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New Practice Directions on Obtaining Hearing Dates and Short Notice Hearings

Practice Direction No. 1 of 2022 Practice Direction No. 2 of 2022
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New Judgements

  • May 24, 2022
    BETWEEN Aaron Forbes AND Safiyya Feaste - 2018/COM/lab/00641
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  • May 24, 2022
    BETWEEN Rudolph Barry Kerr AND Marcia Kerr, Ann Kerr Mackey, Vanessa Mackey, Amanda Mackey, Thomas Mackey Jr., Ricardo Miller, Earl Munroe and Elwood Major - 2014/CLE/gen/02740
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  • May 23, 2022
    BETWEEN Venito Bain AND Jamaal Davis - 2017/CLE/gen/01268
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  • May 23, 2022
    BETWEEN Trevor Sunderland AND Butterfield Trust (Bahamas) Limited - 2018/CLE/gen/01222
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  • May 19, 2022
    BETWEEN Anheuser-Busch International Inc. and Cerveceria Nacional Dominican, S.A. AND Burns House Commonwealth Brewery Limited- 2016/CLE/gen/00032
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New Practice Directions on Obtaining Hearing Dates and Short Notice Hearings

Practice Direction No. 1 of 2022 Practice Direction No. 2 of 2022

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Draft Practice Direction on Court Connected Mediation - April 26, 2022

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CPR & ICMS Training Schedule 22 February, 2022 - 4 May, 2022

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Zoom Link For Virtual CPR Training Seminar - 2 March, 2022

TAKE NOTICE that the second training seminar on the new Civil Procedure…

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Launch of Training Programme for the New Civil Procedure Rules - 15 February, 2022

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Speech of CJ at the Opening of the 2022 Legal Year

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Notices, Tenders, Press Releases and EOIs

  • Press Release
    Closure of the Garnet Levarity Building
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  • Publication
    Bahamas Judiciary Annual Report 2019
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  • Tender
    TOR Digitize Court Modernization
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Welcome From The Chief Justice

I welcome this opportunity to introduce you to the redesigned and upgraded website of the Supreme…

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Application for Appointment as Judicial Officer
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Draft New Civil Procedure Rules, 2022
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The Opening of the Legal Year 2022
The Bahamas Bail Management System Official Launch
Host of the television program On The Record interviews the Chief Justice

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