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The island’s top magistrate has called for a review of “egregiously low” penalties for businesses that fail to pay for staff health insurance. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Magistrates’ Court on that the maximum $1,000 fine for offences was “a s...

A motorcyclist caught out after curfew started and later admitted he was “drunk” was last week sent to the DUI Court. Michael Simons, 25, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the midnight to 5am curfew and refusal to take a breath test...

The granddaughter of a trailblazing barrister followed in her footsteps when she was Called to the Bar yesterday. Ariana Caines pledged to live up to the legacy of her late grandmother Dame Lois Browne-Evans, the first Black woman barrister in Bermud...

A motorcyclist who collided with a parked truck was yesterday sent to DUI Court after he admitted drink driving. Magistrates’ Court heard that police attended the scene of a collision near Valley Road in Paget, where they found Wilter Ayunon, 40, lyi...

A legal challenge to planned controversial public safety restrictions is scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court today. Pressure group Constitutional Freedom Bermuda filed a summons yesterday to ask for an injunction against the Government propos...

A legal challenge that claimed strict curfew laws were unconstitutional and denied people a “reasonable excuse” defence has been launched in the Supreme Court. Marc Daniels, the lawyer for Kinte Smith, who took action after he was charged with a curf...

Two men appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the stabbing of a 16-year-old boy. Zywonde Lema, 19, and Tayo Smith, 20, were accused of the unlawful wounding of the teenager with intent to do grievous bodily harm and possession of a b...

Lawyers for a pressure group who want to block planned compulsory coronavirus quarantines at hotels are expected to apply for an interim injunction today, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The news came after Constitutional Freedom Bermuda hit its target...

A man denied charges of murder and attempted murder in an appearance in the Supreme Court yesterday. Taaj Muhammad, 26, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Ronniko Burchall, who was 30, on December 30, 2018. He also denied a charge that he used a fir...

Bermuda’s courts will expand services this week as Covid-19 restrictions are gradually lifted. Alexandra Wheatley, the Supreme Court Registrar, said in a circular dated May 27 that criminal record checks would resume yesterday and Supreme Court jury ...