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In a recent decision of the Bermuda Court of Appeal, the judgment in Afiniti, Ltd. v Chishti offered a nuanced costs ruling following an appeal with mixed outcomes.

Greater scrutiny of applications to serve proceedings out of Bermuda is inevitable following a ruling by the island's Supreme Court.

You should have already heard of the term: blockchain.

On 23 April 2018, judgment was handed down by the Privy Council in the long running dispute of Investec Trust (Guernsey) Limited and another v Glenalla and others.

Assistant Justice Dr Ian Kawaley of the Supreme Court of Bermuda has provided a seminal judgment on the role of Protectors in offshore trusts.

John Wasty leads Appleby Bermuda's litigation and insolvency teams. John has been at Appleby for 15 years, having previously practiced at leading firms in London and Hong Kong, and has been admitted in six jurisdictions.

Following the English High Court's written reasons for sanctioning the Adler Group restructuring plan on 21 April 2023 (you can see our deep dive on this decision here)...

2018 has already seen a number of important judicial appointments, and retirements, at the courts of the major offshore financial centres. The new appointments, however, contain many familiar names.

Bermuda, as a British Overseas Territory, is a party to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Convention) ...

The enforcing party (CAT) argued that, having taken this approach, Priosma had forfeited its right to reargue the point before the Bermuda Court.

In what proved to be a late Christmas present for the board of International Investments Enterprises Ltd (IIEL), Harneys Bermuda successfully invoked the now seldom relied upon quia timet, "because he fears" jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Bermuda.

The link between terrorism and the erosion of privity of contract in Bermuda is not immediately discernible.

The decision will be of particular interest to trustees in the common law jurisdiction, having reaffirmed the test to be applied when determining the validity of a trustee's purported exercise of a power.

Discovery (also known as disclosure) is the process whereby the parties in Bermuda court proceedings disclose relevant documents to each other so that each party...

On 23 March 2018 Bermuda brought into operation legislation requiring all Bermuda companies, except those that are exempted, to obtain information regarding their beneficial owners...

If the settlor's intention is to give the protector the wide role as espoused in Piedmont, it is important to address this specifically in relation to provisions requiring the protector's consent.

Commencing a claim in a court of summary jurisdiction, also known as the Magistrates' Court, is a relatively straightforward process.