Litigation

Ritch & Conolly's litigation practice is consistently recommended by the Legal 500 Caribbean (Cayman Islands) for its extensive and wide ranging experience and expertise handling contentious matters in the following areas:

Trusts

Advising on Cross Border disputes involving a broad variety of issues including Trustees and Beneficiaries.

Corporate Disputes

Advising on disputes in relation to Corporate Finance and Mergers, Company disputes involving minor shareholder rights and actions, directors as well as Investment fund disputes involving rights of investors.

Insolvency

Including Personal and Corporate Solvency as well as Schemes of Arrangement, Administration and Administrative Receivership.

Asset Tracing and Recovery

Including advising on Cayman specific Laws in relation to asset tracing and recovery.

Conflicts of Laws

Advising both Overseas and Resident clients on recognition of Foreign Laws in the Cayman Islands and their effect.

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

Advising on reciprocal enforcement arrangements in the Cayman Islands, and the procedures for enforcing foreign judgments.

Banking

Advising and acting for several Cayman-based Banks in relation to a variety of matters including structured and secured lending and enforcement thereof.

Employment

Acting for major Cayman companies in relation to employment issues.

Matrimonial

Acting for clients in relation to major matrimonial disputes including receiving instructions from abroad to trace assets into the Cayman Islands jurisdiction.

Arbitration

Acting for and advising clients in relation to arbitration proceedings as well as other Alternative Dispute Resolutions such as mediation.

Insurance

Advising on Subrogated recoveries, policy drafting and policy coverage disputes.

Contract

Advising on the whole range of commercial contractual disputes including breaches and the remedies available.

Commercial Fraud

Advising and acting for both Overseas and Resident clients in relation to Cayman specific fraud laws as well as common law fraud.

Negligence

Advising and acting for clients in relation to Professional Negligence and Personal Injury actions and Fatal Accident claims instead of shipping.

Shipping

Advising in relation to Charter Party and Bills of Lading disputes as well as advising in relation to International Conventions and their effect in Cayman.

Administrative and Public Law

Advising clients in relation to Judicial Review in the Cayman Islands.

Property

Acting for and advising for major developers and main contractors in relation to property and construction disputes.