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From Michigan with finality: Issue estoppel holds, leave refused by Cayman Court of Appeal
The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has refused a renewed application for leave to appeal in Frye-Chaikin v Bradley, affirming a Grand Court summary judgment grounded in foreign issue estoppel arising from prior Michigan proceedings. The decision underscores the high threshold for leave to appeal, the potency of foreign issue estoppel, and the litigation risk of attempting to revisit merits arguments already determined abroad. The dispute stemmed from a 2014 agreement to sell a Cayman property. The plaintiffs originally issued Cayman proceedings, but at the defendant's urging, the action was…
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