Decision-Makers, Policy Officers, Civil Servants!

P.O. Box 10083, Grand Cayman, KY1-1001, Cayman Islands
Decision-Makers, Policy Officers, Civil Servants!
Nexus Training Ltd. offers legislative drafting courses and services. Our consultant is available for ad hoc services to
train at your premises. He can also assist you in developing legislative proposals and drafting legislation. Please see
below for the courses and his background.
Course Code
NT 01
Name of Course
How to Make Effective Legislative Proposals
Date
27 May 2015
NT 02
How to Navigate Statutes
8 & 9 June, 2015
NT 03
How to Write Cabinet Papers for Legislation
10 June 2015
NT 4A
How to Exercise Statutory Powers Properly (grounds of
judicial review)
How to Exercise Statutory Powers Properly (full
administrative law course)
How to Interpret Statutes
28 May 2015
How to Write Legislation and Other materials in Plain
English
Coming Soon
NT 4B
NT 05
NT 06
Coming Soon
11 June 2015
Duration
1 full day
9AM-4.30PM
2 full days
9AM-4.30PM
½ day
9AM-12.30PM
1 full day
9.AM-4.30PM
2 full days
9AM-4.30PM
1 full day
9AM-4.30PM
2 full days
9AM-4.30PM
Generous binder of materials for all courses and, for only Courses 1 and 4A, a free Cayman-specific book on subject
of each course. Venues to be in or around George Town and will be advised about 3 days before due date.
COURSES
1.
How to Make Effective Legislative Proposals (1 day)
This course helps civil servants learn how to develop legislative proposals to ensure that their objectives
are met and that their legislation is processed in the shortest possible time.
2.
How to Navigate Statutes (2 days)
Civil servants need to know their way around Cayman Islands and UK statutes. The course will provide
what they need to know, including many statutory rules of interpretation. (2 days)
3.
How to Write Cabinet Papers for Legislation (1/2 day)
In order for civil servants to elicit quality decisions, they need the skills necessary to write Cabinet Papers
in a manner that addresses the important issues necessary for this purpose.
P.O. Box 10083, Grand Cayman, KY1-1001, Cayman Islands
4.
How to Exercise Statutory Powers Properly (1 day)
All civil servants must be conversant with certain hidden rules of law which are implied in all powers that
are given under statute. This course will help attendees know these implied rules that courts will apply to
ensure that their decisions can stand up to scrutiny.
5.
How to Interpret Statutes (1 day)
This course helps participants understand the rules and skills lawyers use in reading statutes. Most of
these rules are in case law which is not usually available to civil servants.
6.
How to Write Laws and Other Materials in Plain English (2 days)
This course introduces professionals to some basic rules on drafting legislation. It also covers the rules
advocated by experts in Plain English writing.
ALL COURSES DISCUSS CAYMANIAN AND UK CASE LAW, AND INCLUDES COURSE MATERIALS. SOME COURSES
ALSO INCLUDE A FREE BOOK.
CONSULTANT
Bilika H. Simamba LL.B. (UNZA), LL.M. in Legislation (Ottawa), Advocate of the High Court, has 11 years’ experience
drafting legislation in the Cayman Islands Government and more than 30 years overall in the Commonwealth. He
has published in law and legislative drafting in peer-reviewed journals in the UK, South Africa, the Caribbean and
elsewhere. His books include How to Make Effective Legislative Proposals: Cayman Islands Legislative Process
(2012) and How to Exercise Statutory Powers Properly: Cayman Islands Administrative Law (2012). He is also an online Instructor on the Postgraduate Diploma in Legislative Drafting of Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Email: nexus@prosec.ky
Tel: 6232600