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The Portfolio of Legal Affairs advises the Government and its affiliated bodies, statutory boards, corporations on all legal matters and is responsible for legislative drafting, law revision, law reform and local legal education through the Cayman Islands Law School. The Portfolio of Legal Affairs is headed by the Honourable Attorney General and comprises:

  1. The Attorney General’s Chambers
  2. The Office of the Solicitor General
  3. Law Reform Commission
  4. Law Revision
  5. Legislature Drafting Department
  6. Cayman Islands Law School
  7. Financial Reporting Authority

Mission Statement of the Portfolio

  • To be the guardian of the public interest in the administration of justice within the Cayman Islands.
  • To ensure that government, its affiliated bodies, statutory boards and corporations receive professional and quality legal services, together with sound legal advice and to represent the Government of the Cayman Islands in all civil proceedings brought by and against the Government.
  • To undertake all the responsibilities stated and consistent with the constitutional, customary and statutory duties of the Attorney General.
  • To ensure that legislation, as required by Government ministries and portfolios, is drafted and revised in a timely manner
  • To study and keep under constant review the statutes and other laws comprising the law of the Cayman Islands with a view to its systematic development and reform.
  • To take conduct of all proceedings pursuant to a number of Treaties, Conventions and Laws which have been extended to the Cayman Islands or which have been brought into force in the Islands.
  • To be the Central Authority under the Child Abduction & Custody Order, the Proceeds of Criminal Conduct Law, and the Criminal Justice International Cooperation Law.
  • To promote the observance of the rule of law.
  • To maintain the highest standards of professional conduct by attorneys admitted to the Cayman Islands Bar.
  • To exercise supervisory jurisdiction over the Cayman Islands Law School
Updated Date: February 13, 2012

The Portfolio of Legal Affairs


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