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Europe
UK law will recognise children born from rape as 'victims of crime' for first time
England and Wales will be among the first countries in the world to give victim status to those conceived through rape.
Law Society Gazette23 January 2023
Europe
New Zealand imposes lifetime ban on young people buying cigarettes
The law states that tobacco can't ever be sold to anybody born on or after January 1, 2009 - and from now on, the minimum age for buying cigarettes will keep going up and up.
Euronews16 December 2022
Africa
Zimbabwe: New law bans MPs with criminal conviction from participating in future elections
According to the country's Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2022 which was gazetted on Friday, legislators or councillors will be disqualified if they commit physical violence or dishonesty crimes and get convicted within a period of 12 months...
AllAfrica21 November 2022
General
North Tongu MP intends to file private members bill to regulate presidential travels
He says in his 13-month tracking of the President’s travels, Nana Akufo-Addo has spent ‘GH¢34 million of taxpayers’ money on chartered flights.
DL News27 June 2022
Africa
Nigeria's kidnapping crisis: Should ransom payments be banned?
Since 2011, kidnappers have collected at least $18m, with more than half of it between 2016 and 2020, says SBM Intelligence, a think-tank based in Lagos.
BBC26 May 2022
Africa
Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal tender
The text of the new legislation covers the use of crypto-currencies and those who use them, in online trade, "smart contracts... by blockchain technology and "all electronic transactions.” According to the statement, cryptocurrency exchange...
DL News28 April 2022
Supreme Court News
Restrain GRA from implementing E-levy – Minority MPs file injunction at SC
The Minority MPs want the Supreme Court to put on hold the process, until the final determination of their suit challenging the constitutionality of the passage of the E-levy by Parliament.
DL News19 April 2022
General
Pass Surveying Council Bill to improve standards: Surveyors appeal to govt
At a news briefing and launch of the institution’s 17th annual Surveyors’ Week celebration and the opening of its 53rd Annual General Meeting in Accra last Monday, the President of the institution, Dr John Amaglo, said regulation would help...
GRAPHIC ONLINE24 February 2022
Business
E-Levy: Minority throws out proposal to reduce tax from 1.75% to 1.5%
Government had hoped to get the buy-in of the NDC MPs to get the bill passed.
MYJOYONLINE28 January 2022
General
Removing Chief Justice from GLC may not fix legal education challenges – Kofi Abotsi
The 499 students contend that the pass mark for the entrance exams has always been 50% in both sections of the exams.
DL News8 November 2021
General
They are jokers-Sam Okudzeto describes Dafeamekpor, Sosu for seeking CJ’s removal from the GLC
So I don’t see how the qualified lawyer is going to appear before the court and you say that those for who we are going to appear before do not have any power of control over their training, or education. It’s a joke.
DL News3 November 2021
General
Some MPs considering Bill on legal education – Xavier Sosu
On Wednesday, the National Association of Law Students (NALS) demonstrated against the “unjustifiable denial of admission of 499 law students at the Ghana School of Law and persistent challenges with legal education in Ghana
DENNISLAW NEWS21 October 2021
Business
Bankers in talks with BoG over a bill on over-the-counter withdrawals
“We want people to withdraw a minimum. The ATM is for minor payment and the media must also educate the populace on that. We have several platforms to use for transactions”.
DL News11 October 2021
US
US lawmakers call for crackdown on financial ‘enablers’ after Pandora Papers revelations
If passed, the law would give the Treasury Department until December 2023 to create anti-money-laundering rules for the gatekeeper industries.
DL News8 October 2021
General
Review tax exemptions given to investors – Dr. Ali-Nakyea counsels Governments
This is why the Tax Exemptions Bill 2019 has been a worry for the delay in its passage into law,”
DL News14 September 2021
General
Reforming local governance system
Clearly, the participation of political parties in the general election accounts significantly for such high voter turnout for these elections.
DL News6 September 2021
General
We’re digitizing ‘problematic’ land acquisition processes to tackle corruption – Lands Commission
The land acquisition process in Ghana is frustrating for many, largely due to an increase in land litigation cases over ownership.
DL News22 June 2021
General
Top musicians, Music producers and Film makers risk going to jail for non registration with the Creative Arts Agency
Musicians, Film makers and other players in the Creative Arts industry may face jail time if they fail to register with the Creative Arts Agency before they commence operations.
DL News2 June 2021
US
Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce
After raising three children and building the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the two are ending their marriage.
DL News3 May 2021
US
George Floyd: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder
A US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year.
DL News21 April 2021