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The Bermuda Industrial Union has launched legal action against a sports club over unpaid debts from up to 18 years ago. A writ, filed by the law firm Trott and Duncan on October 2, referenced two promissory notes between the BIU and the Pembroke Hami...

A 33-year-old man accused of causing a boat crash that killed 24-year-old Adrian Hassell on New Year’s Day denied two charges yesterday. Mikado Burchall pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court yesterday to manslaughter and piloting a marine vessel while ...

Prisoners appealing their convictions could have remained in jail for months longer than necessary because of delays at the Court of Appeal caused by “lamentable failures” by lawyers. The court issued a hard-hitting judgment after four criminal appea...

The Labour Dispute Tribunal defended its decision to require prison officers to make health insurance payments on the second day of a Supreme Court hearing. While the Government maintained that prison officers were never promised free health insuranc...

A man who robbed a woman to help feed his drug habit and punched her 13-year-old son has expressed remorse for his actions in Magistrates’ Court. Ernest Smith, 42, added that hearing the facts of the case gave him the push he needed to seek help. Smi...

A man imprisoned this year for the rape of a 15-year-old girl more than 30 years ago has lost an appeal against his conviction. Morris O’Brien argued that his lawyer, Kamal Worrell, had failed to follow his instructions about the cross-examination of...

The island’s psychiatric hospital refused to admit a vulnerable homeless man with mental health problems, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday. Eric Richardson’s lawyer told the court it was a disgrace that the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute had refus...

A man yesterday admitted nine drug-related charges at Magistrates’ Court. Pepe Outerbridge, 44, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of money from criminal conduct and two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to supply. He also pleaded g...

A woman was shown leniency by a senior magistrate yesterday after he cancelled more than $2,000 in fines. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe let Danyell Webbe, 40, off the hook for $2,200 in traffic fines after he was told of “private matters” that were n...

A man who sent death threats to the Premier is alleged to have threatened his father, Magistrates’ Court heard on Monday. Jared Gordon, 30, denied the use of threatening words to his father, Leroy Gordon. Mr Gordon was alleged to have told his father...