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Established in 1698, the Attorney-General's Chambers of Bermuda is the main legal advisor to the federal government and makes laws accessible to the public. From 1698-1999, the Attorney-General was also the main prosecutor in all criminal matters that pertained to the Bermuda courts. Attorneys-General are appointed by the Governor per the ...
Chief Justices. 2018–present Narinder Hargun [1] 2012–2018 Ian Kawaley. 2004–2012 Richard Ground. 1993-2004 Sir Austin Ward. 1977-1993 Sir James Rufus Astwood. 1973–1977 Sir John Crampton Summerfield (later Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands, 1978)
The law of England and Wales as it stood in 1620 – of all kinds: common law, equity and statute – became the law of Bermuda at that time, and it remains so to the extent that other sources have not changed it. The Parliament of Bermuda enacts statutes on all domestic legal issues. Bermuda has a body of delegated legislation.
Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon (20 March 1895 – 20 April 1955), born in Trinidad and Tobago, was a physician, parliamentarian, civil-rights activist [1] and labour leader in Bermuda, and is regarded as the "father of trade unionism" there: [2] "he championed the cause of Bermudian workers and fought for equal rights for black Bermudians, thereby laying the groundwork for much of the political and ...
Rebecca Jane Middleton (June 27, 1979 – July 3, 1996) was a Canadian teenager who was raped and murdered while on vacation in Bermuda. She was stabbed over 30 times, although alive when found, she bled to death before paramedics arrived. Due to numerous errors in the prosecution of the perpetrators and double jeopardy, no one was charged with ...
Richard Sharples. Sir Richard Christopher Sharples, KCMG, OBE, MC (6 August 1916 – 10 March 1973) was a British politician and Governor of Bermuda who was shot dead by assassins linked to a small militant Bermudian Black Power group called the Black Beret Cadre. The former army major, who had been a Cabinet Minister, resigned his seat to take ...
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) is an accredited graduate-level program founded in 1994. [6] It also offers non-credit training. The program specializes in conflict transformation, restorative justice, trauma healing, equitable development, and addressing organizational conflict. CJP is housed at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in ...
Bermuda Department of Corrections, formerly Her Majesty's Prison Service, Bermuda, is the agency charged with managing the prisons within the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is a part of the Ministry of National Security and is headquartered in Hamilton. In 2002, the Government of Bermuda renamed the HM Prisons to Correctional Facilities.