s.19Rules Committee and Rules of Court
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Rules Committee and Rules of Court

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There shall be a Rules Committee, which shall consist of —
the Chief Justice, who shall be the chairperson;
the Attorney General; and
not less than two and no more than five persons who are —
entitled to practise as legal practitioners before the Court; and
appointed by the Chief Justice after consultation with the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.
At a meeting of the Rules Committee a quorum shall comprise a majority of the members present, which majority shall include the Chief Justice.
The Rules Committee may, subject to this or any other law, make rules, to be called Rules of Court, for all or any of the following purposes —
regulating pleading, practice and procedure in respect of the conduct of criminal business and of civil business before the Court in relation to all matters within the jurisdiction of the Court, whether original or appellate in nature;
prescribing forms to be used in any proceedings before the Court;
subject to subsection (4), prescribing fees of the Court;
prescribing the fees and costs of legal practitioners in contentious matters, and regulating their taxation;
prescribing duties of officers of the Court;
prescribing books and accounts to be kept by officers of the Court;
regulating the powers of notaries public and persons authorised to administer oaths;
regulating the taking, giving and admission of evidence;
regulating the reference to arbitration of matters in dispute; and
generally, providing for such other matters as may be reasonably necessary for or incidental to the administration of this Act.
A rule of Court prescribed in paragraph (c) of subsection (3) shall not have effect until it has been approved by the Cabinet.
Rules made under subsection (3) may —
apply any Rules of the Supreme Court in England which regulate the practice and procedure in the High Court in England;
provide that any such Rules shall apply as they are from time to time applicable in England by reason of the repeal, amendment or substitution of any such Rules there; and
revoke, replace or amend any rules made or prescribed under the Judicature Act (2021 Revision).
No rules of Court made under this section shall come into force until they have been published in the Gazette.

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