Legislation to increase Cayman's attractiveness for partnership formation, as well as a law that will give more rights to persons who are not direct parties in a contract, was approved on Friday, 11 April in the Legislative Assembly.
Both pieces of legislation will become effective once the Governor has assented to them, and following their publication in the Cayman Islands Gazette.
The Exempted Limited Partnerships Bill will repeal the current Exempted Limited Partnerships Law. It enhances Cayman's partnership formation framework by providing much more flexibility in the types of partnerships that can be formed, similar to what is provided in the Companies Law. It also provides for the registration, licensing and regulation of exempted limited partnerships.
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill gives the authority to enforce rights to persons who are not direct parties in a contract, once these rights have been conferred to them by the contract's principal parties.
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