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The fight over the legal representation of the patients of Ewart Brown returned to the Court of Appeal yesterday. Mark Pettingill, who represents patients whose medical records were seized by police, called on the court to quash a ruling that he and ...

A dispute between Belco and the Corporation of Hamilton over who should pay to move power lines underground came before the Court of Appeal. The corporation argued that the energy firm had to cover the $26,000 cost to move Union Street power undergro...

A senior detective has been accused of leading a “botched investigation” into a set of missing court recordings, which were ultimately uncovered during an inquiry by the Information Commissioner’s Office. A formal complaint about Detective Superinten...

A children’s rights campaigner said yesterday she hoped the Court of Appeal would enforce the right of vulnerable youngsters involved in legal proceedings to have independent representation. Child charities took their case to the highest court in Ber...

A set of court recordings that judges claimed did not exist and which detectives failed to find during a “full and proper investigation” have been uncovered during an inquiry by the Information Commissioner’s Office. A group of litigants who have bee...

A man seen in the driver’s seat of a parked car after he had been drinking has lost an appeal against his conviction for being in care and control of the car while over the limit. Denzil Nelson argued that prosecutors had not proved that he intended ...

A man who refused a breath test because he thought a rum-based colon cleaning remedy would cause him to fail it has lost an appeal against his conviction for refusal to give a breath sample. George James said he drank a mix of overproof rum, garlic a...

The cost of a top London barrister for the Government’s battle against same-sex marriage was “greatly exaggerated”, the home affairs minister said yesterday. Walter Roban said that the estimated fee for James Guthrie QC was $61,188 — not the $200,00...

The compensation system for injuries caused by criminals needs more money pumped into it, a top appeals judge has advised. Sir Scott Baker, president of the Court of Appeal, said: “If the Government is to provide a scheme for the compensation of the ...

A seaman jailed for smuggling drugs and guns to Bermuda has lost an appeal to reduce his sentence. Romonito Adlawan was sentenced to spend 8½ years behind bars after he admitted money laundering, importing a firearm and importing cannabis in 2015. Ho...

A ten-year sentence for a man caught with a loaded handgun has been upheld by the Court of Appeal. Prosecutors appealed the sentence on the grounds it was too low and said Dion Cholmondeley should have got 12 years in jail. The Court of Appeal ruled ...

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...