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When is an Employee not an Employee in the Cayman Islands?
In the UK and around the world, a large amount of case law has developed around how to assess whether an individual is an employee or not. Companies such as Uber and Pimlico Plumbers have fought lengthy court battles to Read more +
HSM Review of the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Bill 2025 / Caymanian Protection Act
In October 2025, the Government proposed a change to the Immigration (Transition) Act (2022 Revision) (“the Current Law”) by publishing the Immigration (Transition) (Amendment and Validation) Bill 2025 (“the Bill”). In a 58-page document the Government set out the numerous Read more +
Moving Matters: Wills and The Domicile Trap
The concept of ‘domicile’ is an ancient but highly relevant set of legal rules which, in a nutshell, seeks to determine where an individual’s true home is during the course of their lifetime. As a broad statement of principal, if Read more +
10 Interns Join HSM’s 2025-26 Internship Programme
The HSM Group is proud to announce the launch of its 2025/26 internship programme in collaboration with the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC). HSM recently welcomed 10 ambitious interns to its team: Mia-Ariel Torres Gordon, Dimitri Seymour, Jureimi Monotero, Read more +
HSM is Open During COVID-19
The HSM Group (comprising of HSM Chambers, HSM Corporate Services Ltd. and HSM Intellectual Property) remain committed to their clients during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Our physical office in Grand Cayman is temporarily closed, but our team is working remotely until the shelter-in-place regulations are no longer required.
We are carefully monitoring and complying with the guidelines as set by the Cayman Islands Government. We make it our mission to keep abreast of these changes and how they may affect you, our valued clients.
Our lawyers in the Cayman Islands have curated a local guide to help advise a number of persons and businesses as to the requirements/expectations of the Law with COVID-19 in mind. Covering areas under corporate and commercial, debt solutions and recovery, employment and immigration, insolvency, insurance, private client and property.
Follow this link to download Cayman’s Legal Guide to COVID-19: https://staging.hsmoffice.com/law/caymans-legal-guide-to-covid-19-5283/.
This situation and its effects are ever-changing so we will be updating this guide as well as providing targeted articles on our website.
Our team is also proud to partner with the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce to provide informational webinars on some of these topics and recordings can be found at https://chambercovidupdates.ky/webinars/.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to your usual HSM contact or email us at info@hsmoffice.com.
Ultimately we are all in this together and HSM is on-hand to assist you during these unprecedented times.