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FTX founder in Bahamas court
December 13, 2022
FTX founder in Bahamas court
Police this morning brought FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried before Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt at the Magistrate's Court on South Street in Nassau. Ferguson-Pratt asked him whether he had had a chance to speak with his lawyers since his arrest yesterday evening. Bankman-Fried, who is wearing a coat suit with no tie, responded that he had ...
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Nygard's Bahamas court actions cost him dear
February 08, 2021
Nygard's Bahamas court actions cost him dear
Nygard faces nine counts of sex trafficking and racketeering in the US and has been in custody in Canada since December and over recent weeks has been fighting to be released on bail.
In a ruling issued on Friday Judge Shawn Greenberg said Nygard must stay behind bars as to release him – even with stringent restrictions on his movements – there was a risk he would try to leave the country.
Vasyli fate: 'It's your decision' - Privy Council says Bahamas court to rule on any retrial
March 03, 2020
Vasyli fate: 'It's your decision' - Privy Council says Bahamas court to rule on any retrial
THE Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has ruled that Donna Vasyli has a case to answer in the 2015 killing of her husband, Australian podiatrist Phillip Vasyli. However, the committee will let the Court of Appeal decide if a retrial must happen...
August 27, 2015
Bahamas court decision blocked Baha Mar DIP financing
The decision by the Supreme Court of The Bahamas to not recognize the orders and rulings of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware in connection to the Chapter 11 petition filed by Baha Mar effectively gutted the developer's ability to access the financing Baha Mar had been counting on to finish the stalled megaresort.
Pop star Shakira 'cannot win' Bahamas court case
August 21, 2013
Pop star Shakira 'cannot win' Bahamas court case
POP star Shakira, a permanent resident of The Bahamas, cannot win her near $6 million lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend, his Bahamian lawyer said yesterday...
Murder suspect arraigned in Grand Bahama court
September 21, 2009
Murder suspect arraigned in Grand Bahama court
On Monday 21st September, 2009, GODFREY VIRGILL aka 'dollar murder' was arraigned in Magistrate's Court No.1 before Magistrate Debbye Ferguson on the charge of Murder in relation to the murder of Ashley Smith, the eighth homicide for Grand Bahama.
September 18, 2011
Court costs awarded in Bahamas unpaid for seven years
A TRINIDADIAN family wants answers after court costs awarded to them by the Bahamas Court of Appeal have gone unpaid by a large French bank for seven years. Despite numerous "unexplained" delays, court errors, and mounting costs, Ansar Ali, a petroleum consultant, said he remains committed to his 20-year-long appeal for justice.
March 25, 2024
Bahamas makes climate submission to International Court of Justice
THE Bahamas has made a submission to the International Court of Justice, seeking to hold countries accountable for climate change.
AG: Bahamas prepared to argue its case at International Court of Justice against green house gas emitters
March 14, 2024
AG: Bahamas prepared to argue its case at International Court of Justice against green house gas emitters
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas has prepared its legal case to support efforts in obtaining an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague as part of its strategy to gain 'leverage' to compel global greenhouse gas emitters to bear the costs of climate change on small island developing states, Attorney [...]
February 02, 2024
Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association wins two-year court contest
AFTER a two-year court battle, the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association was awarded a victory against plaintiffs Bjorn Ferguson and Kenwood Kerr and can now conduct business as usual.
Bahamas Seeks Opinion From Int'l Court of Justice
December 10, 2023
Bahamas Seeks Opinion From Int'l Court of Justice
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Prime Minister Philip Davis, continuing to push for larger countries across the world to take accountability and financial responsibility for the negative effects of climate change, globally particularly on smaller nations.
Press Release from the Court of Appeal
October 04, 2023
Press Release from the Court of Appeal
The general public is advised that the Governor General, acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, after consultation with the Leader of theOpposition, has appointed Mr. Justice Gregory Smith and Mr. JusticeBernard Turner to the Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of TheBahamas with effect from 1st October, 2023.
July 18, 2023
Six people charged in Magistrates Court in Grand Bahama for various crimes
Six persons were charged in the Freeport Magistrate's Court on Monday for various serious offenses, including armed robbery, stealing, burglary, and unlawful sexual intercourse and willful damage.
May 15, 2023
JPLs accuse FTX US of breaching cooperation agreement
The joint provisional liquidators (JPLs) overseeing the winding up of cryptocurrency exchange FTX Digital Markets (DM) accused FTX's US Debtors of breaching every single commitment made in a cooperation agreement both sides made earlier this year. In January, the two sides, after weeks of bickering over access to FTX's data, agreed to cooperate on a ...
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JPLs fire back at FTX US
March 31, 2023
JPLs fire back at FTX US
The joint provisional liquidators (JPLs) overseeing the winding up of cryptocurrency exchange FTX Digital Markets yesterday fired back at FTX's US debtors, who are seeking to strip them of any claim or access to FTX's assets. In a motion filed in Delaware's bankruptcy court, the JPLs argued that the US debtors' adversary proceeding was "abrupt". ...
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March 22, 2023
Press Statement from the Prime Minister Hon. Philip Edward Davis KC, MP on The Bahamas Filing a Brief in US Appeals Court to Hold US Gun Manufacturers Accountable
The guns used in the commission of violent crimes in The Bahamas are not manufactured here, but instead, are manufactured abroad and illegally trafficked across our borders. A critical element of the government’s effort to reduce violent crime in our country is cracking down on the proliferation of firearms, with particular focus on strengthening borders and entry points and on interrupting netw...
March 21, 2023
FTX Bahamas subsidiary branded a 'front' for fraudulent transfers in court filings
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Lawyers for FTX have filed a complaint in a US bankruptcy court claiming that the company's Bahamian subsidiary FTX Digital Markets is a legal and economic 'nullity,' which had been merely created as a 'front' to facilitate fraudulent transfers. In the complaint filed in a US bankruptcy court against FTX Digital Markets [...]
January 16, 2023
President of Industrial Tribunal of Bahamas and Executive Director of CAJS Visit Grand Bahama to tour Freeport Smart Court
The President of the Industrial Tribunal of The Bahamas, Her Honour Mrs. Indira Demeritte-Francis and the Executive Director of the Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions (CAJS), Mr. Bevil Wooding, recently visited the Industrial Tribunal's Northern Region office in Freeport, Grand Bahama to tour the facilities and see first-hand the CAJS technology was being used to revolutionize the court.
December 10, 2014
Lawyer: Court of Appeal ruling sets The Bahamas back to 1950s
The Court of Appeal has issued a ruling against the Commonwealth Union of Hotel Services and Allied Workers in its dispute with Hutchison Lucaya Limited, operators of the Grand Lucayan hotel in Grand Bahama. Union lawyer Obie Ferguson said the ruling effectively returns industrial relations in The Bahamas to the 1950s.
In short, the Court of Appeal has set aside Supreme Court Justice Hartman Longl...
June 29, 2022
Appeal application for bail denied for murder accused
THE Bahamas Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal application of murder accused Dentawn Grant, who was denied bail by a Supreme Court judge for his own safety after attempts were made on his life.
Digital court recording system in Grand Bahama
June 14, 2022
Digital court recording system in Grand Bahama
A new digital court recording system has been installed and is now operational in both the Supreme and Magistrate Courts in Grand Bahama.
June 07, 2011
The Bahamas and Cuba reach agreement over maritime border
TWENTY years of negotiations over the Bahamas' maritime border with Cuba may soon come to a close now that technical teams from both countries have reached an agreement.
Brent Symonette, Minister of Foreign Affairs, would not say when the matter will definitively be addressed, but he confirmed it is before cabinet waiting approval.
The agreement was reached late last year after several round...
February 24, 2015
Bahamas Government responds to OAS Detention Centre Report
The public is advised that the government of The Bahamas is in receipt of a report from the Inter-American Human Rights Commission of the Organization of American States...
August 13, 2015
Up and running: Internationally accredited mediators and arbitrators
The Bahamas Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), under the patronage of Dame Joan Sawyer, the now retired president of the Bahamas Court of Appeal, and a former chief justice of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, has seen a steady increase in its base of qualified and trained professionals.
January 04, 2016
The Bahamas Year in Review 2015 - Commentary by Elcott Coleby
The year 2015 was a year of firsts and transition for The Bahamas, with critical pieces of transformational legislation changing The Bahamas forever.
Cable Bahamas, URCA in court over regulatory fees
April 05, 2011
Cable Bahamas, URCA in court over regulatory fees
Cable Freeport Limited, a subsidiary of Cable Bahamas Limited, is trying to determine whether or not regulatory fee payments will have to be made to the Utilities and Regulation Competition Authority (URCA), despite its agreement with the Grand Bahama Port Authority.
The issue has been taken to court in Grand Bahama, Guardian Business can confirm, with the attorney representing Cable Freeport Fred...
Senior Justice Anita Allen to head Court of Appeal
November 14, 2010
Senior Justice Anita Allen to head Court of Appeal
PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham revealed yesterday that Senior Justice Anita Allen will be appointed as President of the Bahamas Court of Appeal in January 2011, with incumbent President Dame Joan Sawyer set to retire this month.
Prime Minister Ingraham revealed the intended appointment at a televised press conference at the British Colonial Hotel yesterday.
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Dame Joan visits Governor General
November 21, 2010
Dame Joan visits Governor General
Nassau, Bahamas - Dame Joan
Sawyer, president of the Bahamas Court of Appeal, paid a courtesy call
on Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at Government House. Dame Joan will retire from the High Court on November 26...
NEW COURT OF APPEAL PRESIDENT SWORN IN
November 26, 2010
NEW COURT OF APPEAL PRESIDENT SWORN IN
By NATARIO McKENZIE
Tribune Staff Reporter
nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net
NEW Court of Appeal President Anita Allen called her appointment to the head of the Bahamas' appellate court the "culmination and exclamation point of a lifelong love and passion for the law."
Judge Allen, formerly a senior justice of the Supreme Court, was sworn in yesterday as the new president of the Bahamas Court of Appe...
Praise heaped on new Court of Appeal president
December 06, 2010
Praise heaped on new Court of Appeal president
THE newly appointed Court of Appeal President was showered with praise yesterday during a special sitting to welcome her to the appellate court.
Justice Allen, the wife of former Cabinet Minister Algernon Allen, was appointed President of the Bahamas Court of Appeal on November 26, succeeding former President Dame Joan Sawyer who retired. Justice Allen had previously served as a Senior Justice, h...
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