5/2/2019
START DATE
END DATE
3-Jun-19
WF (INTERVENER) (No. 1) v THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE and THE SENIOR MAGISTRATE FOR BERMUDA
COURT:
LAW:
JUDGE(S):
CLAIMANT'S LAWYER:
DEFENDANT'S LAWYER:
The Court of Appeal for Bermuda
CIVIL APPEAL
Clarke President; Kay JA; Smellie JA
Mark Pettingill and Victoria Greening Chancery Legal Ltd.
Delroy Duncan Trott & Duncan Ltd.; Mark Diel and Dantae Williams Marshall Diel & Myers Ltd.
FACTS OF THE CASE:
Legal dispute over the right of WF and others to be represented by Chancery Legal Ltd. after a ruling on 2nd May 2019 by Assistant Justice Kiernan Bell restraining Chancery Legal from acting on behalf of WF and the patients. Subsequent appeals and stay applications regarding this ruling.
SUMMARY:
Whether WF and others can appeal the 2nd May 2019 ruling without leave and can obtain a stay of the ruling; Legal representation of WF in the appeal and stay applications
OUTCOMES:
Leave required for appeal stay application to be renewed Chancery Legal may represent WF in applications to Supreme Court despite previous order certificate granted for two counsel for both the Intending Appellant and the 1st Respondent costs reserved
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Pending
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WF (INTERVENER) (No. 1) v THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE and THE SENIOR MAGISTRATE FOR BERMUDA
Legal dispute over the right of WF and others to be represented by Chancery Legal Ltd. after a ruling on 2nd May 2019 by Assistant Justice Kiernan Bell restraining Chancery Legal from acting on behalf of WF and the patients. Subsequent appeals and stay applications regarding this ruling.