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Dear Sir, “The issue of disappointing anyone else must take a distant and inferior second place to the goal of pursuing your dreams and making your life choices as you think fit, and with the minimum prospect of regret.” – Julian Hall Those words ...

A management buyout of an arm of top offshore law firm Appleby is to go ahead, the firm has confirmed. The move means the fiduciary and administration business, which has more than 320 staff, part of which is Bermuda-based, will be spun off in a deal...

The Bermuda Government has paid out a total of $15.8 million to lawyers in the last two fiscal years. The figures were revealed by Finance Minister Bob Richards, in response to questions from Progressive Labour Party Member of Parliament Derrick Burg...

When a person who owns shares in a Bermuda company dies, the person’s shares must be transferred into the name of his or her beneficiary. This is true whether the shares are in a local company, or in an exempted company. The requirements for making s...

Law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman played a role in three air financing deals that have won awards from Airfinance Journal. The Bermuda firm represented participants in the transactions, giving law and legal advice. The deals were hailed at Airfinance J...

Bermuda’s top judge says he is keeping an open mind to the raft of changes to the legal system that were recently put before the House of Assembly by Government. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley told The Royal Gazette the judiciary “broadly supported” the p...

Legal firm Pettingill & Co has hired a new lawyer to head its family law department. English barrister Katie Richards, who has been practice for 14 years, worked in the UK in the area of family law before moving to Bermuda in 2009. A spokesman for th...

The Bar Council has reiterated its position that some proposed criminal legislation reforms “are a cause for concern”. It comes after Attorney General Moniz told the House of Assembly that he had been repeatedly told by immediate past president Justi...

Attorney-General Trevor Moniz has defended anticipated reforms of the Island’s “broken” legal system against Progressive Labour Party concerns over sweeping changes to the law. Shadow Attorney-General Kim Wilson told The Royal Gazette there were two ...

The traditional, and the most frequently used, method for an overseas company to establish a presence in Bermuda is to do so by incorporating a Bermuda subsidiary. There is, however, an alternative. Generally, as a matter of Bermuda law, an oversea...

Local lawyers raised a host of concerns with the Bermuda Government over legislation aimed at improving the legal system. In a letter to Attorney-General Trevor Moniz dated March 18, the Bermuda Bar Association (BBA) warned that the Magistrates’ Cour...

A new lawyer has been Called to the Bar. Nick Miles, of Sedgwick Chudleigh Ltd, was yesterday admitted and enrolled as a Barrister and Attorney of the Supreme Court of Bermuda at a hearing before the Honourable Chief Justice Ian Kawaley. Starting out...