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Litigants in Bermuda must negotiate a legal system that combines deep historical roots with a modern approach that increasingly accommodates specialisation.

Best Value For Money Contingency Fees?

In HSBC v Vigilante et al [2024] SC (Bda) 74, the Supreme Court of Bermuda struck out proceedings for delay, in what appears to be the first reported (or otherwise electronically available) civil case in Bermuda struck out because of the contumelious conduct of the claiming party.

The judgment creditor in Bermuda can seek final judgment in Bermuda by way of Bermuda's summary judgment procedure, a faster procedure than the normal trial process.

In a recent Supreme Court decision the Chief Justice has made an important ruling with potentially wide implications.

Fiona Lorraine Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC [2021] concerned a couple, the victims of a "push payment" fraud, who were unable to recover damages from their bank for failing to prevent the...

The Court of Appeal for Bermuda has lately clarified two important aspects of the law of litigation costs in Bermuda: the test for indemnity costs and the availability of issue-based costs awards

The case of Re Information About A Trust concerned an application by a beneficiary seeking disclosure of information about a trust.

A summary of the key decisions handed down in the litigation involving investment funds in the leading offshore jurisdictions during 2012.

As set out in Parts 1 and 2, a settlor who retains too much power and control in relation to a trust and its assets is at risk of creating an illusory trust, either because there is a failure of the irreducible core obligations necessary for a valid trust ...

On 24 July 2025, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (the Privy Council or the Board), the highest court of appeal for Bermuda and several...

The Supreme Court's judgment is a landmark decision of significant importance in the arena of company law and directors' duties.

The Bribery Act, 2016 will come into force on 1 September 2017.

IMAGINE YOUR CLIENT IS A BENEFICIARY OF A TRUST which provides the trustee wide discretionary powers over trust distributions.

In Convoy Collateral Ltd v Broad Idea International Ltd and Cho Kwai Chee [2021] UKPC 24, the majority judgment of Lord Leggatt in the Privy Council upheld the decision in Black Swan, overruling the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, ...

It has been said that the narrow view of protector consent provisions has the effect of limiting the role of the protector.[1] To this, Kawaley AJ in X Trusts said:

The Applicant is a company incorporated in the Isle of Man. It is the investment arm of the Dubai-based Dallah Albaraka Group, a prominent business enterprise in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.

The Offshore Case Digest offers readers a high level summary of the major commercial cases decided in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands between July 2014 and October 2014.