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June 19, 2015
Grand Bahamian rates as Florida Super Lawyer

Roig Lawyers, a minority-owned multi-practice litigation law firm in Deerfield Beach, is dedicated to serving clients across six offices throughout Florida. Last week they announced that partner, Stephen G. Mellor, a Bahamian living in the US with his family...

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May 31, 2023
Lawyer for police 'looks to quash' Azario ruling

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said yesterday that the lawyer of the police officers involved in the killing of Azario Major had asked the Supreme Court to quash the finding of a Coroner's Court inquest.

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May 05, 2023
Lawyer: 'We're going to fight' as OAG pulls settlement

ROMONA Farquharson Seymour said the Office of the Attorney General has rescinded its offer to settle Corrections Commissioner Charles Murphy's lawsuit against the government, declaring: "We're gonna fight."

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April 24, 2023
Woman alleging rape and assault by MP retains lawyer

THE woman who alleges she was raped and assaulted by a sitting Member of Parliament has retained a lawyer.

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September 23, 2021
Court to appoint lawyer in sex case

A MAN seeking to challenge the sentence he received after he was convicted of having sex with a minor five years ago will receive a court-appointed lawyer for his appeal application.

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January 28, 2015
Relatively smooth VAT transition, says lawyer

The recent implementation of value-added tax (VAT) and the relatively smooth transition by local businesses may send an encouraging message to potential investors given the implications of the tax on the country's macroeconomic health, according to a leading attorney.

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June 19, 2019
Lawyers angry over DPP's expat hirings

THE Judicial and Legal Services Commission has appointed a Nigerian and a Ugandan to top level positions at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions...

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August 21, 2019
Bar Council: Why hire foreign lawyers for prosecutor posts

THE Bahamas Bar Council wants the director of public prosecutions to justify the hiring of two foreign lawyers to top-level posts at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and is not inclined to give the lawyers entry into the Bahamas Bar without adequate justification, The Tribune understands.

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March 09, 2016
Leading enviromental lawyer pleads 'Don't' take away your rights to be consulted'

Leading environmental attorney and consultant Romi Ferreira tells members of Sunrise Rotary a proposed new Planning and Subdivison Act 2015 that would replace the 2010 legislation would strip away the rights of Bahamians to be consulted or to see information pertaining to proposed developments even in their own back yard.

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February 29, 2016
Remarks by the Hon. Allyson Maynard-Gibson Q.C Attorney General at the International Federation of Women Lawyers Installation Luncheon

I am pleased to be in the company of such distinguished women who represent our country so well as members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers. I am honoured to have been invited to address you on this auspicious occasion.

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