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Finding the law in Bermuda

Online guide to Bermuda law written by Karen Skiffington who is a Law Librarian at Carey Olsen in Bermuda. The guide was published in 2010 (and updated in 2021 by Jennifer Williams) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author gives an outline of the Bermuda legal system which is based on the English system and includes sections focusing on legislation, the courts and the legal profession. The guide highlights differences between Bermuda Law and English law.

Government of Bermuda

This is the official gateway to websites and services of the government of Bermuda. It provides information on the history and structure of government in the region, the parliament and role of the governor plus access to recent press releases and links to government websites online. All aspects of political, economic, social policy and foreign policy are covered.

World Law: Bermuda

Section of WorldLII's World Law service covering Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the Western Atlantic. The site provides links to governmental, legislation and case law sites along with resources focusing on banking and finance, company, taxation and money laundering law.offers A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to Bermuda on all of World Law. This section of WorldLII was developed from work initiated by Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

Commonwealth Legal Information Institute

The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) is a cooperative legal information initiative led by AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute) providing access to freely available legal materials from all Commonwealth countries. CommonLII contains over 400 databases providing case law, legislation, treaties and law reform reports from more than 50 Commonwealth and common law countries and territories.

CariLaw- Caribbean Law Project

CariLaw is a subscription database of Commonwealth Caribbean primary legal materials, produced by the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies in partnership with legal technology company vLex. The database provides access to legislation, treaties and case law from the Privy Council, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Judgements on the site include those decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Supreme or High courts of the various Caribbean jurisdictions.

Bermuda Laws Online

A project of the Government of Bermuda and the Attorney General to provide online access to the laws of Bermuda. Two collections of legislation are available: Annual Laws (acts and statutory instruments from 1993 to date) and Consolidated Laws (regularly updated acts and statutory instruments). An amended versin of the Constitution of Bermuda is also provided, together with a selection of UK statutory instruments applicable to Bermuda. A disclaimer warns that "The legislative material on this site does not yet have official sanction."

Guide to Caribbean Law Research

Online guide to researching Caribbean law written by Yemisi Dina who is Head of Public Services at the Osgoode Hall Law Library, York University, Ontario in Canada. The guide is published on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author covers all the dependent and independent Caribbean states describing their legal and court systems, sources of legislation and law reports.

World Law: North America

Part of WorldLII's World Law service containing links to online resources relating to North America. Includes links to organisations dealing with the North American region and to inter-American treaties. Separate sections provide links to resources focused on Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Mexico and the United States. This section of WorldLII was developed from work initiated by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

Bermuda Bar Association

The Bermuda Bar Association is the governing body for lawyers in Bermuda, responsible for regulating and representing the profession. Its website includes a list of law firms/professional companies and a list of practitioners. It provides resources for barristers and attorneys, including the Bermuda Bar Act 1974, the Code of Professional Conduct and associated documents; information about legal education; and details of support groups.

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