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January 12, 2023
FTX has recovered $5 billion in liquid assets, lawyer says
FTX, the former cryptocurrency exchange, recovered more than $5 billion in liquid assets, including cash, a lawyer for the company told a bankruptcy judge in Delaware yesterday. Andy Dietderich also said the agreement between FTX US and the joint provisional liquidators (JPL) in The Bahamas is an important step for the bankruptcy case. FTX is ...
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Bid for bail by lawyers for FTX's founder
December 16, 2022
Bid for bail by lawyers for FTX's founder
LAWYERS for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried have filed a bail application in the Supreme Court, after the disgraced businessman was sent to prison on Tuesday.
November 22, 2022
FTX bankruptcy jeopardizes Bahamas' digital assets hub dream, says lawyer
While Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis insists The Bahamas' reputation will survive the FTX fallout, Partner in law firm Berliner Corcoran and Rowe LLP Bruce Zagaris told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in a recent interview that the cryptocurrency exchange's bankruptcy has jeopardized this country's move to become a leading digital assets hub. Zagaris, who the WSJ said ...
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September 28, 2022
Gibson's lawyer asks judge to recuse herself from case
The lawyer for embattled Long Island MP Adrian Gibson yesterday asked Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson to step down from the case because her late husband was a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Cabinet minister. Murrio Ducille, KC, made a formal application for recusal when Gibson and his co-accused appeared before Grant-Thompson for a trial fixture hearing for ...
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Adrian Gibson's lawyer pushes for another justice
September 28, 2022
Adrian Gibson's lawyer pushes for another justice
THE lawyer representing Long Island MP Adrian Gibson in his corruption trial continued to push for his case to be transferred to another justice.
Gibson declines to receive VBI in lawyer's absence
August 29, 2022
Gibson declines to receive VBI in lawyer's absence
Long Island member of Parliament Adrian Gibson on Friday declined to receive his voluntary bill of indictment (VBI) in relation to corruption charges in the absence of his lawyer. Gibson was in the South Street Magistrates' Court Complex as a witness in another matter when two of his co-defendants, Elwood Donaldson and Peaches Farquharson, appeared ...
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July 15, 2022
Lawyer in libel case wants MP's ex-fiancée to give evidence
THE attorney representing the man accused of defaming Long Island MP Adrian Gibson has requested that Mr Gibson's ex-fiancée be summoned to court to give evidence in the case.
Bishop wants fewer lawyers in Parliament
August 21, 2010
Bishop wants fewer lawyers in Parliament
By STAFF WRITER
Guardian News Desk
A leading Baptist bishop is calling on voters to reduce the number of attorneys elected to Parliament.
"It is time for the country's electorate to help in reducing the number of lawyers we have in our Parliament, and allow more persons from the ordinary walks of our society to participate in our national debate,"said New Covenant Senior Pastor, Bishop Simeon Hal...
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...
January 11, 2011
Halsbury Chambers Lawyers Return from Top Legal Conference
Nassau, Bahamas - Halsbury Chambers Partner Nerissa Greene and
Investment Funds/Securities specialist Samantha Pratt returned to Nassau
recently from Houston, Texas after attending the 2010 Americas Regional
Conference of the International Lawyers Network, both attorneys calling the
meeting invaluable.
"The International Lawyers Network (ILN)
is valuable in facilitating cross-border transactions ...
Lawyer claims Gibson family threatened
May 30, 2022
Lawyer claims Gibson family threatened
CLOSE family members of Long Island MP Adrian Gibson have received threats from some officers closely involved in investigations at the Water and Sewerage Corporation, his attorney has alleged.
Lack of lawyer means police inquests still at a halt
April 22, 2022
Lack of lawyer means police inquests still at a halt
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe confirmed yesterday that police-related Coroner's inquests have not yet resumed as the director of public prosecutions has yet to appoint a lawyer to marshal the cases.
Lawyer federation hails McDonald for her work
March 10, 2022
Lawyer federation hails McDonald for her work
IN celebration of International Women's Day 2022 and its campaign theme, "Break the Bias," The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Grand Bahama Chapter is spotlighting Constance Elrone McDonald, QC.
Man left unrepresented by his lawyer at trial
March 10, 2022
Man left unrepresented by his lawyer at trial
A drug case defendant was left unrepresented by his lawyer at his trial yesterday after the magistrate refused to adjourn the case. Around 12:30 p.m., attorney Devard Francis told Magistrate Samuel McKinney that he had to appear in a superior court for 1 p.m. He noted that he had been in court since 10 a.m. ...
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Lawyer argues for no case submission in drug trial
March 04, 2022
Lawyer argues for no case submission in drug trial
A LAWYER argued for a no case submission in his client's ongoing drug trial in the Magistrate's Court on Friday.
January 06, 2022
Speedy justice pledge falls short when judgment pay-outs take years, says leading senior lawyer who wants to find a solution to a decades-long problem
The new attorney general Ryan Pinder came out guns blazing according to an Eyewitness News post online on November 1, 2021 with headline UNBUDGETED AND UNFUNDED: AG says judgments against govt ‘have to be paid’.
I could not agree with him more.
I am fully on board with the Attorney General calling out the last administration and exposing its failure to account for $1B in liabilities, inc...
Lawyer group donates to hospital
December 22, 2021
Lawyer group donates to hospital
THE Grand Bahama Chapter of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) presented Christmas gifts to the Lula Knowles Paediatrics Ward at the Rand Memorial Hospital last Friday.
AG seeks?axe for African lawyers
November 09, 2021
AG seeks?axe for African lawyers
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said he has requested the Judicial and Legal Services Commission to terminate the contracts of two non-Bahamian lawyers who were appointed to senior posts in the Department of Public Prosecutions under the former administration.
Supreme Court refuses to strike out lawyer statement
October 21, 2021
Supreme Court refuses to strike out lawyer statement
A SUPREME Court judge yesterday denied a magistrate's request to strike out a statement of claim made by a lawyer who was detained at the Magistrate's Court after the judicial officer found her guilty of contempt four years ago.
LAWYER ACCUSED OF WITHHOLDING MONEY
October 29, 2010
LAWYER ACCUSED OF WITHHOLDING MONEY
By MEGAN REYNOLDS
Tribune Staff Reporter
mreynolds@tribunemedia.net
AN EXUMA lawyer has been accused of withholding more than $20,000 from her client after selling his property in 2008.
Roshar Brown, formerly of RG Brown and Co in Hooper's Bay, Exuma, has until Monday to respond to a Supreme Court writ of summons in which she is accused of failing to pay her client Laven Delwood Hall after tak...
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