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The Court of Appeal was urged to overturn a murder conviction on the basis that fresh evidence had arisen.
Jerome Lynch QC, lawyer for Khyri Smith-Williams, told the court last week that two affidavits, one signed and one not, could raise doubts on t...
DATE: Jun 19, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Lawyers for a man fighting for Bermuda status told London’s Privy Council that his lack of status was “unfair” and an “anomaly”.
Richard Drabble, QC, told the court that Bermudian-born Michael Barbosa cannot apply for Bermudian status because he was ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man accused of a 2017 fatal shooting was unanimously found guilty by a jury yesterday.
Kiari Tucker, 22, was found guilty on charges that he murdered Morlan Steede and used a firearm to commit an indictable offence after 5½ hours of deliber...
DATE: Jun 14, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda must do more to improve access for the disabled, a new non-profit group set up to help people who have lost limbs said this week.
LeKiesha Wolffe and Ryan Gibbons, of A New Life, said very few places were designed to be accessible to people w...
DATE: Jun 12, 2019
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The fight over the legal representation of the patients of Ewart Brown returned to the Court of Appeal yesterday.
Mark Pettingill, who represents patients whose medical records were seized by police, called on the court to quash a ruling that he and ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A dispute between Belco and the Corporation of Hamilton over who should pay to move power lines underground came before the Court of Appeal.
The corporation argued that the energy firm had to cover the $26,000 cost to move Union Street power undergro...
DATE: Jun 12, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Police Service has denied a claim that officers had accessed medical files seized from Ewart Brown’s clinics.
A spokesman for the patients claimed on Monday that they were “shocked” to discover that “police were going through” seized file...
DATE: Jun 12, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man stabbed 13 times in an attempted robbery was just one millimetre away from paralysis or death, he revealed yesterday.
Borislav Angelov, who was attacked as he came home from work as a bartender, said one of his stab wounds just missed penetrati...
DATE: Jun 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who complained about a leaky roof for years has won a $38,000 case against her condo management firm.
Maria Rose Hill said the leaks had caused her years of distress and discomfort and resulted in thousands of dollars of damage.
Flamingo Cour...
DATE: Jun 11, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Privy Council in London has ruled that the Bermuda Bar Council was wrong to deny law firm Walkers Bermuda Ltd a certificate of recognition.
The Bar Council had argued that the law firm was not controlled by Bermudians as required because of a lic...
DATE: Jun 11, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes