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Commissioner of Police of Bermuda and Another v Bermuda Broadcasting Co Ltd and Others - Times Law Reports

Published January 24, 2008 Bermuda , confidentiality , corruption , elections , law reports , public interest 0 Comments

Commissioner of Police of Bermuda and Another v Bermuda Broadcasting Co Ltd and Others

Privy Council

“The public interest in the freedom of the media to disseminate information relating to those who submitted themselves for election as legislators overrode the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of documents relating to a police investigation into allegations of corruption.”

The Times, 24th January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication. 

Seymour v The Queen - WLR Daily

Published November 8, 2007 Bermuda , drug offences , jurisdiction , law reports 0 Comments

Seymour v The Queen [2007] UKPC 59

“A person who had possession of controlled drugs in Bermuda with the intention of supplying them to another person outside the territory of Bermuda, and therefore outside the jurisdiction of Bermudan Courts, did not commit an offence under s 6(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1972 of Bermuda.”

WLR Daily, 5th November 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Court rejects media gag order in Bermuda - Reuters

Published October 30, 2007 Bermuda , corruption , freedom of expression , media , news 0 Comments

“Bermuda’s media should not be banned from reporting further extracts from a leaked police dossier about corruption at the British territory’s public housing corporation, London’s Privy Council ruled on Monday.”

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Reuters, 30th October 2007

Source: www.reuters.com

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