26 Nov Andrew A. Martin — Significant Cases
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Andrew A. Martin
Director
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Significant Cases
Andrew has been involved in a significant number of cases reported in the Bermuda Law Reports. Cases of note include:
Privy Council
- American Patriot Insurance Agency Inc et al v Mutual Risk Management Limited and Others (Fraud)
- Minister of the Environment v Barber and Scarborough Property Holdings Ltd. (Ministerial discretion)
- Ambassador Insurance Co (In Liquidation) v Kempe and Hamilton (Joint Liquidators of Mentor Insurance) (Scheme of Arrangement)
- Flag Ltd v Reda and Abdul-Jalil (Mutual trust and confidence)
- Focus Insurance Co. Ltd (In Liquidation) v Hardy and Others(Default sanction)
Court of Appeal
- Dorinco v New Cap Reinsurance Co Ltd. (In Liquidation)(International insolvency cooperation)
- Schindler v Garner and Bermuda Trust Company Ltd. (Forced heirship)
- Glencore Grain Ltd v Agros Co. Ltd. (Set off of unliquidated claims)
- Cooke and Comp Indemnity Reinsurance Co v John Hancock Life Insurance (Subpoena in arbitration proceedings)
- Stena Finance BV and Temple Holdings Ltd v Sea Containers Ltd and Others (Take over bid)
- Chyrses Ltd. v Accountant General (Stamp Duties)
- Bird v Magzone(Bda) Ltd and the Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd. (Banker’s duty to customer)
- First Atlantic Commerce Limited v Bank of Bermuda (Costs)
Supreme Court
- In the Matter of A Trust (Will trust — Disclosure of information regarding underlying company — Confidentiality — Breach of settlement terms)
- DeGroote v MacMillan and BETCO and Cooper Associates Real Estate (Misrepresentation by broker)
- Re Star I and Star II Trusts, Von Knieriem v Bermuda Trust Company Limited and Grosvenor Trust Company (Protector’s duty to trust)
- Doughty v Coral Petroleum Company Ltd. (Employment and pension rights)
- Hopewell International Insurance Limited v Gold Medal Insurance Company (Scheme of Arrangement)
- Mackie and Others v BCB Trust Company Limited and Bermuda Commercial Bank Limited (Trustee’s fees)
- In re Stewardship Credit Arbitrage Fund Limited (Insolvency of mutual fund)
- Validus Holdings Limited v IPC Holdings Limited (Scheme of Arrangement)
- Phoenix Global Fund Limited v Citigroup Fund Services (Bermuda) Limited and the Bank of Bermuda Limited (Breach of fund administrators’ duties)
- Tensor Endowment Fund Limited v New Stream Secured Captial Fund Limited (Segregated accounts company)
Andrew’s full biography can be viewed here.