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The dispute resolution and corporate and finance teams of law firm MJM Ltd have been ranked in Band 2 in the Chambers Global legal directory 2021. The firm said the rankings leave MJM below only two other competitor firms in Bermuda. The firm said ...

All partners of law firm Carey Olsen Bermuda have been ranked in the 2021 edition of Chambers Global. As a firm, Carey Olsen Bermuda has improved its ranking in both the corporate and finance (Band 3), and dispute resolution (Band 2) categories, whi...

Conyers has received top-tier recognition in the Chambers Global legal directory 2021 in a number of categories. The international law firm is in Band 1 for Bermuda Corporate & Finance, Insurance and Dispute Resolution. Christian Luthi, director and ...

A Bill recently passed in the Senate will introduce important changes to the Employment Act 2000 (“the Act”), Bermuda’s key piece of employment legislation, with effect from June 1. The changes are part of Government’s intended modernisation of labou...

Aaron Crichlow has joined Cox Hallett Wilkinson’s pupillage programme. He begins his training in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department before completing the programme in the Corporate Department. Mr Crichlow said: “I am excited to join Cox...

A series of talks is to be held to help people navigate the legal system to deal with domestic problems. The Women’s Resource Centre will run the online Pathway to Justice workshops. Elaine Butterfield, the charity’s executive director, said: “The Wo...

A barrister said he was stunned to be told on Christmas Eve he had been rejected for jobs as a Legal Aid lawyer – after two years’ work as a consultant with the office. Paul Wilson added that two applications he submitted to become a permanent staff ...

The Government has halved the cost of running the Legal Aid Office after introducing cost-cutting measures, the legal affairs minister has revealed. Kathy Lynn Simmons, also the Attorney General, said the service had reduced its costs from $2.66 mill...

A graduate of the pupillage programme at law firm Appleby has been Called to the Bar. Ashley Bento spent the first 12 months of her two-year training stint at the firm in the corporate and insurance departments. Ms Bento now works with John Wasty, th...

Solo Legal Ltd has appointed Fiona Bada and Janine Ratteray to its legal team as counsel. Ms Bada joins the firm having previously worked in a number of offshore jurisdictions. She started her legal career in the British Virgin Islands and also wo...

Law firm Carey Olsen Bermuda has marked its third anniversary with the announcement that it is to move into larger premises at the Rosebank Centre in Hamilton. Established in November 2017 with a single employee – managing partner Michael Hanson – th...

Appleby’s Bermuda office earned a Tier 1 ranking in five categories in the Legal 500 Caribbean guide. The top ranking came for banking, finance and capital markets; corporate and commercial; insurance/reinsurance; regulatory and compliance; and trust...