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David R. KessaramHead of Litigation
Cox Hallett Wilkinson Milner House, 18 Parliament Street, P.O. Box HM 1561 HM FX
Hamilton, Bermuda
Mailing Address: P.O. Box HM1561, HM FX, Hamilton
Telephone: +441-295-4630 Fax: +441-292-7880 http://www.chw.com
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| Practice Areas | Corporate Litigation; Corporate Arbitration; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Arbitration; Insolvency; Restructuring Matters; Insurance Disputes; Reinsurance Disputes; Hostile Takeovers; Shareholders' Disputes; Breach of Trust Claims | | | Education | McGill University (B.A.); Inns of Court School of Law, (1977) | | | Admitted | 1977, England; 1978, Bermuda | |
| Memberships | Bermuda Bar Association; Honourable Society of the Middle Temple; Bermuda Bar Council (President, 2003-2004); Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow); Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; Law Reform Committee. | | | Languages | English and French | | | Born | Bermuda | | | Biography | Served as Secretary of the Bermuda Bar Council from 1999-2001, Vice-President in 2001-2002 and its President from 2003-2005. Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Member, Executive Council, Bermuda Branch of the Institute. Member, Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. Honorary Member, Center for International Legal Studies. Chairman, Professional Conduct Committee. Author of the Bermuda chapter on International Execution against Judgement Debtors, published by the Center for International Legal Studies. Sits occasionally as an Acting Justice of the Supreme Court and as an arbitrator. | | | Reported Cases | Margie Richardson v. Butterfield Executor & Trustee Co, Ltd - Bermuda trust litigation; Maco S.A. v. Bank of Bermuda (et al) - Contract litigation; Hubbard, Boden (et al) v. Cardenas - Bermuda trust litigation; Littlewoods Organization v. Bank of Bermuda (et al) - Fraudulent conveyances; Nationsbank v. Vitol Finance - Bermuda litigation in relation to U.S. bankruptcy proceedings; Pamela Ellefsen v. Bermuda Trust Co. Ltd. (et al) - Enforcement of Foreign Judgment; Simmons v. P.W.G. Suttle (Lloyds syndicate) - Insurance litigation; Mutual Reinsurance Company Limited v. Peat Marwick & Mitchell & Co - Advising liquidators; H.H. Thyssen-Bornemisza and LRT Trustee (Pvt) Ltd. v. G.H. Thyssen-Bornemisza, Favorita Holding Ltd. (formerly Tamara Corp. Ltd.), Thybo Trustees Limited and Tornabuoni Ltd. - Bermuda trust litigation; Motion Picture Association of America v. Bermuda Cablevision Ltd. - Copyright dispute; Absolute Alpha Fund PCC Ltd. and Aris Fund PCC v. Manhattan Investment Fund Ltd. - Investors' claim; de Heinrich v. Dermo Ltd. - Directors' dispute | | | ISLN | 905911470 | |
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