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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...

The Court of Appeal has convicted Andrew Lake of causing the death of New Zealander Mary McKee after it was revealed he was accidentally acquitted by the Supreme Court. Lake had admitted the offence during a Supreme Court trial, but the charge was ne...

Sir Christopher Clarke has been appointed as the new president of the Bermuda Court of Appeal. The judge, who has served on the Court of Appeal since 2016, is best known for being counsel for the Bloody Sunday Inquiry and is a former senior member of...

A man caught by police in a drug deal has won an appeal against a cannabis conviction — but remains behind bars on a cocaine conviction. Sabian Hayward, 35, was jailed for two years after he was convicted by a jury of possessing cannabis resin and co...

Two people charged with a conspiracy to import 1,729g of cannabis on a container ship have had their convictions and sentences upheld. Kimisha Perinchief and Jermaine Butterfield were both jailed for two years for the 2015 plot. Perinchief argued suc...

A conspirator in an international operation to smuggle nearly $1 million worth of cocaine soaked into shredded paper packaging has lost an appeal against his conviction. Curtis Swan, 55, was sentenced to spend 21 years behind bars last year after bei...

Chief Justice Ian Kawaley made the wrong decision in the landmark Bermuda Bred case which gave same-sex partners the same rights to live and work on the island, the Court of Appeal has said in a written judgment. The Appeals Panel found that the Berm...

Two men seriously injured by violent crime have won a court battle for bigger compensation payouts. The Court of Appeal ruled in two separate judgments that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board had been wrong to deduct medical expenses for awards...

Two new members of the Court of Appeal were announced today. Anthony Smellie, Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands, will join the court in June. Elizabeth Gloster, vice-president of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, will start in January nex...

A man sentenced to 25 years in jail had his conviction overturned yesterday. Trevone Saltus was convicted in May last year of the murder of Lorenzo Stovell in Sandys in 2012. Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves sentenced Saltus to life with a minimum term ...

A man convicted of a plot to import cannabis to Bermuda using his mother’s name on the package has lost an appeal in the Supreme Court. Tafari Wilson, 36, lodged an appeal against his conviction after trial by magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo in March last...