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A newly-minted lawyer said family and a strong support system helped her along the path to success. Ojeda Smith, an associate in law firm Wakefield Quin’s corporate department, added their example meant she was committed to helping other people in th...

A prominent lawyer named in corruption charges has died in the US. It is understood that Justin Williams passed away on Wednesday night after several weeks in hospital. He was one of four defendants earlier listed in allegations that also involved a ...

No damages have been awarded to a civil servant who was rejected for the role of Director of Parks – but the Supreme Court ruled that the Public Service Commission’s decision was unfair. The finding by Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams could result ...

A former police officer will be sentenced next year after he admitted holding a food delivery driver hostage with a fake handgun. Sam Fraser-Smith, 43, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to depriving Romone Reid of his liberty. The court ...

A doctor has welcomed an interim ruling that allowed his clinic to continue to provide services under the Standard Health Benefit. JJ Soares said the Court of Appeal decision meant that an application for SHB status for Hamilton Medical Centre, where...

Two British legal consultants, including a Queen’s Counsel, are on the island until next March to strengthen the island’s system of independent court advocates for children. Tinée Furbert, the social development minister, revealed that “experienced f...

A legal trainee who helped draft legislation for emergency Covid-19 payments under a Ministry of Legal Affairs pupillage was welcomed into the fold as a new lawyer at a ceremony on Friday. Lorendae Symonds told Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden she was “h...

A new lawyer credited an alumna’s speech nine years ago at the Bermuda High School for Girls for sparking her interest. Kathleen McBeath also told Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden at a ceremony on Friday that she followed the advice of her grandfather Cr...

Two men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning charged with three counts of murder. Siohn Akinstall, 19, was accused of the killing of Ayinde Eve, 27, and Micah Davis, 22, at the Robin Hood Pub and Restaurant on October 26. He was also accu...

The Bermuda Health Council has called on the Court of Appeal to overturn a decision to allow a clinic to offer services under the Standard Health Benefit. Ben Adamson, counsel for the BHeC, said the body reasonably refused the Hamilton Medical Centre...