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A woman was given a suspended sentence of 12 months yesterday after she admitted threats to murder a lawyer. The Supreme Court heard that Loreesa Burchall, 30, threatened to shoot Kamal Worrell and slash his throat in a series of messages sent betwee...

A sex offender was sentenced to 45 days behind bars after he admitted a breach of probation Junius Caines, 50, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to a charge that he used cocaine and cannabis between March 10 and March 19 in violation of his supervi...

Additional court services are will come online next week as the courts continue to reopen in phases. Alexandra Wheatley, the Supreme Court Registry, said in a notice the Supreme Court Registry on the third floor of the Dame Lois Browne-Evans building...

Measures to protect the island’s courts from Covid-19 will continue as long as the island remains in the first phase of a return to normal life, the Supreme Court Registrar said today. Alexandra Wheatley said that coronavirus policies imposed on May...

A cruise ship passenger caught with $240,000 worth of drugs on a Bermuda-bound vessel was jailed for more than two years yesterday. Margil Mireles, 32, was sentenced to 27 months in the Supreme Court for his involvement in a plot to bring cannabis, l...

A Portuguese national who has lived in Bermuda for more than 20 years has lost a legal fight for naturalisation. Marco Tavares asked the Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal to deny him residency rights in Bermuda. ...

The court system will reopen tomorrow but non-urgent business will continue to be adjourned. Alexandra Wheatley, the Supreme Court Registrar, said the Magistrates’ Court cashier’s desk will reopen at 9.30am, but with shortened hours and safety precau...

A man was remanded in custody today after he was charged with breaches of probation and the shelter in place regulations. Junius Caines, 51, was alleged in Magistrates’ Court to have broken his probation order by taking illegal drugs sometime between...

A developer has been ordered to pay legal costs after he abandoned an effort to fight the validity of a prosecution over a failed hotel project. Michael MacLean had asked for a judicial review of the Director of Public Prosecution’s 2018 decision to ...

All Magistrates’ Court and Supreme Court cases have been put on hold as part of measures to fight the spread of Covid-19, it was announced yesterday. A letter sent to lawyers from the Supreme Court said: “Both the Magistrates’ Court and the Supreme ...

The Supreme Court is to get a permanent home in the building used to house the lower court, the Government has confirmed. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly last Wednesday that the cost of the mov...

Changes to speed up compensation payments to people who suffer criminal injuries and to boost cruise ship revenue have been approved in the House of Assembly. The amendments to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act and the Miscellaneous Taxes Act we...