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The case of a police officer convicted of the destruction of traffic tickets will return to court next month as prosecutors seek a longer prison sentence. The Department of Public Prosecutions has launched a Court of Appeal action against the 30-mont...

A judicial review ruling that police acted unlawfully in a doctor’s arrest and search of his house has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. Mahesh Reddy’s 2017 Supreme Court victory against police after an early morning arrest was supported in a judgm...

A man jailed for ten years after he was convicted of stabbing a restaurant worker 13 times in an attempted robbery has lost his appeal against conviction. In the Supreme Court last May, Alex Wolffe was found guilty by a majority verdict of wounding ...

Prisoners appealing their convictions could have remained in jail for months longer than necessary because of delays at the Court of Appeal caused by “lamentable failures” by lawyers. The court issued a hard-hitting judgment after four criminal appea...

Two convicted killers are expected to appear before the Court of Appeal this month in efforts to have their convictions quashed. Kiari Tucker and Jeremiah Dill are among several defendants included on the draft cause list for the Court’s November ses...

A former Bermuda judge has been criticised by the Court of Appeals for saying he was getting “horny” in the middle of a murder trial. Carlisle Greaves, who had served as a puisne judge until last month, made the comment as Troy Harris, a witness in t...

A Bermudian father locked in a transatlantic custody battle after allegations of sex abuse overseas has been told he can keep his two daughters until a hearing on their future is held. The Court of Appeal heard the pre-teenage girls, who cannot be id...

The Human Rights Commission shed some light yesterday on its decision to pull out of a legal attempt to ensure children’s rights were protected in court proceedings. The HRC said that, although there were several reasons behind the decision, the matt...

The Court of Appeal has released its reasons for a decision to uphold an order that barred two lawyers from representing the patients of Ewart Brown. Sir Christopher Clarke, the President of the Court of Appeal, said in a written judgment: “It was, i...

The Court of Appeal has found that the Director of the Department of Public Prosecutions correctly handled allegations of gross misconduct by one of his deputies. In a decision handed down on Friday, the court found that Larry Mussenden, the DPP, did...

Three “brave abused” children and a handful of charities successfully fought for a legal change that will protect youngsters by ensuring they have independent representation in court, the groups involved in a Court of Appeal case said yesterday. A jo...

The Government has shown a “flagrant disregard” for children by failing to pay for them to have independent legal representation, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday. Court of Appeal judge Dame Elizabeth Gloster said in a written judgment that there ...