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Cutlass Victim Tells Lawyer She Has Screw Loose
Cutlass Victim Tells Lawyer She Has Screw Loose
A man testifying in Supreme Court about an attack on his life by a cutlass-wielding man told the defending attorney cross-examining him yesterday that she had a screw loose in her head.
Cutlass Suspect Missing Lawyer
Cutlass Suspect Missing Lawyer
A man on trial in connection with a cutlass attack on another man said he has not seen or heard from his lawyer since December last year.
Lawyer Claims Newspaper Committed Libel In Article
Lawyer Claims Newspaper Committed Libel In Article
A lawyers, suspended from his legal practice for two months by the Court of Appeal, is suing a local daily for publishing a story he claims has defamed him.
Callenders Lawyer Outlines 3-Step Process for Int'l Aircraft Registry
Callenders & Co. Senior Associate Llewellyn Boyer-Cartwright, a former commercial jet pilot and the first Bahamian to be admitted to the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association, today outlined a three-step process he says could pave the way for the establishment of an aircraft registry in The Bahamas.
Major Regional Honour for Bahamian Lawyer
Major Regional Honour for Bahamian Lawyer
Environmental attorney, consultant and popular TV morning show host Romauld 'Romi' Ferreira has been selected by CARICOM as an environmental legal expert to help develop a legal framework for the energy sector in eight countries in the Caribbean, including a model for laws governing renewable energy.
Registrar General need not be a lawyer
Registrar General need not be a lawyer
The Registrar General of the Courts does not have to be a lawyer, a bill passed by Members of Parliament stated.
According to the amendment to the Registrar General Act, a person who holds a Master of Business Administration or is trained in Public Administration may hold the post.
Union engages lawyers amid Atlantis debacle
Union engages lawyers amid Atlantis debacle
Executives of the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) have engaged lawyers to ensure the rights of its members employed at Atlantis are upheld.
The BHCAWU said it will do everything in its power to ensure that the more than 7,000 jobs are secure, following the decision by lender Brookfield Asset Management to pull out of a debt-for-equity swap with Kerzner International.
Lawyer seeks rejection of extradition request for accused drug traffickers
A lawyer yesterday tried to convince a magistrate to reject an extradition request for accused drug traffickers.
Bar Council Defers Disbarred Lawyer's Readmission Request
The Bahamas Bar Council has deferred its decision on disbarred lawyer Leon Smith's application to practice again. Smith was disbarred in 2001 after $400,000 reportedly went missing from a client's account. Smith applied for readmission in 2008 and once again in October last year.?
Lawyer 'Frustrated' By Report Delay
Lawyer 'Frustrated' By Report Delay
THE lawyer representing the families of the men who were killed in the Lake Killarney plane crash is "frustrated" at not receiving an official investigation report from the Department of Civil Aviation.
Colin Callender QC elected Director of International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Colin E. Callender, QC, managing partner of The Bahamas? oldest law firm, Callenders & Co., was elected a Director of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) at the prestigious Academy's annual meeting in New York recently, becoming one of only five attorneys in the world outside the United States to hold a current directorship.
Colin Callender, QC, Elected Director of International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Colin E. Callender, QC, managing partner of The Bahamas' oldest law firm, Callenders & Co., was elected a Director of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) at the prestigious Academy's annual meeting in New York recently, becoming one of only five attorneys in the world outside the United States to hold a current directorship.
Bahamas Urged: Follow China on Foriegn Lawyers
Bahamas Urged: Follow China on Foriegn Lawyers
THE BAHAMAS must take a leaf out of China and Barbados's play book when it comes to foreign investment openness, a leading accountant said yesterday, adding that through providing a platform for foreign law firms had helped both nations grow.
Disbarred lawyer's plea ends in arrest
Disbarred lawyer's plea ends in arrest
A disbarred attorney's application to be reinstated by the Bahamas Bar Association ended in his arrest outside the Supreme Court building in Bank Lane yesterday.
Leon Smith had gone to the Bar Association seeking to be reinstated after he was disbarred in 2004, presenting the missing accounting for $400,000 which had been missing from the previous tribunal and resulted in him being fined and st...
Judge orders arrest of AG's Office lawyer
Judge orders arrest of AG's Office lawyer
THE DEPUTY Director of Public Prosecutions had to rush to the Appeals Court yesterday to bail out one of his legal staff who was ordered arrested after she sat down saying she could be of no further assistance to the court in the case before it.
According to sources present during the proceedings, lawyer Joyann Ferguson-Pratt, representing the Attorney General's office, was ordered to be taken ...
Lawyers rapped by judge appear to have escaped punishment
Lawyers severely discredited in a Supreme Court judgment appear to have escaped contempt action and disciplinary measures despite being criticised by a senior judge for serious misconduct and wasting court time.
Magistrate Derrence Rolle was appointed to the bench three years after he was criticised by Senior Justice John Lyons in his judgment on the Arawak Homes case. The appointment was made ...
Lewis & Longley
Lewis & Longley
#16 Ivanhoe Road, Clara Mae Building
Nassau
Nassau / Paradise Island, Bahamas
Douglas Sands & Associates Ltd
Douglas Sands & Associates Ltd
Columbus House, 2nd Floor, East & Shirley Street
Nassau
Nassau / Paradise Island, Bahamas
Allen Allen & Co
Karpov at Bahamas chess event
Karpov at Bahamas chess event
Chess legend Anatoly Karpov is the special guest in Nassau for the Caribbean Sub Zonal Chess Championship, which takes place up until tomorrow.