Log In

A complaint by a government lawyer against other members of the profession was thrown out of court, one of the barristers involved has said. Senior Crown counsel Norman MacDonald claimed in a judicial review application that the Bermuda Bar Associati...

A man jailed for the fatal shooting of two men has lost an appeal against his conviction. Lawyers for Romano Mills argued the jury should not have heard evidence from Christoph Duerr, his co-accused who was convicted of being an accessory to the shoo...

A 28-year-old man has denied allegations that he sent death threats to the Premier. Jared Gordon, of no fixed abode, pleaded not guilty in Supreme Court to sending David Burt a series of messages between October 2 last year and March 28 to demand unw...

The Crown vowed to launch an appeal yesterday after the case against an American life coach accused of stealing $56,000 from an elderly Bermudian client was thrown out on technical grounds. Melissa Burton walked free from court after Puisne Judge Cha...

Judicial independence is a vital safeguard of the Constitution, the island’s new Chief Justice said yesterday. Narinder Hargun added that the requirement of the judiciary to be independent was not a legal technicality. Mr Justice Hargun said: “The j...

A jury will decide the fate of an American life coach accused of stealing $56,000 from an elderly Bermudian client today. Prosecutors told the Supreme Court Melissa Burton, 53, was a gold-digger who transferred thousands out of Katherine Trimingham’s...

A woman accused of trying to set three people on fire has been acquitted on the instructions of a Supreme Court judge. Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves ordered a jury to find Ehbony Allen, 30, not guilty of all charges. Ms Allen, from Warwick, denied al...

A life coach accused of stealing more than $56,000 from an elderly member of the Trimingham department store family told police she only ever acted in the senior’s best interest, Supreme Court heard yesterday. Melissa Burton, 53, told officers: “Ever...

A man who injured his hand on his first day of work at the Fairmont Southampton has lost a lawsuit against the hotel. Glenn Chase alleged a poorly maintained freight elevator at the hotel had caused the injury But the Supreme Court found there was no...

A lawyer told Supreme Court yesterday he had nothing to do with a document intended to make a life coach the main beneficiary of a wealthy senior’s will. Alan Dunch, a lawyer for MJM, said he had not seen the document until after Katherine Trimingham...

A life coach charged with stealing $56,284 from an elderly client appeared in court yesterday. Melissa Burton is alleged to have made a string of purchases with Katherine Trimingham’s credit cards after her client had died. Ms Burton, 53, was later c...

Magistrates must consider appointing legal representatives to protect the rights of children who appear in court — but only if the money is available. Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman ruled that the Children’s Act required the Family Court to consider th...