Bermuda judge quits ‘Thyssen-Bornemisza’ trial after one and a half years

By David Marchant

24 years ago

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Bermuda

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Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza Judge Dennis Mitchell

Bermuda was faced with an international embarrassment during March when a judge quit a complex trust trial 17 months after it started, saying that: “To be blunt. I’ve had enough.” Appropriately, given the nature of the case, which involves a dispute over a $2.7 billion European family fortune, Judge Dennis Mitchell resigned apparently after Bermuda’s Governor, Thorold Masefield, declined to renew his three-year contract when he asked for more money.

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