Topic: same-sex unions
Privy Council deliberating on Cayman’s same-sex union legislation
The legal battle to quash Cayman's same-sex legislation has reached its final stage before the UK's Privy Council where five judges will determine whether former Governor Martyn Roper overstepped his role when he enacted the Civil Partnership Act in 2020.
Same-sex union regulations come into effect next week
Regulations that will enable the practical implementation of the Civil Partnership Law will come into effect on Monday, allowing same-sex couples in Cayman to file for and register civil partnerships.
Solution still possible for same-sex union legislation
Apparently many people in Cayman have concluded that there is no solution to the current impasse over the now defunct Domestic Partnership Bill outside...
Premier ‘disillusioned’ as bill ends in defeat
The Domestic Partnership Bill’s defeat in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday may have shown a divided legislature, but Finance Minister Roy McTaggart said that is where the division ends.
Civil partnerships bill in the works
Government has started the process to create legislation to resolve the issue of same-sex unions in the Cayman Islands.
Eden takes aim at Governor’s Throne Speech comments
Savannah MLA Anthony Eden defended fellow legislators Monday as he rejected comments made by Governor Martyn Roper in his Throne Speech.
