The Seniors Law Reform Committee has made a series of recommendations to the Ministry of Health, Seniors and Environment for amendments to legislation which would better protect seniors from financial abuse.

Since the publication of the draft 2015 Amendment Bill in late December, the Bill passed into legislation with no changes to the substantive provisions proposed in the Bill...

This Act was passed in the first quarter of 2016 but has not yet become effective. It is a lengthy Act with a number of separate and detailed statutory mechanisms which work in conjunction with one another.

The Land Title Registration Amendment Bill (the "Amendment Bill") was passed in the Bermuda House of Assembly on Friday, 24 November 2017.

The governmental departments responsible for the oversight of the aviation and shipping sectors became "quangos" newly titled as the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority and the Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority.

MJM attorneys have been actively studying the Act and providing bribery related training to clients and members of our staff.

Legislation was recently put before Parliament to introduce Bermuda's newest form of commercial vehicle: the limited liability company ("LLC").

A Bill to protect the personal information of Bermuda residents – the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) – has been passed in the House of Assembly.

In October 2016, the Department of Statistics released its "Facts & Figures 2016" which sets out in summary form some of the key indicators of Bermuda's economic and trends.

The 2015 POCA Amendment Act came into force on 1 January 2016 except for the operation of section 25 in relation to the Register of Directors...

In an important decision in November 2016, the Insurance Appeals Tribunal (the "IAT") published in the press the text of its decision in relation to the jurisdiction to award costs in an appeal...

A new Progressive Labour Party Government signalled its intention to build "a better and fairer Bermuda" by "ensuring social mobility and removing social inequality" through economic growth when its legislative agenda ...

It is hard to be definitive on the possible effect of Mr. Trump's policies on Bermuda, and the offshore world generally...

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bermuda struck out a constitutional claim made by the Allied Trust and Allied Development Partners Limited in relation to the voiding of the Waterfront agreements.

The trust deeds did not confer any express retention or contractual indemnity rights on the former trustee.

We have previously written a post about the Supreme Court's decision in Bermuda Press (Holdings) v Registrar of the Supreme Court in which the Chief Justice considered the public's right of access...

Section 47 of the Bermudian Trustee Act 1975 allows for the restructure of trusts in circumstances where the requisite power to implement the variation is absent from the trust instrument.

While most people prefer to leave nothing in life to chance, there are many who don't get around to making a Will, for one reason or another.

The Court recently set out an interesting ruling on costs relating to an application for indemnity costs and a third party costs order.

It may seem obvious to practitioners that where there is no mortgage on a property, the legal owner is entitled to retain the title deeds to the property.