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The Chief Justice’s decision is a landmark ruling because it has removed 60 years of darkness from our judicial system, which prevented the public from clearly seeing and understanding what was taking place before the courts of Bermuda. In 1955, the ...

The full story behind a developer’s accusations of ministerial corruption over the development of Hamilton waterfront can be laid bare for the first time today. The written affirmations of all the key players involved in the controversy were released...

Government’s decision to remove the most controversial element of its hotly debated package of legal reforms has been welcomed by critics of the changes. Venous Memari, managing director of the Centre for Justice, said the centre was pleased that Cla...

Senators expressed surprise that the One Bermuda Alliance brought its legal reform bills before the Upper House today. Among them was Progressive Labour Party senator Marc Daniels, who had been tipped to lead the debate on behalf of the Opposition. S...

Bermuda is to acquire privacy legislation to protect people online and offline, Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons told the House of Assembly. A draft of the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) “sets out how organisations, businesses ...

Couples going through divorce proceedings are increasingly finding themselves with “overwhelming” debt problems due to the struggling real estate market. Family lawyer Katie Richards told The Royal Gazette that the courts have dealt with growing numb...

Dear Sir, I don’t know why neither the Ombudsman nor the Minister of Home Affairs has said so publicly, but I do happen to know that the “Professional” whose case they are arguing over is a veterinarian who conducted a 17-year legal challenge to the ...

The Opposition have questioned whether the One Bermuda Alliance has stalled on controversial reforms to the Island’s criminal justice system. However, OBA senator Georgia Marshall said the delay was testament to the Bermuda Government’s attention to ...

Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy defended his criticism of a recent Ombudsman’s report after coming under fire in the Senate. Speaking during the motion to adjourn, Opposition Senate Leader Diallo Rabain called Sen Fahy’s statement on the subject “...

Demolition at a historic Tucker’s Town cemetery, faulted in an Ombudsman’s report last year, cannot be blamed on the Department of Planning or the Bermuda Government, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said yesterday. Senator Fahy said the cemetery h...

Shadow Immigration Minister Walton Brown has expressed his alarm at the “flagrant violation of immigration laws” by a company highlighted in an Ombudsman report. The Ombudsman’s Annual Report for 2014, released last Friday, stated that the Department...

By Owain Johnston-Barnes Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy has accused the Ombudsman’s office of maladministration, labelling a critical report a “farce”. He also declined to name the employer or agent involved in the controversy, arguing that it wo...