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Delays in criminal trials that caused a backlog of cases were yesterday blamed on lawyers. Chief Justice Narinder Hargun said members of the legal profession had failed to appear in court or submit documents in advance of trials. Mr Justice Hargun ad...

The significance of Chief Justice Narinder Hargun’s ruling that Bermuda’s jury selection process ran counter to the Constitution extended beyond the island, a defence lawyer said yesterday. Mark Pettingill said: “It is a hugely significant and in-dep...

Dear Sir, It was with consternation that I read in The Royal Gazette of recent edition “that it is unlikely there will be any further jury trials for the rest of 2020”. I am sure that the judge who made this pronouncement did not make it without care...

The chief executive officer of a blockchain arbitration company focused on smart contracts has praised the Government’s commitment to making Bermuda an international arbitration centre. Kevin Richards, who leads The Proof of Trust Group, backed plans...

A 22-year-old woman told a court that a 61-year-old man made lewd comments about her body and grabbed her buttocks. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons alleged that the defendant made “uncomfortable” comments about her breasts when he vi...

A forensic pathologist warned against “over interpreting” evidence from wounds left on a murder victim as the defence case opened yesterday in the Supreme Court trial of his alleged killers. Katrina Burgess and Cleveland Rogers deny the premeditated ...

The mother of a murder victim yesterday described a conversation she had with a woman charged with his death. Sandra Ferreira, the mother of Marcus Gibbings, told the Supreme Court Katrina Burgess said her son died in a “robbery that went bad”. Ms Fe...

The former husband of the lover of a murdered man said he had asked a relative in the police service to look into the victim weeks before his death. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said he called his relation when he discovered a...

A woman who testified that her ex-boyfriend admitted to a 2006 murder lied because she was jealous when he became engaged to another woman, a lawyer claimed yesterday. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, earlier told the Supreme Court ...

A man charged with premeditated murder confessed to the killing, his ex-girlfriend told a jury yesterday. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the Supreme Court trial that Cleveland Rogers said he had killed Marcus Gibbings. She sa...

A trial for two men from Bermuda facing terrorism charges in Britain began yesterday at the Old Bailey in London. Hisham Muhammad, 25, accused of subscribing to radical Islam, allegedly planned to use a radio-controlled drone to attack an army barrac...

A woman who left a sports club just before a man was shot dead in the doorway yesterday identified the person accused of his murder as the gunman. The witness told Supreme Court that she had recognised the shooter as Jeremiah Dill, who is charged wit...