In 2020, winding up proceedings were issued in the Bermuda courts regarding Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd (“Northstar”) and Omnia Ltd. Shortly therefor In a decision of the Supreme Court dated 26 August 2021, the Chief Justice, after reviewing the opinion of overseas counsel for...
PMC and VNL [2022] SC (Bda) 45 Civ This case involved an application by a father (“F”) for the return of his daughter (“C”) from Texas, USA to Bermuda. The case was heard by Mussenden J in the Supreme Court on 7 June 2022 with judgment...
As lawyers with a keen eye on human rights and family law, we have followed with interest the various cases involving same-sex partnerships and marriages in Bermuda. Our Director, Jennifer Haworth reported on the Bermuda Bred Company v The Minister of Home Affairs and the...
By Dan Griffin and Jennifer Haworth Last year, we noted that the Court of Appeal limited the scope of discovery required to determine the valuation of shares in amalgamating or merging companies in Bermuda. This year, in the same case, the Supreme Court refused an application...
By Jennifer Haworth and Dan Griffin The UK Supreme Court delivered the much anticipated BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25 decision in October 2022, clarifying the duty of company directors to creditors when facing insolvency. Given that there is no directly equivalent authority...
In Bermuda there is no automatic requirement for a person’s estate to be probated following death. In fact when providing estate planning advice it is often the goal to arrange a client’s estate in such a way that upon death there is no meaningful estate to...
MJM have acted for HSBC Bank Bermuda Ltd (the “Bank”) in an interpleader application which has clarified the entitlement of a mortgagee in possession to rental arrears for a period prior to their obtaining an order for possession or adopting a lease: John Rowe v...
For the past 70 years the Bermuda Monetary Authority has maintained a beneficial ownership register (“BO Register”) which currently contains information such as the name, address, passport number, date of birth, and percentage of shareholding, of the beneficial owners of approximately 15,000 companies in Bermuda....