Cayman’s courts continue to be plagued by a backlog of cases and a lack of courtrooms, which is now jeopardising the rights of many defendants to have their cases heard in a prompt and timely manner, Chief Justice Anthony Smellie said at Wednesday’s official opening of Grand Court.

Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with a machete attack in George Town on New Year’s Eve. A video of the attack has been circulating on social media.

A billion-dollar data and software company that moved staff to Bermuda as digital nomads last year, has an ambition to increase its presence to 1,000 staff on the island within five years. If all goes…