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The Supreme Court of Bermuda COMMERCIAL COURT APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Environmental Law Planning Law
THE BERMUDA ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TASKFORCE vs. THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS
2015
The case concerns appeals related to decisions on environmental planning permissions for land reclamation and development for the America?s Cup Event Village and a Commercial Marine Facility and Marina focusing on environmental assessments consultations and planning permissions processes.
Supreme Court of Bermuda Commercial Court Civil Jurisdiction
Employment Law
Allison Thomas v. Fort Knox Bermuda Ltd Troy Symonds Shari Poe
2009
Thomas former COO of Fort Knox terminated with immediate effect one month s salary in lieu dispute over implied term of reasonable notice and breach of Employment Act
Court of Appeal for Bermuda
Family Law
Georgia Marshall & Rachael Barritt v. A
2015
Allegation of conflict of interest due to possession of confidential financial information by the first appellant leading to an injunction restraining both appellants from acting further in proceedings between the respondent's husband and his former wife
Supreme Court of Bermuda
CIVIL JURISDICTION
Carl Paiva v. Hamiltonian Hotel & Island Club Ltd.
2007
The Plaintiff Carl Paiva seeks an injunction against the Defendant for a public nuisance claim related to an unsafe retaining wall on the Defendant's property posing a hazard. The wall adjacent to the public roadway Ocean Lane and opposite Paiva's properties is at risk of imminent collapse endangering users of the roadway including children. The Defendant Hamiltonian Hotel & Island Club Ltd. failed to repair the wall despite acknowledging the need.
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