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Alma Dismont joined her husband Saul Dismont as a member of the Bermuda Bar Association yesterday - setting up the possibility of the couple facing each other in the courtroom at some point. Ms Dismont was called to the Bermuda Bar yesterday, conclud...

Citywealth magazine’s inaugural international financial centre (IFC) power women top 100 list includes four Appleby professionals. Appleby, which providers of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, clinched the four placings in the le...

Would-be lawyers have been given an insight into potential career paths from Bermuda’s top judge, Chief Justice Ian Kawaley. He was the keynote speaker at a conference for high school students held by the Law Students Association of Bermuda at XL yes...

Colleagues, friends and family of the late lawyer Bala Nadarajah packed a special sitting held at Supreme Court to honour the 78-year-old’s legacy. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley told the more than 100 gathered yesterday that Mr Nadarajah played “a pivot...

The structure of legal fees is under review by the Bermuda Bar Association. The President of the Bar Association Justin Williams has formed a subcommittee to consider whether conditional or contingency fee arrangements are feasible for Bermuda’s leg...

A Bermuda-based soccer fund is suing an international sports agency that specialises in football rights. Local lawyer Nick Hoskins is the administrator of the Global Eleven soccer investment fund, whose backers include the son of an Italian count. It...

MJM Limited has named Emily Deane as an associate in the firm’s property and private client practice group. Ms Deane specialises in residential and commercial property transactions, estate planning, wills, trusts and probate. Before moving to Bermud...

The new President of the Bermuda Bar Council has put the re-establishment of Queen’s Counsel status on the agenda. Bermudian barrister Justin Williams, elected to the position at the legal fraternity’s governing body’s annual general meeting last We...

Law firm MJM Limited has announced that Jane Collis has joined the company as a senior associate. Ms Collis, a Bermudian, is a member of the property and private client practice group, specialising in estate planning, wills, international and domest...

Over the past decade, family lawyer Jackie MacLellan has seen her fair share of divorces — personally having litigated more than 1,000 cases in Bermuda. From how the economy affects cases to the actual process of separation, Ms MacLellan has firsthan...

Over the past decade, family lawyer Jackie MacLellan has seen her fair share of divorces — personally having litigated more than 1,000 cases in Bermuda. From how the economy affects cases to the actual process of separation, Ms MacLellan has firsthan...

Appleby has announced a number of changes to its leadership team. Frances Woo will be appointed as group chairman. She will succeed Peter Bubenzer who will be retiring from the Appleby Group on 31 March 2013, following a career at Appleby that spans ...