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The former leader of the nation of Georgia told a Bermuda court yesterday that during the fall of the Soviet Union he had made a fortune so large that he became one of the world’s richest men. But he trusted Credit Suisse implicitly with a billion do...

The former prime minister of the Caucasus country of Georgia may be called to give evidence as early as this morning in a case being heard in Bermuda’s Commercial Courts. The case, before Chief Justice Narinder Hargun, is being conducted virtually vi...

The Bermuda Health Council has called on the Court of Appeal to overturn a decision to allow a clinic to offer services under the Standard Health Benefit. Ben Adamson, counsel for the BHeC, said the body reasonably refused the Hamilton Medical Centre...

No evidence that political speech would be stifled by legislation designed to replace elected officials in the municipalities with appointed quango members has been presented, the court of Appeal has been told. Delroy Duncan, the counsel for the Atto...

The City of Hamilton continued its battle for survival yesterday in the face of a government plan to turn both of the island’s municipalities into quangos and end local elections. The Supreme Court earlier ruled that the Municipalities Reform Act was...

A friendly society told a court yesterday that a police investigation should be launched into the reasons it was denied permission to provide motor insurance. Craig Walls, a member of the Bentley Friendly Society, told the Supreme Court: “It is scand...

The Court of Appeal has upheld the convictions of a half-brother and sister jailed for murder. Katrina Burgess and Cleveland Rogers were both found guilty last year of the premeditated murder of Marcus Gibbings – Burgess’ ex-boyfriend. An appeal was ...

A man jailed for a plot to smuggle gun parts into Bermuda has argued his conviction should be quashed because his trial was unfair. James Rumley, 40 was found guilty last year of three counts of importation of firearm components by a unanimous verdic...

The first graduate of a law firm’s pupillage programme has been Called to the Bar. Marcus Symonds, 30, joined Bermuda’s legal fraternity on Monday after a ceremony attended by his colleagues and family. Mr Symonds said: "I am very pleased to have bee...

A magistrate was right to convict a man of the sexual assault of a schoolgirl, a lawyer for the Crown told the Supreme Court yesterday. The lawyer was speaking after Jamel Simons, 38, who was found guilty earlier this year of forcing himself on a 15-...

A trial date was set yesterday for a man accused of causing a boat crash that killed a 24-year-old man. Mikado Burchall, 35, will appear in the Supreme Court on April 18 next year. Mr Burchall pleaded not guilty in 2019 to the manslaughter of Adrian ...

A man dubbed “the motorcycle bandit” appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday as prosecutors argued his sentence was too lenient. Troy Woods, 50, was given a suspended sentence after he was convicted of obtaining money by deception in an incident in D...