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Lawyers for a pressure group who want to block planned compulsory coronavirus quarantines at hotels are expected to apply for an interim injunction today, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The news came after Constitutional Freedom Bermuda hit its target...

A sacked police officer who lost a legal battle to get his job back is to appeal the decision. Victoria Greening, the lawyer for Oswin Pereira, claimed his case was of “huge public interest” as it concerned whether decisions of the Public Service Com...

I could carp, but I won’t. I could lash out in anger, but I won’t. Complaining and criticising at this critical stage of the fight proves only one thing, and that is that hindsight is 20/20 vision. So if you are looking for that in this column. Stop....

A police officer accused of posting a “grossly offensive” meme online has launched legal action against the Crown. Barbi Bishop, a constable, argued the charge breached the freedom of conscience and expression guaranteed by the Constitution. The ac...

A suspended police officer who denied posting a “grossly offensive” message on social media will have her case heard in the Supreme Court, it was confirmed yesterday. Magistrates’ Court heard that the higher court had accepted an application by Barbi...

A cost-cutting policy that forced Legal Aid clients to use an “in-house” Government lawyer rather than their own counsel is to be challenged in the Supreme Court, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The news came after Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-Gen...

Two leading lawyers will discuss the key role of Magna Carta in the rule of law at a talk at the Bermuda National Gallery tomorrow. The talk, by Ben Adamson and Saul Dismont, will follow the unveiling of a limited edition reproduction of the Magna Ca...

The idea of freedom and democracy is not a cliché; it means something that is to be activated. The idea of a free world or society has implications that require a structure in order to be perpetuated with integrity and believers willing to stand, mor...

A controversial part of Bermuda’s jury selection procedure was ruled yesterday to be in breach of the Constitution by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Narinder Hargun said the Criminal Code section that allowed prosecutors to stand down an unlimited ...

A man who had been charged with attempted murder claimed it was unconstitutional for a Crown prosecutor to bypass ten potential jurors — all of whom appeared to be black people. Jahmico Trott, in a civil action launched in the Supreme Court, claimed ...

On June 19, 2020, the House of Assembly passed a Bill to amend the Public Health Act. The effect of the amendment is that the Minister of Health now has the power to declare a “Public Health Emergency” if she is satisfied that a communicable disease ...

Bermuda is a small place, and I think that we all have cabin fever. But if one is discouraged from speaking freely because of how small the population is, and how we all know one another, can one still argue that we have free speech? It is difficult ...