Topic: Alastair David

Government has moved to clear up uncertainty over Caymanian status timelines for long term residents, significantly broadening 'grandfather provisions' in new immigration legislation.

Immigration lawyer Nick Joseph has welcomed plans to introduce term limits for expat civil servants, but says they don't go far enough.

Judges in the UK's highest court are deliberating on whether the points system used by government to determine if a person should be granted permanent residency in Cayman is compatible with the Bill of Rights.

Cayman's permanent residency points system is riddled with so many loopholes that it is not working effectively, according to one of the islands' top immigration lawyers.

A woman whose marriage broke down after she reported her husband for domestic abuse faces having her Permanent Residence revoked, potentially forcing her to leave the Cayman Islands, according to court documents.

The appeal hearing involving seven Cuban migrants seeking asylum in Cayman continued into late Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, with the Cubans’ attorney, Alastair David, and Crown counsel Michael Smith arguing over whether the Immigration Appeals Tribunal was correct in denying the migrants’ applications for asylum.

The Cayman Islands is seeking to form a panel of legal experts to help the British territory deal with requests from non-Caymanians who seek to remain here on the basis of political persecution occurring in their home countries.

Five permanent residence applicants have been granted requests for Grand Court judicial review hearings following claims that they suffered financial damages as a result of the government’s years-long delays in hearing their applications.