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A lawyer in the Cayman Islands said a Privy Council ruling in favour of same-sex marriage in Bermuda would help the fight for marriage equality in the Caribbean territory. Leonardo Raznovich, a barrister, added that he would not be surprised if the P...

Bermudian precedents helped bring the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Cayman Islands, according to local lawyers. Rod Attride-Stirling, who was involved in several landmark marriage equality cases in Bermuda, said he assisted lawyers involve...

A lack of leadership on same-sex marriage slowed progress towards equality, the outgoing chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission has claimed. Tawana Tannock said the row was the most difficult subject she had tackled in her six years with the HRC,...

The Premier said yesterday that the Government paid $14,000 for legal advice before it decided to take its battle to ban same-sex marriage to the Privy Council in London. David Burt told the House of Assembly the Government had spent £11,250 — about ...

A last-ditch legal attempt to restore a ban on same-sex marriage was mounted by the Government yesterday. Notice was given to the Court of Appeal to ask permission to take the case to London’s Privy Council. The Government said the matter was importa...

The Bermuda Government could face a legal bill “in the millions” for the fight against same-sex marriage if it appeals to the Privy Council, a lawyer involved in the case warned yesterday. Rod Attride-Stirling, who represented parties including Marye...

An anti-same-sex marriage pressure group said yesterday the courts disregarded a law passed by the Government when it restored the right of gay people to wed. A spokesman for Preserve Marriage said: “Preserve Marriage and Family Bermuda continues to ...

Same-sex marriage became legal again yesterday after a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal. The court dismissed the Government’s claim that former Chief Justice Ian Kawaley was wrong to strike down sections of the Domestic Partnership Act, which w...

A ruling by the Court of Appeal to allow same-sex marriage in Bermuda could have international implications, a lawyer involved in the case said yesterday. Rod Attride-Stirling, who represented Maryellen Jackson and OutBermuda, said the judgment could...

Same-sex marriage gives gay couples a “stamp of approval” not provided by domestic partnerships, a lawyer argued yesterday. Mark Pettingill, who argued against a government appeal to reverse a Supreme Court decision to reinstate same-sex marriages,...