The Collaborative Law Alliance of Bermuda of which our Honor Desmond-Tetlow is Vice Chairman, is now allied with a collaboratively minded financial advisor. The Alliance is confident that this addition, together with the existence of collaborative counsellors (child experts/psychologists), will encourage the continued use...
Adjusting to parenthood can be overwhelming, for both parents. Thankfully, such more needed legislative changes to improve parenting benefits are on the horizon. The Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport announced recently that “the consolidation and modernization of the labour legislation […] has been ongoing for some...
The Government of Bermuda recently passed into law the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (the “Registration Regulations”) and tabled the proposed Merchant Shipping (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2019 (the “Fees Regulations”). The Registration Regulations expand the list of eligible countries qualified to...
Leading law firm, MJM Limited, is pleased to announce several new additions to the firm. MJM has seen quite a few changes in 2019, including the appointment of Jennifer Haworth and Jeremy Leese as Directors of the firm, as well as Adenike Carmichael joining the...
At the end of June 2019, the Government of Bermuda issued draft economic substance guidance notes. The aim of the guidance notes is to assist in determining whether entities are in scope of the requirements of the economic substance legislation and regulations, how to satisfy...
The Economic Substance Act 2018 (the “Economic Substance Act”) was established in direct response to concerns raised by the Council of the European Union concerning the absence of economic substance requirements for entities conducting business in and through Bermuda. Since the introduction of the Economic Substance...
Bermuda was removed from the European Union (“EU”) list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions at the 17th May, 2019 meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (“ECOFIN”). Bermuda's commitment to implement tax good governance was confirmed in ECOFIN's official statement, which recognised that Bermuda has...
MJM Limited was pleased to once again work as a partner with Age Concern to provide the annual Wills & Estate Planning Legal Clinic to members of Age Concern. The event has been supported by the firm for over ten years and involves members of the MJM team...