Europe
Ukraine Bar Association opens to foreign members
By paying an annual €200 (£171) fee, the association says UK lawyers, and others, can apply to become international participants.
The Law Society Gazette
Results for "Call to the Bar"
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Africa
Nigeria: AG to prosecute Law Lecturer and student over alleged malpractice at Bar final exams
Suspended law lecturer at the University of Calabar, Pascal Aboh was arrested for allegedly impersonating and re-sitting an exam for a student at the Nigerian Law School in Abuja.
The Nigeria Lawyer
Africa
Nigeria Court nullifies suspension of Bar Association's General Secretary
The judge said the ratification of the suspension of the NBA's General Secretary on 21 August ought not to have been carried out in view of the pendency of a suit challenging the suspension.
AllAfrica
General
Local Government Act needs amendment to eliminate gray areas - Lecturer
He said the amendment should either completely bar participants in local level elections from using political colours for their campaigns or be politicised to allow political parties to contest.
GNA
General
Chief Justice urges cooperation to entrench ADR in justice delivery
He spoke at the opening of the ADR week launched in Kumasi yesterday.
DL News
General
Full Speech: GBA president, Yaw Boafo at 40th Martyrs' Day Remembrance Service
The Martyrs' Day is held each year in remembrance of the three judges, who together with a retired military officer, Major Sam Acquah, were abducted and murdered at the Bundase Military range which is about 50 kilometers east of Accra on Ju...
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Business
Eastern Region: Tourism Authority closes down 12 facilities, plans to close 13 more
The move is part of a 10-day exercise to close down about 25 non-compliant facilities within the Eastern Region.
DL News
Africa
Sudan lawyers accuse Russian mercenaries of attacks in Darfur
The Wagner mercenaries appear to have been active in South Darfur since late 2021. The mercenaries are specifically accused of attacks on artisanal gold miners in Um Dafug locality, close to the border with the Central African Republic.
AllAfrica
Europe
UK: Barristers to strike over legal aid rates
Barristers are in dispute with the Ministry of Justice over legal aid rates in criminal cases, which they say are so low that many junior lawyers can earn less than the minimum wage when their expenses are taken into account.
The Times
General
Institutionalize arbitral structures under AfCFTA regime – Prof. Abotsi
Institutionalize arbitral structures under AfCFTA regime – Prof. Abotsi
DL News
General
Over 80% of Lawyers' applications fail at the Supreme Court – Justice Amegatcher
Over 80% of lawyers applications fail at the Supreme Court – Justice Amegatcher
DL News
Tech
Technology rollout in justice sector: stakeholders must study how systems work – SC Justice
Speaking at the 2022 Bench, Bar, and Faculty conference, she explains that the harmonization of technology is important to assess the work of the various systems stakeholders operate with.
DL News
Crime
Child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana : Cadbury faces fresh accusations
A new TV documentary alleges that children as young as 10 are using machetes to harvest pods
the guardian
General
ECOWAS Court external session an opportunity to learn – CJ to lawyers, judges
The External Court session of the Court is being held in Ghana for the first time since its formation over twenty years ago.
DL News
General
Amend protocol establishing ECOWAS Court-Godfred Dame
“Mr. President, I note that both the 1991 protocol and the 2005 supplementary protocol omitted the requirement to exhaust local remedies before invoking the jurisdiction of the ECOWAS court."
DL News
General
Hon. Sosu appointed Executive Member of African Bar Association
Also a lawyer, Mr. Sosu has been specifically appointed to the position of Vice-Chairman of the Trade, Investment, and Business Immigration Committee of the association.
DL News
General
GBA finds Madina MP’s “political judges” comment unprofessional
In a statement, the GBA stated that those comments were also irresponsible and distasteful because the tenure of judges according to the 1992 Constitution is not tied to a political regime.
DL News
Business
Demand Tax Clearance Certificates before renewing members’ licenses – GRA to Professional bodies
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) wants the Governing Councils of Professional Bodies to demand Tax Clearance Certificates (TCCs) from their members before the renewal of their licenses.
DL News
General
GSL exams should be decentralised – legal practitioner
“So we can have a Ghana School of Law (GSL) bar exam across board and definitely, the best law faculties will stand out, in respect of their coaching, preparation and investment in their law students,”
DL News
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 News