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Bermuda has adopted amendments to the island’s investment funds regime to ensure that regulatory oversight and supervision of the investment funds industry by the Bermuda Monetary Authority is in line with shifting international standards. The amendm...

A Bermudian lawyer has blamed his bankruptcy on unpaid client bills of more than $1.5 million. Rick Woolridge said yesterday: “I’ve got $1.7 million worth of receivables in the street. Mr Woolridge explained: “I’m in the process now of suing people ...

A former soldier Called to the Bar yesterday said he was impelled to become a lawyer after his Royal Bermuda Regiment brother was killed on duty in a car crash in Britain. Julian Wheddon said his family felt helpless and lacked a sense of closure aft...

There has been much discussion among trust professionals about the potential impact that digital assets may have on trusts and the trustees that administer them. Here are some of the key themes that have arisen during those discussions. When new and...

Conyers Dill & Pearman is rebranding and will now go by the name “Conyers”. Signage was changed at the law firm’s Hamilton offices in Clarendon House. The new brand will apply to all parts of the firm’s business, including legal professional and clie...

Carey Olsen Bermuda partner Keith Robinson is set to speak at the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law annual meeting in Japan. He will discuss tax information exchange agreements at the four day event in Tokyo, which starts on May 20. Mr R...

Defence lawyer Elizabeth Christopher has been elected the new president of the Bermuda Bar Association. Ms Christopher was vice-president under former president Karen Smith Williams. Cindy Clarke, the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, has been ...

Some four years after coming into operation, more than 100 applications for review have been made under Bermuda’s Public Access to Information Act. Pati became law in August 2010 but did not come into operation until April 2015. As of March 31, of th...

The merger and acquisition market in Bermuda was very active throughout 2018 with the value of deals exceeding the previous year. Often, the focus is on the commercial terms of a transaction and deal protections intended to give certainty that a mat...

Bermuda is a renowned insurance and reinsurance domicile and has enjoyed a long and distinguished history in the area of long-term insurance and reinsurance. While its prime focus has been on general insurance business, in recent years the long-term ...

Appleby Bermuda partner Gary Harris will speak at the Bermuda Business Development Agency’s Bermuda Executive Forum in New York on Thursday. The forum will feature experts from a variety of industry sectors, including insurance, reinsurance, asset ma...

A variety of documents and information related to Bermuda registered companies must be available for public inspection — whether at the office of the Registrar of Companies, at the Registry of the Supreme Court or at the registered office of the comp...