Courts
Suspected serial paedophile remanded
Rashid Anaata, the suspect, was arrested over the weekend and arraigned before the Wa Circuit Court and was subsequently remanded
GNA
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General
Public Complaint Directorates revamped in all courts- Chief Justice
She noted that her office accepts and acts on not less than 10 petitions daily and thus called on the public to report bribe-taking court officers
DL News
Others
Indian court grants visitation rights to father previously accused of sexually assaulting minor daughter
It was the father’s case that the mother, by her “systematic manipulations”, and to deprive the minor from his love and care, registered the First Information Report (FIR) against him last year.
Livelaw
Supreme Court News
LGBTQI Bill: Punish Speaker Bagbin for disregarding you –Researcher tells SC
In a contempt summons against the Speaker of Parliament, the applicant avers that despite two substantive pending suits and an application for interlocutory injunction...
DL News
Supreme Court News
Full judgment: Supreme Court reasoning in CDD and Others vs. Attorney General
The Supreme Court, in the opinion of Amegatcher JSC, held that the issue of leave of the Auditor-General is an administrative matter within the purview of the Auditor-General and his Management.
DL News
Tech
'No bad faith': Fake citations generated through ChatGPT don't warrant sanctions, attorneys argue
Attorney Steven Schwartz and his firm "have already become the poster children for the perils of dabbling with new technology; their lesson has been learned," his lawyers told the judge.
LAW.COM
Courts
ECOWAS court awards 50 million CFA against Burkina Faso
This amount, according to the court, is to compensate for the moral damages suffered following the violation of his right to a fair trial in reasonable time over his retirement 20 years ago.
DL News
General
Afadzato South District Court commissioned
The commissioning of the Court was in fulfillment of the Judicial Service's efforts to ensure access to justice to the people of the traditional area.
GNA
Courts
Attack on Golden Star Wassa Limited: 51 persons remanded
The Prosecutor appealed to the court to remand the accused persons for two weeks to enable them complete their investigations.
GNA
General
Judge urges lawyers to embrace ADR
The Judicial Service has currently engaged 635 trained mediators, with a least five mediators assigned to each of the present 132 ADR-connected courts, made up of 99 District and 33 Circuit Courts
ADR Daily
US
Class-action suit seeks redress from 'robot lawyer' practicing law without license
In the lawsuit, the plaintiff seeks damages for alleged violations of California's unfair competition law, alleging that he would not have subscribed if he knew that the "World's First Robot Lawyer," as the company calls itself, was not act...
CBS News
Courts
Court convicts Data Analyst on fraud charges
Julius Bradford Lamptey, in default, would serve 20 months imprisonment.
GNA
Africa
Uganda: Woman sentenced to seven years for injecting step-son with HIV virus
The 27-year-old Colline Odyek appeared before the chief magistrate court to answer a charge of intentionally infecting a 5-year-old boy with HIV/Aids,
AllAfrica
Courts
Scrap dealer accused of stealing Meek Mills’ iPhone remanded
Nuhu Sulley was charged with stealing when he appeared before an Accra Circuit Court but denied the charge.
GNA
General
UPSA Law School to host esteemed J.H. Jackson moot court competition in March
The contest, organized by the European Law Students Association and the World Trade Organisation(WTO), is the biggest moot court competition on WTO Law in the world.
DL News
Courts
Duraplast salesman granted bail for alleged GH¢89, 525.31 theft
The court presided over by Mr Samuel Bright Acquah ordered that the sureties should be public servants earning not less than GH¢2,000 and must be residents within the jurisdiction of the court.
GNA
General
Justice Sir Dennis Adjei elected 2022-23 Fellow of the Inns of Court
His selection like others, was based on votes by the Selection Committee of the Inns of Court made up of the Director, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Professor Carl Stychin, and four others from the Inner Temple, Gray’s Inn, Lincoln’s...
DL News
Courts
Court grants visa agent ₵200k bail
The Court presided over by Mrs. Susana Eduful admitted the accused person to bail in the sum of GH₵200,000.00 with four sureties.
GNA
Europe
UK: Woman claiming to be Christ warned to stop using court time
The court heard that Michelle Andrea Derrig, known as Michelle Andrea Hargreaves after marriage, changed her name last November to Jesus Christ.
The Law Society Gazette
Europe
Mining giant Glencore flew cash bribes to Africa via private jet, UK court hears
Third-party agents used Glencore’s money to bribe officials in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and South Sudan, causing harms worth $128m, a sentencing hearing at Southwark crown court heard.
The Guardian