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Adjournment means suspending a meeting after it has been duly commenced either indefinitely or so that it may be resumed at a future time and/or place fixed in that meeting or as decided later on. A meeting may be adjourned automatically for want o...

Recent moves by leading global law firms to set up offices in Bermuda mark something of a watershed for our jurisdiction. Bermuda has been renowned for its strength and depth with regard to quality lawyers, however, it has not always been heralded fo...

Bermudian Cristen Suess became the newest member of the Bermuda Bar yesterday, following in her mother’s footsteps. Ms Suess’s mother Sharon Suess, who was Called to the Bermuda Bar 11 years ago, said she was “surprised and happy” when her daughter a...

Aspiring litigator, Madeleine Fox has been awarded a prestigious scholarship by law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman after being accepted to read law at Oxford University. Ms Fox already holds a BA in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley...

The Chief Justice’s decision is a landmark ruling because it has removed 60 years of darkness from our judicial system, which prevented the public from clearly seeing and understanding what was taking place before the courts of Bermuda. In 1955, the ...

Dear Sir, “The issue of disappointing anyone else must take a distant and inferior second place to the goal of pursuing your dreams and making your life choices as you think fit, and with the minimum prospect of regret.” – Julian Hall Those words ...

A management buyout of an arm of top offshore law firm Appleby is to go ahead, the firm has confirmed. The move means the fiduciary and administration business, which has more than 320 staff, part of which is Bermuda-based, will be spun off in a deal...

The Bermuda Government has paid out a total of $15.8 million to lawyers in the last two fiscal years. The figures were revealed by Finance Minister Bob Richards, in response to questions from Progressive Labour Party Member of Parliament Derrick Burg...

When a person who owns shares in a Bermuda company dies, the person’s shares must be transferred into the name of his or her beneficiary. This is true whether the shares are in a local company, or in an exempted company. The requirements for making s...

Law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman played a role in three air financing deals that have won awards from Airfinance Journal. The Bermuda firm represented participants in the transactions, giving law and legal advice. The deals were hailed at Airfinance J...

Bermuda’s top judge says he is keeping an open mind to the raft of changes to the legal system that were recently put before the House of Assembly by Government. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley told The Royal Gazette the judiciary “broadly supported” the p...

Legal firm Pettingill & Co has hired a new lawyer to head its family law department. English barrister Katie Richards, who has been practice for 14 years, worked in the UK in the area of family law before moving to Bermuda in 2009. A spokesman for th...