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The trustees of the Hotel Pension Fund have won a legal battle in the Bermuda Supreme Court after a family failed to pay back a $400,000 loan.
The plaintiff trustees were suing ten members of the same family who in April, 1991 borrowed the money and ...
DATE: Apr 08, 1998
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Burns and Timothy J. Counsell.
Senior partner John Campbell told The Royal Gazette : "Michael and Tim have worked very hard for this. They are both fine professionals and, in their new role, will further enhance our strengths as a well-rounded and dy...
DATE: Apr 02, 1998
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The trend towards business globalisation has led to a decision by the law partners of leading firm Conyers, Dill & Pearman to open a London office in the spring.
A near four year old idea, the international expansion now comes after some nine months ...
DATE: Feb 26, 1998
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exported for investment purposes.
Government officials said this week that the relaxation of foreign exchange controls has enabled Bermudians to invest increasing amounts of investment capital abroad, contributing to an outflow of funds and a negativ...
DATE: Feb 23, 1998
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Government has provided its clearest hint yet that it may consider in the coming fiscal year increasing the legislated debt ceiling of $185 million to enable further borrowing.
It comes as the most significant review of Bermuda's tax structure in dec...
DATE: Feb 19, 1998
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Two competing news agencies which Bermudians depend on for global news coverage may become legally entangled.
The Financial Times (FT) reported on Friday that the rivalry took a dramatic twist when it emerged that Reuters faced a criminal inquiry int...
DATE: Feb 02, 1998
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Bermuda Security Group, which includes Bermuda Central Station and Island Wide Security companies, is featured in the December issue of security trade journal, Access Control & Security Systems Integration.
The article highlights how access control c...
DATE: Feb 02, 1998
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legal firm commences business on March 2 -- out of the same offices at Chancery Hall on Reid Street being vacated by the dissolving firm. But the new firm, Diel & Myers, will also be an opportunity for a young Bermudian lawyer, Christine Hoskins, bas...
DATE: Jan 30, 1998
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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed an unusual application for a winding up petition from the directors of the Bermuda Workers Cooperative Society (BWCS), the owners of the defunct Co-Op Supermarket.
And in the process, the directors obtained some br...
DATE: Jan 21, 1998
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Provisional estimates for the third quarter of 1997 said Bermuda recorded a balance of payments surplus on current account of $85 million, some $38 million higher than the same period a year before.
The estimates put the total balance of payments pic...
DATE: Jan 19, 1998
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