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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Stephanie Maloney and Magdalena Grzybulska Sanctions aimed at Russia have been in place since 2014, following its annexation of Crimea and ongoing role in the destabilisation of eastern Ukraine. Sanctions were imposed in a coordinated move by the EU (of which the UK was a...