The Supreme Court of Bermuda in Griffin Line General Trading LLC v Centaur Ventures Ltd and Another [2022] Bda LR 20, had to consider whether Griffin Line General Trading LLC (“Griffin”), a foreign plaintiff, in whose favour an interim freezing order was granted against Templar...
On 25 January 2022, Justice Shadé Subair-Williams issued a ruling, in the matter of The Attorney General v. Information Commissioner that prohibited Bermuda’s Information Commissioner from requiring the Government of Bermuda to submit documents for her review. This is a fascinating decision in that it...
Changes in England and Wales The “no-fault divorce,” as it has become known, was finally forced into being by the case of Owens v Owens [2018] UKSC 41. Mrs. Owens had petitioned for divorce on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour in 2015, following a 40-year marriage....
By Reid Orchard and Allan Doughty The road to legislation is not always a straight path. This is especially true in a small jurisdiction, such as Bermuda, which is an Overseas Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom. The creation of a regulated cannabis industry in Bermuda...
Bidzina Ivanishvili (BI) was a successful businessman and former Prime Minister of Georgia. From 2005, he invested more than USD 1 billion with Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Limited (CS), a member of the Credit Suisse group. The primary allegation in the case was that BI’s...
Internationally recognized law firm, MJM Limited, is pleased to welcome attorneys Nicole Cavanagh and Tanisha Butler. Nicole and Tanisha join the firm’s Matrimonial & Family Law practice in the Dispute Resolution Team. Nicole Cavanagh joins as a Senior Associate leading the Matrimonial & Family Law practice. ...
A judgment was handed down in the above case on 7th June 2022. The Wife’s application for ancillary relief had been heard over two days in the Supreme Court by the Registrar some three months earlier. The parties married in 1997 and divorce proceedings had been...
By Arno Duvenhage and Jennifer Haworth The recent judgment of the Bermuda Court of Appeal in The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited v NewOcean Energy Holdings Limited [2022] CA (Bda) 16 Civ, illustrates an ongoing tug of war in Bermuda when interpreting and applying the principles...