Africa
Why South Africa regrets its liberal post-apartheid asylum laws
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has announced plans to toughen asylum and immigration laws in a move that will have far-reaching consequences for foreign nationals
BBC
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Crime
Two suspected members of syndicate arrested over internet fraud
The accused are said to have defrauded a lady of GH¢16,000 worth of frozen food items and went into hiding.
GNA
General
He engaged in influence peddling, not crime; OSP closes Adu Boahen case
According to the office, the act of Adu Boahen contained in the Tiger PI documentary amounted to influence peddling, which is not criminally prohibited.
DL News
Tech
Elon musk and X a year on: Four problems he needs to fix
It was the first flavor of what has been a 12-month whirlwind of erratic change - not least the renaming of the company to X.
BBC
Courts
Court jails three Cameroonians over immigration and documentation crimes
Tibab Beltus Mbachick, Mbaku Ransson, Mba Dieudonne Akuro were fined GH¢4,000 each and they are to serve a month’s imprisonment each.
GNA
General
2023 Call to the Bar: Ebenezer Addai Osei(Esq) is Mensah-Sarbah Prize winner
Last year, a UCC Faculty of Law alumnus, Miss Sabina Sabia Larribah Bolsong (Esq), won the Prestigious Mensah Sarbah Memorial Prize.
DL News
Supreme Court News
OSP goes to SC; seeks quashing of HC ruling to hear motion earlier
The High Court, presided over by Justice Eric Twum granted a motion for abridgment of time filed by Madam Cecilia Dapaah subsequent to the OSP’s filing of a second motion for confirmation of seizure.
DL News
General
Building Your own Legal Empire: Dare to be Different -Lawyer Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang writes
I remember at the Faculty of Law University of Ghana at our time, the most popular electives were Trade and Investment Law, Commercial Law, Private International Law. However, I chose with few others to study Natural Resources Law.
Maxwell Opoku-Agyemang, Former Director of the Ghana School of Law
Courts
OSP wants Justice Edward Twum removed from all pending cases
This according to the OSP, is grounded on the founded belief that the High Court Justice appears to be highly prejudiced against the institution and the person of the Special Prosecutor.
DL News
General
Over 900 pass 2023 Ghana Bar Exam, set to be called later this month
The list of candidates who passed the exam was released yesterday, pending consideration and approval by the General Legal Council.
DL News
Europe
Pass AI law soon or risk falling behind, MPs warn
The EU could overtake the UK in efforts to make AI safe unless action is taken, members of the Commons Technology Committee said
BBC
Africa
Nigeria's ex-oil minister charged with bribery in the UK
Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offences in the UK. She is suspected of accepting financial rewards for awarding multi-million dollar oil and gas contracts
BBC
Europe
UK:Teenage girl jailed for life for killing boyfriend and passenger in 100mph car crash
A teenage girl nicknamed "hell on wheels" has been jailed for life for murdering her boyfriend and another passenger by driving a car into a wall at 100mph
Sky News
Europe
Oil giant BP fined £650,000 over death of worker who fell from offshore platform
BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd was last week found guilty of a health and safety breach at a UK Court following an eight-day trial.
Sky News
Europe
Italians protest after judge clears caretaker of charges because he groped girl for less than 10 seconds
According to the judges, what happened “does not constitute a crime” because it lasted less than 10 seconds. Since the ruling, palpata breve – a brief groping – has become a trend on Instagram and TikTok in Italy
BBC
General
Ghanaian children wrongly taken in raids backed by US charity IJM
The multimillion-dollar charity, International Justice Mission, aims to rescue trafficked children and reunite them with their families. But serious concerns have been raised about their West African operations.
BBC
Tech
Microsoft to pay $20m for child privacy violations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reached a settlement with the company on Monday, which also includes increased protections for child gamers.
BBC
General
African Bar Association holds annual conference from August 6-10
The theme for this year’s conference is “Building the Legal Profession in Africa under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.”
DL News
General
196 new lawyers called to the Ghana Bar
Today, May 5, 2023, at the International Conference Centre in Accra, the Mini Call Class of 2022 was presented and called to the Bar
DL News
Others
Singapore executes man for supplying cannabis
Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was hanged at dawn on Wednesday over a plot to smuggle 1kg (35oz) of cannabis.
BBC