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Sam Riihiluoma has been appointed to the position of counsel in the Bermuda office of international law firm Appleby. Mr Riihiluoma works in the dispute resolution department of the firm. Appleby has also promoted two lawyers to partner, and appointe...

Police confirmed yesterday that they will look into the case of a senior government lawyer who failed to pay $52,000 in stamp duty for clients after a Supreme Court judgment against him. A police spokesman said that the Commissioner of Police had rec...

A law firm hopes to fill a gap in funding for young people pursuing worthwhile endeavours outside of traditional scholarship. Conyers said it will award up to $10,000 a year through its Future Leader Development Grants Fund to graduates of the Fu...

Two lawyers working in the Bermuda office of international law firm Conyers have been promoted, one to partner/director and the other to counsel. Robert Alexander becomes a director in the corporate team and Jonathan O’Mahony becomes counsel in the l...

A judge has ordered that a dispute between a senior Government lawyer and former clients be referred to the police after the lawyer pledged to repay the clients more than $70,000. The Supreme Court heard that lawyer Myron Simmons, who is a senior Cro...

Called to the Bermuda Bar in November 2021, Ojeda Smith has joined Appleby’s legal trainee programme and begins her first seat with the firm’s insurance department. Ms Smith said: “It is an honour to be given the opportunity to train at one of Bermud...

ASW Law has been recognised by the Chambers Global 2022 international legal directory for its Bermuda corporate and finance, insurance, and dispute resolution practices. The firm’s corporate and finance and insurance practices were ranked in Band 2 w...

The value of Russian assets held in Bermuda is unknown, the British Government has said. But a parliamentary briefing paper issued last week quoted a 2018 report from Global Witness which claimed Bermuda-based companies had received $7.1 billion in d...

Our resident cartoonist welcomes Michael DeSilva as the new Ombudsman

Lawyers the Reverend Jaymo Durham and Keiva Maronie-Durham were accused of stealing more than $300,000

ASW Law Limited has promoted Hanno Tolhurst and Kim Willey to the position of partner in the firm’s corporate department. The firm has also welcomed recent new hires Nikhil Lawton-Misra and Matthew Mason to the firm. Mr Lawton-Misra is a senior coun...

MJM Limited pupil, Safia Gardener, has been Called to the Bar before Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden. Thrilled to be one of the newest members, she described it as a privilege. Ms Gardener said: “This pupillage has been a challenging but equally enlight...