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Legislation to ban “revenge porn” was yesterday approved unanimously by Senators. They said the Criminal Code Amendment (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2021 was a much needed tool to combat the weaponisation of intimate photographs an...

Three convicted gunmen yesterday claimed their trials were tainted by unconstitutional jury selection in the Supreme Court. Leveck Roberts, Quincy Brangman and Khyri Smith-Williams asked to have their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal in the...

A range of changes to legislation designed to create a cannabis industry was yesterday put forward by social justice campaigners. Social Justice Bermuda wrote to senators as they prepared to debate the Cannabis Licensing Act today. The group said it ...

The legal battle over a bid to axe the Corporation of Hamilton wound up in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Attorney-General’s Chambers said the Municipalities Reform Act – which would change the Corporations of Hamilton and St George into quangos le...

A trio of schoolgirls won a total of $1,750 after they topped an essay competition designed to highlight Black heroes of the legal system. Razeeyah Robinson, 12, was awarded $1,000 by law firm Conyers after she took the top spot in its Black History ...

An investigation into a ferry pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired has been completed, the Department of Marine & Ports has revealed. A recommendation for disciplinary action against Ascot Lightbourne, 60, has...

Employers should talk to their staff if they planned to introduce Covid-19 vaccination policies, a lawyer said yesterday. Gambrill Robinson, an associate lawyer at Canterbury Law, highlighted that the type and size of a business could be taken into a...

The Bermuda Bar Council has been slammed for its handling of a complaint against a lawyer accused of improper questioning of a witness. A Disciplinary Tribunal decision written by Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons, which dismissed the case, said the ...

A lawyer who was accused of improper conduct has had the allegations dismissed by a Disciplinary Tribunal. Norman MacDonald came under fire for “irrelevantly and improperly” questioning the sexual orientation of a witness in a Supreme Court case over...

A man accused of selling a “lemon” second hand car has lost an appeal against a court order to repay the buyer. The Supreme Court heard that Amber Simons bought a second-hand Peugeot from Robert Peets in 2017 for $13,000 – but found the car was riddl...

Drivers banned from the roads for drink driving will be blocked from switching to electronic bikes under changes to the law. But Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, promised a “light touch” with no new legislation proposed, after fears in the e-b...

A suspended police officer who denied posting a “grossly offensive” message on social media yesterday asked to have the case heard in the Supreme Court. Barbi Bishop, 43, said she wanted to opt for Supreme Court basis because the charge conflicted wi...