127 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Court"
A trained actor traded the stage for the real-life drama of the courtroom, a Call to the Bar has heard.
Izabella Arnold, whose first degree was in theatre and dance, was welcomed to the legal profession at an online sitting of the Supreme Court on Mo...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who shoved a police officer during a fracas over the Cup Match holiday has been given a chance to turn his life around.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe gave Sadune Raynor, 27, a 12-month conditional discharge so that he can further his education ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A veteran teacher who sued the Government after she was passed over for the role of Commissioner of Education will have to pay half of the Government’s legal costs.
Gina Tucker argued in court that she was not given a fair chance at the job, which wa...
DATE: Sep 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 30 services and programmes are offered to help people in the island’s prison system, a Government spokeswoman said.
She added that a refusal to take part in some core courses could affect release dates and parole chances.
The Department of ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The parents of a Bermudian teenager who took her own life at a US treatment centre have launched a lawsuit against the facility over her death.
Kirsta Simons, 17, had been sent to West Ridge Academy in Utah by the Family Court under the care of the D...
DATE: Jul 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The granddaughter of a trailblazing barrister followed in her footsteps when she was Called to the Bar yesterday.
Ariana Caines pledged to live up to the legacy of her late grandmother Dame Lois Browne-Evans, the first Black woman barrister in Bermud...
DATE: Jun 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda has failed victims of domestic abuse, a senator has claimed.
Robin Tucker, an Opposition senator, said more protections were needed for victims and that the island would benefit from a specialist domestic violence court.
Charity leaders backe...
DATE: May 31, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Warwick woman who admitted unlawfully assaulting two schoolchildren was handed a conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court.
Michelle Burrows Robinson, 48, of Somers Lane in Warwick, pleaded guilty last week to two counts of unlawful assault datin...
DATE: Feb 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Bar Council has been slammed for its handling of a complaint against a lawyer accused of improper questioning of a witness.
A Disciplinary Tribunal decision written by Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons, which dismissed the case, said the ...
DATE: Feb 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A lawyer who was accused of improper conduct has had the allegations dismissed by a Disciplinary Tribunal.
Norman MacDonald came under fire for “irrelevantly and improperly” questioning the sexual orientation of a witness in a Supreme Court case over...
DATE: Feb 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes