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Gibson's lawyers allege police coached witnesses
September 19, 2018
Gibson's lawyers allege police coached witnesses
Former Cabinet Minister Shane Gibson's lawyers appeared before a judge yesterday in their bid to stop his trial due to alleged improper conduct by police. Gibson, the former labor and national insurance minister who is accused of receiving $610,000 in kickbacks from a contractor, appeared [...]
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September 19, 2018
OUT OF ORDER: Gibson's lawyers attack prosecution's 'tainted' evidence
LAWYERS for former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson yesterday accused the Crown of engaging in "wholly improper conduct" for allegedly conducting meetings with two key prosecution witnesses and their lawyers to discuss how the evidence they would eventually give against Gibson should be "edited" or "amended"...
Sterling Global Financial Appoints Leading Fin-tech lawyer Cory Macculloch as Managing Director
September 13, 2018
Sterling Global Financial Appoints Leading Fin-tech lawyer Cory Macculloch as Managing Director
Sterling Global Financial (?Sterling?) announced today the appointment of Cory Macculloch as its Cayman Managing Director. Mr. Macculloch will manage Sterling?s fiduciary business and strategically expand its fin-tech and digital asset-based service offerings...
Lawyer says resort39s purchase unlawful
September 06, 2018
Lawyer says resort39s purchase unlawful
ATTORNEY Maurice Glinton, QC, believes the Minnis administration's purchase of the Grand Lucayan resort is unlawful.In a recently written opinion piece, he described the purchase as evidence that the government's "decision-making process (or lack the
Lawyers' departure 'shows chaos in AG's office'
September 05, 2018
Lawyers' departure 'shows chaos in AG's office'
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party Leader Philip "Brave" Davis said it is "alarming" high profile attorneys severed ties with the Attorney General's Office over the shanty town issue, as he suggested the move could have been prompted by a "rudderless" and "chaotic" state of affairs at the office...
AG's lawyers walk away over strategy
September 04, 2018
AG's lawyers walk away over strategy
HIGH-profile attorneys on the government's legal team have severed ties with the Office of the Attorney General due to a difference of legal opinion on which strategy to take in its rebuttal to legal action filed over the removal of shanty towns...
Govt releases private lawyers in shantytown matter
September 04, 2018
Govt releases private lawyers in shantytown matter
The government has changed its legal representation in the ongoing shantytown litigation due to a "difference of opinion as to the legal strategy in the government's defense" regarding the judicial review application, Attorney General Carl Bethel said last night. As it relates to the judicial [...]
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Theft case delayed at lawyer's request
August 24, 2018
Theft case delayed at lawyer's request
The trial of a man who allegedly laundered stolen money by opening a party rental and event planning business was yesterday adjourned to next month. L'Shabazz Forbes is accused of stealing $11,579.94 from Simply Business Solutions that police allege his girlfriend Krystal Rolle transferred to [...]
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August 21, 2018
Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen pleads guilty in hush-money scheme
NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and "fixer," pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence [...]
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August 17, 2018
Lawyers for shantytown residents lay out case for judicial review
Attorneys representing 177 shantytown residents have filed a motion seeking to quash the government's shantytown policy, arguing that it is "unconstitutional and illegal". In an originating notice of motion for judicial review filed in the Supreme Court yesterday, the applicants lay out their grounds for [...]
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Govt recruits lawyers to fight shanty town action
August 09, 2018
Govt recruits lawyers to fight shanty town action
THE government has hired a team of high-powered lawyers to fight the legal action meant to stop the Minnis administration's eradication of shanty towns, Attorney General Carl Bethel said.The legal team is led by Harvey Tynes, QC, to assume carriage...
July 20, 2018
Girls who accused teacher of groping, too young to testify, lawyer says
The trial of a teacher accused of inappropriate contact with three students hit a snag yesterday after his lawyer argued they were too young to testify. Prosecutors allege that T.G. Glover teacher Garfield Hepburn, 65, of Summerset Way, Golden Gates, fondled three girls, age nine, [...]
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July 09, 2018
Lawyer upset over viral video of argument at Exuma airport
FORMER Supreme Court justice and Exuma MP Elliot Lockhart has vowed to take the government to task after a video recording of him at an Exuma airport went viral.In the video, Mr Lockhart gets into a brief argument with a police officer that escalates...
June 20, 2018
Lawyer says witness had more reason to kill murder victim
THE Crown's key witness in a murder trial had more of a grudge to bear against the deceased or his older brother as opposed to the accused in the matter, an attorney for the accused argued yesterday.Jamean Johnson is charged with abetment to both mur
Lawyers must act as financial institutions
May 17, 2018
Lawyers must act as financial institutions
UNDER the updated Financial Transactions Reporting Act (FTRA) lawyers will be treated as "financial institutions", Attorney General Carl Bethel told the Bahamas Bar Association yesterday.During his speech, Mr Bethel reiterated that in an evaluation t
May 17, 2018
Lawyer suggests a minister might be required to testify in Smith's case
The trial of former Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator Frank Smith took a dramatic twist yesterday afternoon after his lawyer suggested a current government minister might be required to testify. Keith Knight, QC, made the revelation after informing the court that he received a statement [...]
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Lawyer claims 'irregularities' in murder plea
May 09, 2018
Lawyer claims 'irregularities' in murder plea
A lawyer yesterday highlighted "irregularities" in a judge's handling of a man's guilty plea during an appearance at the Court of Appeal. Roger Gomez Jr. is representing Moses Morris, who pleaded guilty to the 2015 murder of retired British Dr. Harry Geoffrey Harding. Harding, who [...]
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Lawyer found in contempt in murder case
May 02, 2018
Lawyer found in contempt in murder case
ATTORNEY Geoffrey Farquharson was found in contempt of court after repeated loud outbursts as the prosecution addressed members of the jury hearing a double murder and armed robbery trial in Grand Bahama.
Ambitious lawyers stir up trouble over Supreme Court
April 16, 2018
Ambitious lawyers stir up trouble over Supreme Court
Dear Editor, In his play "Macbeth", William Shakespeare told the story about how unbridled ambition on the part of politicians often leads to their ruin. It can cost the best and the brightest to get ahead of themselves or, to use the native vernacular, to [...]
April 12, 2018
Lawyer insists client did not kill or rob Deadman's Cay couple
In a lengthy opening address in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, a lawyer for one of three men accused of double murder insisted his client did not kill or rob the Deadman's Reef couple found brutally murdered at their Grand Bahama residence in September 2015.
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