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A man who set a fire that torched two cars adjacent to a Hamilton Parish house with a family inside has been handed a two-year suspended prison sentence by the Supreme Court. Justice Iris, 25, admitted two counts of wilful damage at an earlier court ...

A man who admitted “arson by hire” and potentially faces years behind bars pleaded in court yesterday not to be jailed for his parents’ sake. Calvin Trott, 51, of Smith’s, pleaded guilty in March to arson and wilful damage after setting fire to a car...

Fathers targeted with “threatening” letters after relationships soured with former partners are examining legal options to stop the practice, a children’s advocacy charity said. Two fathers, requesting anonymity to protect the privacy of their famil...

Beaming new lawyer Gabrielle Moniz aspired to a future in human rights law as she celebrated her Call to the Bar on Friday. Ms Moniz, 25, the daughter of former attorney-general Trevor Moniz, was Called to the Bar last month after completing her pupi...

The Supreme Court has offered to cut sentences for guilty pleas on certain offences to clear a backlog of cases

A legal challenge to mandatory Covid-19 testing for school pupils before they can return to the classroom has suffered a defeat in the Supreme Court. The case for the parent, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was brought last month against a dec...

A man who stabbed his father to death was scarred for life in childhood after he watched the “horrific” death of his little sister in a road accident, a court heard

The grief-stricken mother of a man stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by his own son says the trauma has caused her massive pain and ruined her health

A nursery school owner who failed to tell parents after she dropped an infant boy on his head was given a suspended jail sentence

Close to $2 million was racked up in legal fees at home and overseas by the City of Hamilton as part of two court battles. More than $1 million was spent on the City’s fight with the Government over its proposal to change both of the island’s municip...