Special Supreme Court Sitting Opens Legal Year
A special sitting of the Supreme Court was held yesterday [Jan 18], with the event serving to formally open the legal year.
The afternoon event was attended by many legal professionals, Governor George Fergusson and Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva, and included speeches from Chief Justice Ian Kawaley, Attorney General Mark Pettingill, Director of Public Prosecutions Rory Field, Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner and more.
Chief Justice Kawaley said the physical accommodations for criminal trials in Bermuda are “disgracefully inadequate”. He said the safety of court staff is “compromised in many cases by the lack of modern, secure court architecture.”
Mr Kawaley noted that Magistrates Court is housed in a purpose built building which shared with Departments not unconnected with the judiciary, while the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal are spread over three different locations.
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Did you have to know the secret handshake to get in?
Or you could just disguise yourself with one of those wigs.
The wigs and the secret handshake seem to go hand in hand too often. But I guess that’s just me.
I guess Minister Crookwell wanted no parts of that righteous most honorable set .
I was there on an invite. It was like sitting among the choir. I did find some interest, particularly with the Senior Magistrates report about family court.
Theses photo’s are classic.
I attended as well, to see all the seats reserved and taken by Civil Servants, and the lawyers. I noted that one male gave up his seat for a female lawyer.Perhaps in the future things will be less crowded and everyone could be seated if and when the new Attorney General moves the Supreme Court to the Dame Lois Brown-Evans building in the not too distant future. We will see!