Law firm Appleby is refusing to entertain any questions following reports of a leak of confidential data from its computer systems. Several questions put to Appleby have gone unanswered. But Bermuda Police Service last night confirmed that no complaint about the breach has been filed with them – despite Appleby’s statement this week that the…...
Constitutional challenge put on ice
Can resume once stewardship is over; Minister cannot use powers to end City of Hamilton proceedings against Bermuda Government - Chief Justice
Government can not use its powers to take over a municipality to squash a case against itself, Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has ruled. But an ongoing constitutional challenge to those powers will have to wait until a new City of Hamilton government is elected next month. Justice Kawaley ruled that the challenge by the Corporation […]
“We never lost a Premier this way”
Bermuda’s top job in historical context
The resignation of Craig Cannonier, the eleventh person to occupy the office of Premier, since it was created in April 1973, was an event unprecedented in Bermudian history as no elected leader of the Island has ever been forced to give up the job in the midst of corruption allegations. Cannonier also managed to…...
Bermuda moves toward campaign finance transparency rules
Bermuda’s politicians are to consider crafting new campaign finance rules which would require political parties and candidates to disclose their funding arrangements. Meanwhile, Whitehall has said it will not be imposing “direct rule” on its mid Atlantic colony in the wake of Craig Cannonier’s resignation from the premiership following corruption allegations. While the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office […]