15 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Court"
A prosecutor has said the Supreme Court should not have overturned the conviction of a woman found guilty of drug offences.
Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams found earlier this year that there was an “appearance of bias” in the cases against Rebecca...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sophia Cannonier and her husband Michael Watson reappeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday and denied additional charges of breaching the Government’s Covid-19 quarantine regulations.
Ms Cannonier, 53, and Mr Watson, 46, were charged with refusing to...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The decision not to charge two police officers with a serious sex assault on a male colleague came under the spotlight at a Supreme Court judicial review yesterday.
The court heard that Larry Mussenden, the Director of Public Prosecutions, decided no...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley called for action to secure judicial independence as he formally opened the 2018 legal year.
Leading the ceremony for the last time as Chief Justice, Mr Justice Kawaley said: “Judicial independence has been consistently unde...
DATE: Jan 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Four Bermudians celebrated their call to the Bermuda Bar, in front of a courtroom packed with friends, family and colleagues.
Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley, who is to serve as Bermuda’s next Chief Justice, presided over the ceremony on Friday.
New barrist...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell