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Myth #27: If I die without a Will, my family members and friends will still benefit and will be able to decide how to distribute my estate. There’s no doubt about it — life is busy, and the last thing most of us want to think about is what should ha...

Top law firm Appleby has been appointed as legal services provider to the America’s Cup, it was revealed last night. America’s Cup Event Authority chief operating officer and chief counsel Sam Hollis said Appleby had already provided key support in B...

Hurrion & Associates is less than a year old, but it has grown far beyond founding lawyer Sarah-Jane Hurrion’s expectations. A Bermuda law firm specialising in international commercial litigation, corporate restructuring and insolvency, the focus is ...

Recently, there has been some discussion coming out of the UK regarding setting up a public list of beneficial owners of corporate entities together with a push for other jurisdictions, including Bermuda, to hop on board with this. Whilst this sounds...

Members of the Bermuda Bar gathered at a special sitting on Friday morning to thank the Rt Hon Justice Zacca, President of the Court of Appeal and Sir Anthony Evans, both of whom have retired from the Court of Appeal Circuit. Sir Scott Baker has been...

Bermudian Jean-Paul (JP) Dyer has joined MJM Ltd as a senior associate. The firm said Mr Dyer has joined as a member of the Corporate and Finance Group, specialising in capital market and corporate finance transactions with a particular emphasis on ...

PRESS RELEASE Bermuda is well-poised to remain a global trust market leader due to the passing of competitive and modern legislative reforms in the last twelve months, and current infrastructure; however, the island should also contemplate opportunit...

Myth #24: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Most people are familiar with this commonly quoted phrase as being from one of Shakespeare’s plays. It is used to mock and vilify lawyers and exemplifies the ordinary person’s frustrat...

Christa Schweizer met her fiance Mandela Fubler in a courtroom. Next week, they get to share a professional milestone when they’re both called to the Bermuda Bar. “We had always planned for that to happen and now that it’s becoming a reality it’s qui...

A surge in the number of people representing themselves in court has caused new challenges for the judicial system. Chief Justice, Ian Kawaley, told The Royal Gazette that the new phenomenon meant judges had to play an even more active role in hearin...