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Outgoing Chief Justice Ian Kawaley launched his newest book at a party to mark his retirement from the bench. Mr Justice Kawaley said he hoped the second edition of Offshore Commercial Law in Bermuda would continue to be a “useful resource” for new a...

The outgoing Chief Justice mounted a spirited defence yesterday of a judicial system free of political interference. Ian Kawaley also told a conference that the constitutional foundation for the judiciary was “deficient” and needed urgent reform. Mr ...

The Chief Justice hit back yesterday at a claim by a government minister that dealing with him was like dealing with someone with a mental illness. Ian Kawaley said: “I don’t think that I’m bipolar — as one politician recently described me. “I thin...

The search has begun in Bermuda and overseas for a replacement for Chief Justice Ian Kawaley. The Judicial and Legal Services Committee today said the recruitment process is under way, after Mr Justice Kawaley announced he would be stepping down next...

Three Bermudian Supreme Court judges are now able to sit part-time in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has been appointed as a judge of the Grand Court Financial Services Division, with Puisne Judges Carlisle Greaves a...

Motorists convicted of drink-driving could be referred to Drug Treatment Court by judges for the first time after a ground-breaking decision by the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled that section 68 of Criminal Code, which provides for th...

An event tomorrow afternoon will mark 400 continuous years of sitting of courts in Bermuda, since the Court of General Assize first sat on the June 15, 1616. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley will preside over the hour-long special sitting, taking place from...

The Bermuda Government will have to pay some union legal costs after a failed effort to get a permanent injunction to halt future walkouts. The Minister of Home Affairs sought injunctions against five unions — the Bermuda Industrial Union, the Bermud...

Protesters who stop work to demonstrate against immigration reform are likely to be breaking the law, according to a ruling from Chief Justice Ian Kawaley. The island’s top judge said it was “strongly arguable” that the withdrawal of labour in “circu...

The Supreme Court approved an interim injunction against Chris Furbert, Nicholas Tweed and the Bermuda Industrial Union last Friday, according to recently published court documents. According to an Ex Tempore Ruling, the Ministry of Home Affairs soug...

Potential jurors were escorted out of the House of Assembly yesterday morning as protesters joined arms to surround the Parliament building. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Ian Kawaley as well as court staff were not able to gain access to court rooms insid...