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A nine-strong panel of legal practitioners has been appointed to serve as part-time assistant justices in the Civil and Commercial Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. John Riihiluoma, David Kessaram, Narinder Hargun, Jai Pachai, Mark Diel, Delroy Dunc...

Seven Bermudian students have been rewarded with a legal education award from Conyers Dill & Pearman. This award is given annually to students who want to pursue a legal career and is normally given to between two and four students each year. But th...

A lawyer at island firm Sedgwick Chudleigh has been Called to the Bermuda Bar. Neil Thomson, an associate attorney at the firm, became eligible to practise as a barrister in Bermuda last Thursday after a court ceremony in front of Chief Justice Ian K...

A pioneer for women in the legal profession recognised her predecessors at a ceremony held in her honour. Shirley D. Simmons was acknowledged for being Called to the Bar a half century ago yesterday. A tree planting celebration at the Arboretum was ...

Bermudian law firm BeesMont has promoted two staff members to partners. Sharon Beesley, director and CEO of the law firm, said that Allan Doughty and Stephanie Paiva Sanderson had proved “invaluable assets.” She added: “We are really delighted to ann...

Law firms Wakefield Quin Ltd and HCS Law Ltd have agreed to merge and continue in the name of Wakefield Quin Ltd. HCS Law is a boutique Bermuda law firm located on Pitts Bay Road. The merger includes Hollis Corporate Services Ltd, a corporate adminis...

The former fiduciary arm of law firm Appleby has bought up a Channel Island administration company. Estera, hived off from Appleby in a management buyout in 2015, will now rebrand Guernsey-based Morgan Sharpe Administration to Estera Administration (...

Government has now issued the much anticipated Common Reporting Standard (CRS) regulations setting out the CRS obligations that Bermuda reporting financial institutions must comply with. The Ministry of Finance is also planning to issue CRS guidance ...

In a recent column, I discussed the importance of licensed entities having a plan to ensure regulatory compliance rather than risking penalties being imposed because of deficiencies uncovered following a visit from the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Tod...

Conyers Dill & Pearman lawyer Chiara Nannini has been promoted to director in the corporate department. Ms Nannini, who joined Conyers in 2008, has worked in corporate and commercial law, with experience in corporate reorganisations, debt and equity ...

Law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman is to rebrand its international support arm Codan to Conyers Client Services. Narinder Hargun, director and co-chairman of the Bermuda branch of CD&P said: “We have built strong teams in our legal and client services b...

A total of 29 island-based lawyers have won global rankings in a prestigious legal listing. Conyers Dill & Pearman topped the Bermuda rankings with 17 lawyers listed, some at Band 1, by the Chambers Global Guide. Law firm Appleby was in second spot w...