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HSM Articled Clerk, Merary Eden, Called to Cayman Islands Bar
Merary Eden successfully completed her articles at HSM and is now a qualified attorney having been called to the Cayman Islands Bar on 16 September 2025. Merary’s admission was moved by HSM Partner, Alastair David, who summarised her qualifications for Read more +
HSM Shines with Gold Medals from Best of Cayman 2025
The HSM Group is proud to share its outstanding success where it achieved gold medals across multiple categories: Law Firm Immigration Law Estate Law Family Law The Best of Cayman Islands is a vote-based contest focusing on and highlighting the best Read more +
HSM Welcomes Two Full-Time Hires from Internship Programme
The HSM Group is pleased to announce that they have recruited two of their interns from the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) Internship Programme. Azaria Ruiz-Bodden and Ahmoya Morrison have both joined as Immigration Services Administrators. They originally joined Read more +
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the Cayman Islands
As a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the “New York Convention“), the Cayman Islands has adopted a robust framework for enforcing foreign arbitral awards, encapsulated in the Foreign Arbitral Awards Read more +
Cayman Pension Update as a Result of COVID-19
In what will be seen by some as a welcome measure by the Cayman Islands’ Government, the Premier announced two proposed legislative changes to the National Pensions Law (2012 Revision) during the daily COVID-19 press conference on April 20 2020.
Firstly there would be a 6 month pension ‘holiday’ which would operate retroactively from April 1 2020. This means that pension contributions paid by both the employer and employee would be suspended during the period until November 1 2020.
Secondly, ‘eligible’ persons will be permitted to withdraw up to 100% of the commuted value of their pensions which will be capped at CI$10,000. Those persons with a commuted pension value of over CI$10,000 may withdraw an additional 25% of their remaining pension pot.
For example, an individual who has a commuted pension value of CI$100,000, may withdraw CI$10,000 + (25% x CI$90,000) = CI$32,500.
Withdrawals will be taken as a single lump sum and the proposed scheme applies to anyone contributing to a private pension. It does not, however, apply to those persons currently drawing on their pensions.
Cabinet will be considering the proposed changes and the corresponding legislation will be placed before the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday (April 22 2020)/Thursday (April 23 2020) before passing into law. The mechanics of the application process has not yet been set out.