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When she was six, Chardonnai Hughes wrote on her student-of-the-month poster that she wanted to become a lawyer – a picture of it sent by her mother helped motivate her thought the difficult times as she completed her legal journey to join the Bermud...

A case management system that is the “lifeblood” of the island’s courts must be replaced as a priority, the Registrar of the Courts said. Alexandra Domingues noted in an annual report that the judiciary was told the funding needed to buy an up-to-dat...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...