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A civil case over injuries caused in a fatal accident is expected to go before the courts this week — although it remains uncertain if the driver involved in the crash will appear. Evelyn Kim Rewan launched a legal action against Englishman Luke Arms...

A cash-strapped woman owed more than $55,000 in compensation after a workplace accident has yet to get paid — nearly one year after she won her settlement. Beverly Allen worked as a chef for Q’s Bar in Warwick in 2012 when she lost her footing on her...

A friendly society has lost an initial legal claim that it could offer members third party motor vehicle insurance. However, according to a court judgment, the final decision as to if the Bentley Friendly Society can provide members with third party ...

A motorcyclist has been awarded more than $36,000 damages for injuries he suffered when a driver pulled out in front of him. Chuncy Smith took his claim for damages against driver Shannon Jennings to the Supreme Court after the accident on August 1, ...

A police officer is in line to receive more than $4 million in damages after he suffered chronic health problems from being exposed to toxic mould at Hamilton and Somerset police stations. Emmerson Donald has provisionally been awarded $2.5 million ...

A police officer could be awarded substantial damages after he suffered chronic health problems from being exposed to toxic mould at Hamilton and Somerset police stations. Emmerson Donald has received nearly $500,000 in interim payments from the Ber...

A groundbreaking judgment allowing the public unprecedented access to court documents in civil cases has been incorporated into legal practice in Bermuda. The ruling by Chief Justice Ian Kawaley was handed down during the summer after The Royal Gazet...

The Auditor-General’s investigation into the finances of the Bermuda Hospitals Board was triggered by a “hidden” $4 million it set aside to pay a patient who was paralysed while in its care. The board believed a liability existed in the case of forme...

Hospital chiefs will seek legal costs from a quadriplegic who was paralysed after an accident at Bermuda’s only mental hospital. Thomas Hofer, 52, recently lost an 18-year legal battle to sue the Bermuda Hospitals Board for massive damages for injuri...

A man who was paralysed more than 20 years ago after an accident at Bermuda’s only mental hospital has lost a lengthy battle to sue for compensation. Thomas Hofer was just 30 and pursuing his dream job as a chef on the Island when he broke his neck w...

A court date is likely to be set this year for the ongoing legal dispute between the Bermuda Public Services Union and four other public sector trade unions, and the Bermuda Government, which is seeking an injunction against walkouts. The detail emer...

Dear Sir, I caught some of Opposition Leader Marc Bean’s interview on the Sherri J radio show, during which he said of the Finance Minister’s defamation lawsuit against Bermuda Public Service Union head Jason Hayward: “Just drop it.” Having read som...