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A cost-cutting policy that forced Legal Aid clients to use an “in-house” Government lawyer rather than their own counsel is to be challenged in the Supreme Court, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The news came after Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-Gen...

A 74-year-old driver charged with causing grievious bodily harm to a magistrate was yesterday accused of trying to shift the blame on to the alleged victim. Nicole Smith, for the Crown, told Magistrates’ Court that Brian Alkon failed to pay attentio...

A man caught trying to sneak more than $67,000 out of Bermuda has lost a Supreme Court legal battle to get the cash back. Puisne Judge Sade Subair Williams ruled that, on the balance of probabilities, the cash was the proceeds of crime – specifically...

The trial of a senior Government care worker charged with an assault a teenager in her care will return to Magistrates’ Court next year. Kennette Robinson, 52, has denied charges that she punched and mistreated a 17-year-old girl in an incident at th...

A man who crashed his motorcycle was more than double the legal alcohol limit, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. Barak Bremar, 27, pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal limit. The court heard police were called to a single-vehicle collisio...

Two children’s advocates have condemned a suspended sentence handed down in the Supreme Court to a man who admitted accessing thousands of items of child pornography. Wong Li Shan, 43, was spared prison last week with a ten-month suspended sentence a...

A man who tried to mail gun parts to the island in a series of packages was yesterday jailed for 14 years. James Rumley, 39, was found guilty last month of three counts of importation of firearm components last year by a unanimous verdict. Puisne Jud...

A teenager who flipped a car while with three passengers on board was yesterday fined $1,500 after he admitted drink driving. Kirk Stapff, 19, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to having care and control of a vehicle while impaired. The court hear...

The cousin of a former Cabinet minister has been Called to the Bar. Monica Kelly, 27, was welcomed into the legal world on Friday surrounded by family members – including her cousin, Wayne Caines, a former national security minister. Ms Kelly told th...

A 74-year-old driver accused of injuring a cycling magistrate maintained his innocence yesterday during his Magistrates’ Court trial. Brian Alkon, from St George’s, denies causing grievous bodily harm to Craig Attridge by driving a vehicle without du...