Cheryl T. Whyms

Nassau

Practice Area

• Civil and Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Education

• BPP Law School
  London, England
  
• University of Buckingham
  Buckingham, England

Admissions

• England and Wales, 1998
• Bahamas, 1998

Memberships

• The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
• Bahamas Bar Association

Cheryl joined the firm’s litigation department in June 2004. She is a litigator with considerable experience.  Over the past 13 years, she has been involved in advising and representing numerous institutional and private clients in proceedings before The Supreme Court and The Court of Appeal of The Bahamas.  Her main areas of practice are as follows:-

Personal Injury

Specialized experience with personal injury and fatal accident claims, advising various insurance companies, commercial businesses and foreign law firms,

• Represents insurers in a multi-million property damage claim against a corporation
• Represents airline in claim by passengers for personal injury and loss

Professional Negligence

• Represents various financial institutions in professional negligence claims against attorneys
• Defending medical negligence claims commenced against local hospital and advising generally

Insurance Law

• Represented leading insurance companies in claims brought against them for breach of insurance contracts
• Providing general advice to leading insurance companies

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

• Representing and advising clients as to enforcement of foreign judgments against assets in the Bahamas

Property Law

• Represents Petitioners and Adverse Claimants in actions under the Quieting Titles Act
• Trespass and Adverse Possession Claims
• Vendor purchaser Summonses

Trademark Infringement/Passing off Claims

• Representation of International franchise holders in actions against local infringers

Admiralty Law

• Represented claimants against vessel


• Arrests of vessel


• Advice on liens and priority

Shareholder disputes

• Oppression claims