Courts
Freezing of Cecilia Dapaah's bank accounts: Court to rule on OSP's confirmation request August 31
The former Minister is currently being investigated by the OSP on charges of corruption and corruption-related offences
DL News
Results for "World Day Against Trafficking"
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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
Europe
UK:Man jailed for raping teenager five months before she was murdered by her brother
A man who raped a teenager five months before she was murdered by her brother has been jailed for 10 years and six months.
Sky News
Africa
Nigeria: PDP presidential candidate files fresh suit in US Court over Tinubu’s academic records
Atiku has dragged the Chicago State University (respondent) before the court, seeking an order compelling the respondent to release the academic records of Tinubu in its possession.
Daily Post
General
New Abirem: Chief Justice inaugurates Circuit Court
Funded with the District Assembly Common Fund, the court facility forms part of the 100 courts project being executed by the government.
DL News
US
US Ministry of Defence accidentally emails ally of Russia
The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after emails containing classified information were sent to a close ally of Russia in a typing error.
BBC
Africa
Mauritania charges student with blasphemy over exam
The official announcement of the arrest comes after the country's religious authorities decreed that people found guilty of insulting the Prophet Muhammad should face the death penalty.
BBC
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court: James Quayson's motion for full disclosures by AG dismissed
Quayson had sought to quash a ruling by the High Court which denied his application for the Attorney General to make full disclosures.
DL News
US
Gynaecologist jailed in New York after sexually abusing more than 200 patients
A gynaecologist who sexually abused more than 200 patients has been jailed for 20 years. Robert Hadden, 64, cried and said he was "sorry for all the pain" he had caused before he was handed his sentence by a judge in New York on Tuesday.
Sky News
Courts
Court directs Charles Bissue to file written submission
Mr. Bissue and his lawyers have sued the OSP over issues concerning his (Bissue) fundamental human rights.
GNA
Others
Israeli Parliament passes law to limit judicial power
The court is now barred from overruling the national government using the legal standard of “reasonableness,” a concept that judges previously used to block ministerial appointments and contest planning decisions
Deccan Herald
US
Court rules against Uber in win for California workers
The highest court in California has ruled that Uber must face a class-action lawsuit claiming that it should have covered work-related expenses for UberEats driver
Lawyer Monthly
Business
First office complex for the ORC inaugurated in Kumasi
The three-story facility, with a total of 34 offices will serve areas in the Ashanti, Western, Oti, and Eastern Regions.
DL News
Europe
UK law firm owners suspended for accounts breaches dating back to 1980s
A Solicitors Regulation Authority launched an investigation in August 2021, which found the firm was holding £121,270 in client funds that had been dormant for more than 12 months – in one matter, the last transaction dated back to 1984.
Legal Futures
Courts
Opuni case: New judge takes over, accused goes to SC demands trial De novo
Justice Aboagye, who becomes the third judge to sit on the case after Justice Clemence Honyenuga, made his first sitting on July 12, 2023, where the parties informed him about the outcome of the appeal
DL News
Courts
Opuni case will not start De novo- Court of Appeal overturns ruling
In a unanimous judgment given by the three-member panel, which included Justices Jennifer Dadzie and Dr Ernest Owusu-Dapaa, the appellate court held among others that the High Court misdirected itself
DL News
Tech
Amazon accused of tricking Prime customers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the country's consumer rights watchdog, made the claims in a lawsuit.
BBC
General
The importance of hiring lawyers to review contracts: protecting your interests
The language and intricacy of contracts, though, can be intimidating, and if you don’t fully comprehend them, you run the danger of unwittingly exposing yourself to serious hazards.
Lawyer Monthly
Europe
UK barrister who asked client for drugs jailed
Hendron was representing a man who was arrested in 2021 on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A, B and C drugs.
Law Society Gazette
Courts
Former Juaben MCE trial: Kumasi High Court admits viral bribe video as evidence
The OSP began investigating Mr. Sarfo-Kantanka after a November 2021 video showed the Juabeng MCE demanding monies he allegedly paid assembly members to influence their votes
DL News