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The Bermuda Bar Council has been slammed for its handling of a complaint against a lawyer accused of improper questioning of a witness. A Disciplinary Tribunal decision written by Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons, which dismissed the case, said the ...

A lawyer who was accused of improper conduct has had the allegations dismissed by a Disciplinary Tribunal. Norman MacDonald came under fire for “irrelevantly and improperly” questioning the sexual orientation of a witness in a Supreme Court case over...

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 graduate of the pupillage programme at law firm Appleby has been Called to the Bar. Ashley Bento spent the first 12 months of her two-year training stint at the firm in the corporate and insurance departments. Ms Bento now works with John Wasty, th...

A troubled teenager who admitted a string of offences was spared jail after he showed a desire to turn his life around. Najiyah Raynor, 18, was given two years’ probation after he pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of a bladed article...

A “young and dumb” teenager involved in a police chase on a stolen bike was shown leniency in court yesterday after he promised to turn his life around. Shae Hassell, 19, was spared a $1,970 fine, and given a two-year conditional discharge and 95 hou...

A veteran teacher and education official said yesterday she was disappointed but not embittered, after a court rejected her bid to overturn the appointment of the Commissioner of Education. Gina Tucker had argued that she was not given a fair opportu...

A Supreme Court judge hit out yesterday at controversial comments made by a defence lawyer as she jailed his client for 18 months. Chez Rogers, 20, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges that he lured and had unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl ...

A charity appealed to the public yesterday to join a campaign to safeguard children from sex predators in the wake of controversial comments by a defence lawyer. The Coalition for the Protection of Children launched its social-media drive after barri...

The appointment process for the Commissioner of Education post was “fatally flawed”, a lawyer claimed this week. Mark Diel, who represented veteran teacher and education administrator Gina Tucker, told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that the Board ...