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The island’s top judge will rule whether an online cartoon shared by a police officer shortly before the island’s Black Lives Matter march last year qualifies as freedom of expression – or could get her charged with a “grossly offensive” social media...

A police officer fired last year for use of excessive force during the arrest of a teenager has lost his appeal against dismissal. Oswin Pereira was terminated from the Bermuda Police Service after he was accused of turning off his body camera and hi...

A senior child protection official accused of punching a teenager in her care has been cleared of all charges after a Magistrates’ Court trial. Kennette Robinson, the assistant director of the Department of Child and Family Services, was found not gu...

A police officer who took legal action after he was passed over for promotion three years ago yesterday had his case dismissed by the Supreme Court. A plea by Detective Sergeant David Bhagwan for the court to quash a decision by the 2018 sergeant to ...

A love of the law that started in high school has led to a Call to the Bar. Amelia Oatley thanked magistrate Maxanne Anderson and senior magistrate Juan Wolffe, who she said “inspired, encouraged and supported me throughout my journey”. She added: “I...

A former premier facing a string of corruption charges has recruited an ex-Attorney-General to his legal team. Ewart Brown said Sir Elliott Mottley, who was the A-G between 1995 to 1998, would help represent him in the wake of his January appearance ...

Sir Austin Ward QC, the former Chief Justice of Bermuda, has died in his native Barbados, aged 85. A quiet man gifted with a sharp wit for any lawyer who was less than thoroughly prepared, Lisle Austin Ward came to Bermuda in 1969. He served in priva...

An armed robbery this month at a West End betting shop appeared to reflect knowledge of the establishment’s security procedures. The revelation came as the Betting Licence Authority renewed licenses for Paradise Games, Sea Horses and Triple Crown Ra...

A Warwick woman who admitted unlawfully assaulting two schoolchildren was handed a conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court. Michelle Burrows Robinson, 48, of Somers Lane in Warwick, pleaded guilty last week to two counts of unlawful assault datin...

A Supreme Court judge is to issue a ruling next month on whether the Commissioner of Police can challenge an order to reinstate an officer fired for gross misconduct. The Public Service Commission ruled last August that Police Constable Oswin Pereira...