Bermuda arrest warrant issued for Mark Hardy

Bermuda’s Chief Justice Sir James Astwood has ordered the arrest of former Focus Insurance chairman Mark Hardy for disobeying the Supreme Court’s orders.Sir James said that he was holding UK-based Mark Gregory Hardy in contempt of court for violating injunctions issued in July 1991 and February 1992 freezing his personal assets worldwide. He ruled yesterday that Mr Hardy be arrested and brought before him on January 8 “to show cause why I should not commit him to prison”.