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A former gym owner has won a seven-year legal battle arising from the merger of his business with a rival. Assistant Justice Jeffrey Elkinson has found in favour of Scott Stallard in his claim against defendants The Athletic Club Limited (in liquida...

A judge has ruled in favour of a lawyer who sued The Royal Gazette after it reported on the work he did in Bermuda for an American billionaire accused of tax evasion. Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden ordered the newspaper not to publish anything containe...

A man who claimed asthma prevented him from taking a police breath test has had his conviction for refusal to comply upheld. Michael Richardson was found guilty in Magistrates’ Court after officers said he used a “stop and start” approach to the brea...

A charity dedicated to the protection of children appealed for better education on sex and consent to help prevent abuse. Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder and executive director of Scars, said parents and caregivers had to push past their discomfort and ...

A controversial senator and junior minister quit last night in the face of mounting criticism after it was revealed he owed an elderly woman $19,000 in unpaid rent. Curtis Richardson will resign his seat in the Upper House and position as junior nati...

A man imprisoned for 30 years after he tried to smuggle almost $10 million of heroin into Bermuda has appealed against his conviction. Josef Vlcek was convicted in 2019 of trying to smuggle nearly three kilograms of the drug into the island on a flig...

The Premier was made aware of concerns over a senator’s rent arrears by a senior Civil Servant before he appointed him to the Upper House and made him a junior minister, The Royal Gazette can reveal. E-mails between the Harvey family and Marc Telema...

A motorcyclist who killed a father of four in a collision was yesterday jailed for more than four years. Ishmael Lightbourne – who admitted last year that he caused the death of Shannon Davis while driving while impaired – was also banned from the ro...

An elderly woman said her hair was falling out and she had become ill because of stress after she was forced to take legal action against a government junior minister who owed her $19,000 in unpaid rent. Margaret Harvey accused Curtis Richardson, a...

Joint provisional liquidators have been appointed by the Supreme Court of Bermuda to assist in restructuring the indebtedness of Genting Hong Kong Limited. Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams yesterday appointed Bermudian-based Alex Whittaker, of R&H...

An elderly woman broke down in tears yesterday as she told a court of the stress caused by a senator’s repeated refusal to hand over $19,000 in unpaid rent. Margaret Harvey, who is in her 70s, told the Supreme Court that Curtis Richardson, a Progress...

The Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old schoolgirl almost 20 years ago. Jamel Simons, 38, had admitted that he had sex with the child – but argued that he should not have been convicted of sexual assa...