Author: Agathe Holowatinc

05 Oct 2015

Agathe Holowatinc
MJM’s Kimberley D. Caines has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in the Fall issue of Bermuda:Re+ILS magazine. The feature is called Talent shining through. A rising star is a talented young person (under 35) who is doing an outstanding job in their industry and reshaping it in the process.
20:33 / Litigation & Dispute Resolution / MJM Barristers & Attorneys
02 Oct 2015

Agathe Holowatinc
In the USA, “Companies and marketing firms have been gathering information about customers and potential customers for years, collecting their names and addresses, tracking credit card purchases, and asking them to fill out questionnaires, so they can offer discounts and send catalogues. But today we are giving up more and more private information online without knowing that it's being harvested and personalized and sold to lots of different people...” ..."It's not about what we know we're sharing, it's about what we don't know is being collected and sold about us." (CBS News, March 9 2014)
15:54 / Bermuda Case Law & Legislation
24 Sep 2015

Agathe Holowatinc
MJM’s Jessica Kemmenoe has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in the Fall issue of The Bermudian magazine. The feature is called Rising Stars: Young, ambitious and quickly working their way to the top, meet this year's crop of twenty-somethings on the fast track. A rising star is a young person (under 30) who is doing an outstanding job in their industry. They have youth and energy on their side, but this individual is also smart and dedicated and has the qualities that make you sure they are going to make it to the top one day!
21:50 / Litigation & Dispute Resolution / MJM Barristers & Attorneys
27 Apr 2015

Agathe Holowatinc
- I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mrs. Gitanjali Gutierrez in my office at MJM last week for a one-on-one interview about her background, role as Bermuda’s first Information Commissioner, and the Public Access to Information (PATI) Act implementation. A fascinating woman, she spoke passionately about her new role and the way PATI is changing the way things are done in Bermuda. Here’s what she had to say...
19:28 / Bermuda Case Law & Legislation / Bermuda Government
09 Apr 2015

Agathe Holowatinc
- In Canada, the Access to Information Act provides the public the right of access to information under the control of a federal government institution. In the USA, the Freedom of Information Act allows for the disclosure of documents controlled by the United States government to the public. In the UK, the Freedom of Information Act gives the public the right to obtain access to information held by public authorities. In the Cayman Islands, these rights fall under the Freedom of Information Law. In Jamaica, the relevant legislation is the Access to Information Act. In Trinidad and Tobago, it’s the Freedom of Information Act.
20:21 / Bermuda Case Law & Legislation / Bermuda Government