Bermuda Law Blog

08 Dec 2022

Nicole Cavanagh and Tanisha Butler join MJM Limited’s Matrimonial & Family Law Team

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. ...

21:47 / MJM Barristers & Attorneys / MJM Limited

08 Dec 2022

Raynor and Raynor [2022] SC (Bda) 40 Div

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...

21:33 / Family Law / MJM Barristers & Attorneys / Nicole Cavanagh

07 Dec 2022

Petitioning Creditors v Light Touch Adjournments

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...

22:36 / Commercial Law / Company & Commercial Law / Finance & Banking / Fraud & Anti Money Laundering / MJM Barristers & Attorneys / Arno Duvenhage

07 Dec 2022

MJM Limited Welcomes Michael Goulborn and Arno Duvenhage

Internationally recognized law firm, MJM Limited, is delighted to welcome Arno Duvenhage and Michael (Mike) Goulborn to the Dispute Resolution team. Arno Duvenhage joins the firm as a Senior Associate. He qualified in South Africa (2014) and England and Wales (2020). Arno is an experienced...

16:03 / MJM Barristers & Attorneys / MJM Limited

02 Dec 2022

Winding Up Petitions: Privy Council poised to make seminal ruling important to Commonwealth

On 15 and 16 November 2022 in the Cayman Islands, the Privy Council (the “PC”) sitting for the first time in an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, heard an appeal from the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal in the case between Family Mart China...

21:47 / Bermuda Government / MJM Barristers & Attorneys / Arno Duvenhage

02 Dec 2022

Stamp Duties Amendment Act 2022

The enactment of The Stamp Duties Amendment Act 2022 (“SDAA 2022”) earlier this year, amending the provisions of, inter alia, Head 31 of the Stamp Duties Act 1976 (“SDA 1976”), brought a welcome cost saving to those wishing to refinance an existing mortgage where the...

14:57 / Legislation / MJM Barristers & Attorneys / Stephanie Matthews

01 Dec 2022

Court Clarifies Test for Indemnity Costs

By Allan Doughty and Jennifer Haworth On 25 July 2022, in the matter of Ivanashvili v. Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Limited, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda, Mr. Narinder Hargun handed down a ruling which clarified what a successful party must demonstrate in order...

21:49 / Bermuda Government / MJM Barristers & Attorneys / Allan Doughty

25 Nov 2022

MJM Internationally Recognised by the Legal 500 in Four Practice Areas

MJM Limited is pleased to announce that the international law firm rating agency, The Legal 500 has once again recognized its Banking, Finance and Capital Markets, Corporate and Commercial, Dispute Resolution and Real Estate teams. Within the highly competitive practice areas of Banking, Finance and Capital...

18:26 / MJM Barristers & Attorneys / Jeremy Leese