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A man convicted of a Christmas Eve murder has lost an attempt to have an appeal for his case heard by the Supreme Court. Wolda Gardner was jailed for the premeditated murder of Malcolm Augustus in 2012 and using a firearm to commit an indictable act....

The Privy Council has ruled against the Bermuda Court of Appeal in a Bermuda purpose trust case which challenged the decision of the trustees of a multibillion-dollar Taiwanese plastics fortune to remove the settlors’ family members as beneficiaries....

After five days of hearings last week, the Court of Appeals will entertain final written submissions in an appeal of a lawsuit that saw a unit of Credit Suisse end up on the wrong side of a $600 million judgment in the Supreme Court. And the appeals ...

A dispute between a landlord and tenant is to go back for trial after appeal court judges found that a magistrate was wrong to make a ruling without hearing evidence. The panel was told there was “an established practice” in Magistrates’ Court where ...

A bid by prosecutors to reopen a drink-driving case that has dragged through the courts for three years has been rejected. The Department of Public Prosecutions argued that the case against defendant Damon Edwards was erroneously dismissed by a magis...

A man found guilty of driving without due care following a collision in which a motorcyclist was injured has had his conviction quashed on appeal. Patrick Francis was driving west on Middle Road in Southampton in February 2019 when the accident happe...

A lawyer is seeking more than $2 million in damages against police and prosecutors on counts of false imprisonment, conspiracy to injure, and malicious prosecution. Kamal Worrell issued a writ of summons against Director of Public Prosecutions Cindy ...

A childcare worker who was fired after drinking while on duty has taken her case to the Court of Appeal. Cheyra Bell was working for the Department of Child and Family Services as a care worker at a residential home in March 2018 when she and a colle...

A man dealt a life sentence for a 2018 fatal shooting described by prosecutors as a “public execution” is set to appeal his conviction. According to the Court of Appeal’s draft cause list, Taaj Muhammad is set to appeal his conviction for the murder ...

A Canadian man found guilty of harassing his lawyer over a criminal case in Bermuda has had his conviction upheld by an Ontario Court. Peter Sagos was arrested in Bermuda in 2009 as part of an investigation into a drug-smuggling plot and later pleade...

A police officer who took legal action after he was passed over for promotion four years ago has been elevated in rank. David Bhagwan was among seven sergeants who became inspectors at a formal ceremony this month. It came after a ruling rejecting cl...

A man convicted of attempted murder in connection with a daylight shooting on Court Street has had his conviction upheld by the Court of Appeal. Jahmico Trott was found guilty by a majority verdict last year of a Mother’s Day 2017 shooting which left...