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"Leyoni Junos loses eviction appeal"

Former civil servant Leyoni Junos has been dealt another blow by the courts in her struggle to challenge her eviction. But yesterday Ms Junos told The Royal Gazette she still intends to continue the fight. Three years after HSBC Bank claimed possessi...
Jul 30, 2013
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"Court upholds Bassett conviction"

The conviction of gunman Marico Bassett has been upheld after the Court of Appeals ruled former Chief Justice Richard Ground was right to admit gang evidence. However the court altered Bassett’s sentence after ruling the judge had erred in ordering t...
Jul 01, 2013
Local Business

"MRM ‘vindicated’ as Court of Appeal ruling overturned"

The Privy Council has overturned the Bermuda Court of Appeal in a fraud case involving the MRM Group and self-made American building supplies billionaire Diane Hendricks. The Bermuda Appeal Court had sided with Mrs Hendricks, her late husband Kenneth...
May 09, 2013
Court

"Brangman appeals sentence"

Former Bermuda Housing Corporation manager and Regiment Major Glenn Brangman has appealed his sentence for sexually assaulting a male clerk. Shade Subair told Supreme Court that her client’s three-and-a-half year sentence was manifestly excessive. Th...
Mar 09, 2013
Court

"BAD calls on Attorney General to support board of inquiry"

Bermudians Against the Draft yesterday urged Attorney General Kim Wilson to throw her weight behind their call for a board of inquiry into the Court of Appeal. BAD spokesman Larry Marshall charged in a letter to Ms Wilson that the Court of Appeal’s ...
Nov 22, 2012
Court

"Court of Appeal to record cases"

Proceedings in the Court of Appeal will now be recorded and made available to attorneys and litigants, Supreme Court president Edward Zacca announced yesterday. The issue came to the fore most recently in September when one litigant wanted to obtain ...
Nov 21, 2012
Court

"Zacca: Court of Appeal recordings not required by Privy Council"

The president of the Court of Appeal has spoken out about why he has ordered proceedings in his courtroom not to be recorded, despite it being standard practice in the UK. Edward Zacca, in a joint statement with Charlene Scott, the registrar of the c...
Jul 16, 2012
Editorials

"Verbatim transcripts"

The recent stories about the lack of transcripts available for Court of Appeal cases raise a number of issues about justice in Bermuda and how it is carried out. The problem is not isolated to the Court of Appeal. Some cases in the Supreme Court and ...
Jul 06, 2012
Court

"Convicted murderer Kevin Warner’s appeal turned back"

The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of murderer Kevin Warner. The three judge panel heard submissions last week from defence lawyer Elizabeth Christopher, who said the conviction was “completely unsafe”. Warner, 22, was convicted last year ...
Jun 22, 2012
Court

"Call for Court of Appeal to record all proceedings"

The Court of Appeal has been accused of failing to move into the 21st century for not electronically recording all of its proceedings. Several appellants claim they discovered after their hearings were held that no recording was made and no official ...
Jun 14, 2012
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