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A set of court recordings that judges claimed did not exist and which detectives failed to find during a “full and proper investigation” have been uncovered during an inquiry by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
A group of litigants who have bee...
DATE: Mar 11, 2019
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Parliamentarians who sit on a committee investigating how protesters came to be pepper sprayed by police in December 2016 have failed to explain why they have held all of their meetings in secret.
The Joint Select Committee has held 40 meetings, none...
DATE: Mar 07, 2019
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A New York investment firm that is in the process of buying Bermuda Commercial Bank has “no plans with regard to gaming”, one of its principals insisted yesterday.
Lewis Katz, managing partner of Permanent Capital, was asked by The Royal Gazette to c...
DATE: Mar 07, 2019
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A Joint Select Committee set up to investigate why protesters were pepper-sprayed by police outside Parliament in December 2016 has held all of its meetings in secret.
The Royal Gazette can reveal that the bipartisan parliamentary group, which promis...
DATE: Mar 04, 2019
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Vulnerable children who made accusations of abuse and neglect against staff at the island’s child protection agency were not interviewed during an inquiry into whether the head of the department ignored their allegations.
At least six youngsters are ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2019
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Police raids on two medical clinics belonging to former premier Ewart Brown were the “most egregious example of a fishing expedition one could ever imagine”, a court heard this week.
Mark Pettingill, representing 150 patients of the clinics, made the...
DATE: Feb 28, 2019
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Patients of doctors Ewart Brown and Mahesh Reddy will seek permission next week to appeal a judge’s order that would allow their medical files to be reviewed by independent experts overseas.
The 150 patients, represented by law firm Chancery Legal, h...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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A Guernsey-based lawyer with links to a well-known online sports-betting firm was tight-lipped yesterday about the reason his data analytics company pulled out of Bermuda.
Mike Richards did not answer telephone calls or respond to e-mails asking him ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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The acting executive director of the island’s gambling watchdog has left her post, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Deborah Blakeney, general counsel at the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission, had headed up the public authority after the resignation of Ri...
DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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Two independent overseas doctors are to review the medical records of 75 patients of doctors Ewart Brown and Mahesh Reddy to check if they were “over-tested”, a court heard yesterday.
The files, along with those of 190 other patients, were seized by ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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