a resource within CommonLII (the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute) providing access to legal information from all Caribbean jurisdictions. There are two main components. “Databases” contain material available via CommonLII, and “Catalog and Websearch” enables searches of Caribbean law on other web sites. Coverage includes cases, legislation, treaties and other materials.

Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission

The Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission (ECSRC) regulates securities dealing in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & The Grenadines. It operates under the Securities Act 2001, which is available on the site along with the Rules of the Commission and Regulations and Statutory Orders from the various territories concerned.

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is a superior court of record for member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Its web site contains full-text judgments from Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Coverage starts in 1972 although it is very selective in the early years. Also on the site are cause lists, Court Rules, practice directions 2008 onwards, and information about the Court and its officers.

Financial Services Authority, St Vincent and the Grenadines

The “Legislation” section of this site contains the legislation of St Vincent and the Grenadines relating to banking, companies, insurance, money laundering and trusts. These are all in PDF format. There is a brief outline of the legal system.

Financial Services Regulatory Commission, Nevis Branch

The Financial Services Regulatory Commission is the ultimate regulatory body for anti-money laundering for St Kitts and Nevis. The “Regulatory Framework” section of this web site contains current legislation relating to financial services regulation, money laundering and anti-terrorism. Forms are also available.

Government of Montserrat: Attorney General’s Chambers

This Montserrat government site provides the Revised Edition of the Laws 2019, Acts omitted from the Revised Edition (because they are inoperative, obsolete, expired, spent or have had their effect), SROs 2019 onwards, and [UK] Statutory Instruments [Orders in Council] extending to Montserrat.

Government of the Virgin Islands Official Gazette

The Official Gazette is the official publication of the Government of the British Virgin Islands. The Gazette itself contains government notices; bills, acts and statutory instruments are circulated along with it. It is published weekly, with extraordinary editions appearing as necessary on other days. Free registration permits unlimited access to Gazettes for two months following publication; an enhanced subscription service is also available, allowing complete access to all Gazettes.

Guide to Caribbean Law Research

This narrative account of the of Caribbean legal systems and legal research is made available on the GlobaLex site. Links to web resources are provided where possible. The author is Yemisi Dina, Head of Public Services at Osgoode Hall Law Library, York University, Ontario. This updated version was published November/December 2018.

Hamel-Smith

The web site of M. Hamel-Smith & Co., a Trinidad and Tobago firm of attorneys, contains articles on company law, intellectual property, tax and e-commerce in Trinidad and Tobago, addressed primarily to the business community.

Harneys

Harneys is a law firm providing international corporate and legal services related to Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Anguilla, Cyprus and Luxemburg. The Insights area of its web site provides articles, legal updates, guides and webinars pertaining to these jurisdictions.

Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago

The Judiciary’s web site provides information about judges and the magistracy, the Consolidated Orders and Rules of the Supreme Court, Civil Proceedings Rules and Family Proceedings Rules. The index of “Recent Judgments” extends back to 2007, but links to full text are not available for the older cases within this range. The Library databases include index/abstracts of written judgments of the Supreme Court from 1990, entries to the Trinidad and Tobago Law Reports Volume 1 (1893-1910) to Volume 16 (1955-1956), and retrospective index/abstracts of some pre-1990 judgments.

Laws of Grenada

This resource, made available by the Ministry of Legal Affairs of Grenada provides, in chapter (i.e. alphabetical) order, laws currently in force: both Acts and subsidiary legislation made under Acts.

Ministry of Justice [Jamaica]

This official government web site gives information on the court system and the work of the legal departments and officers of Jamaica. Laws can be searched via the “Laws of Jamaica” menu at the foot of the home page. Court of Appeal Rules and Civil Procedure Rules are also available from the home page.

Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs

The revised edition of the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago is made available here on the Ministry of Legal Affairs web site: see under Departments> Law Revision Commission. Laws currently updated to 31 December 2016.

Mourant

Mourant is an offshore law firm with offices in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey, Hong Kong and London. The site’s “News & Views” section includes various guides and updates on matters relating to the offshore jurisdictions.

Ogier

The law firm Ogier has offices in various locations including Jersey, Guernsey, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong. Information on legal developments particularly in the first four of those jurisdictions is provided in the News & Publications section of the site, mostly in the form of case summaries and client briefings.

Parliament: Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

The Publications menu of the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament’s site includes Bills, 1998 session onwards; Acts, 1999 onwards; Hansard (debates for both Houses), July 1990 onwards; Committee reports (House of Representatives and Senate), 1999 onwards; and constitutional documents.

Saint Lucia International Financial Centre

This is an online IBC (International Business Companies) registry set up with the backing of the St Lucia government. The major Acts governing financial services are available to download together with regulations made under each, and amending legislation.

Supreme Court, Jamaica

This site provides selected full-text judgments of Jamaica’s Supreme Court, 1996 onwards (plus a very small number from earlier years), and links to legislation on the Ministry of Justice and Parliament sites.

Trinidad & Tobago Law and Legal Research

This is a narrative research guide to Trinidad and Tobago law, with extensive links to sources, written by Catherine A. Deane, Bay Area Research Specialist for Shearman & Sterling LLP, and published on the GlobaLex site. The current version is dated January/February 2020: earlier versions dated November 2009 and April/May 2015 are also accessible.

Walkers

Walkers is an offshore law firm with offices in the Cayman Islands (where the firm was founded), British Virgin Islands, London, Guernsey, Jersey, Dubai, Dublin (Ireland), and Singapore. The “Insights” section of its web site contains articles on a wide range of subjects written from the perspective of those jurisdictions.