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Meet Carruthers Tetteh, visually impaired lawyer among 844 called to the Bar
In 2019, he obtained his Bachelor of Laws Degree from UCC, where he also obtained First-Class Honours class.
DL News
Results for "2019 (Act 992)"
2652 results.
General
522 Candidates pass 2022 GSL Entrance exams
This number represents about 20% of the entire number of 2654 who sat for the exams per the pass list released by the Independent Examinations Committee(IEC) of the General Legal Council.
DL News
Africa
South Africa debates amnesty for State corruption offenders
In 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa, estimated that the corruption - which South Africans call "state capture" - cost the country more than 500 billion South African rand (more than U.S.$25 billion).
AllAfrica
US
Ex-United Nations employee sentenced for multiple rapes
The sentencing of a former United Nations communications specialist was punctuated by the tears and eloquence of some of his 13 sexual assault victims who said being drugged and raped by a man who had befriended them left them shattered.
ABC News
General
Electing heads of Local Government will solve a lot of Ghana’s problems – NCCE Boss
Following a proposal made by the current government, a referendum was scheduled to be held in Ghana in December 2019 for approval of the election of MMDCEs thus allowing political parties to be involved in the local processes.
DL News
Africa
South African jailed 43 years by US Court for multiple child pornography convictions
Andrian Page, who pleaded guilty on June 19, 2019, would be serving 43 years in prison, followed by 10 years on supervised release after the completion of his prison term.
DL News
Europe
Hacker who stole unreleased songs by Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert jailed for 18 months
Adrian Kwiatkowski stole two songs from Sheeran and 12 songs from American rapper Vert and tried to exchange them for cryptocurrency, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
Sky News
Africa
Lagos court jails Italian widow over property claims
According to the court, the widow used forged documents to claim where she was a tenant following the demise of her husband, Mr Luca Signorelli.
The Nigeria Lawyer
Africa
Rwanda: Why Bar Association suspended nearly 100 lawyers
The suspensions, according to the Bar's president, Moïse Nkundabarashi, range from one month to one year, depending on the severity of the offense.
AllAfrica
General
EOCO Boss’ comment on NAM 1 charges not the AG’s position – John Kumah
The EOCO Boss, at a forum, noted that it is becoming increasingly difficult for state prosecutors to prosecute Nana Appiah Mensah due to the lack of the relevant laws to support the charges.
DL News
Europe
Ronaldo seeks $626K from rape accuser's lawyer
In a bluntly worded court document, Ronaldo’s attorney, Peter Christiansen, asks U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey to make the woman’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, personally responsible for the amount.
Fox Sports
Africa
Nigeria's Chief Justice resigns on health grounds
The resignation by Mr. Muhammad, 68, comes about 18 months ahead of his official retirement in December 2023, when he will clock 70.
Premium Times Nig
General
OccupyGhana to commence legal proceedings against Auditor General if…
ccupy Ghana reiterates that it would repeat its constitutional demand for information on the Auditor General’s compliance or otherwise with the mandatory provisions of the Constitution(as reinforced by the Supreme Court in OccupyGhana V Att...
DL News
Tech
Meta, Google, Twitter appeal against global injunction by Indian Yoga Guru set for May 10
The digital giants have come in appeal against an order passed by an Indian High Court in 2019 on a suit by Indian Yoga Guru, Ramdev alleging defamation via remarks and videos, based on the book "Godman to Tycoon – the Untold Story of Baba...
LawBeat
General
PURC receives 10,987 complaints against utility companies in 2021
Alhaji Jabaru said under the PURC (Consumer Service) Regulation 2020, LI 2413, utility companies were allowed to lodge complaints against consumers.
graphiconline
Tech
Epiq Acquires Fireman & Co. to Gain Data, Knowledge Management Expertise
Epiq says the future of law firms and corporate legal departments will focus on enhanced data and knowledge management.
Law.com
Tech
Failure to patch and introduce MFA led to £98k ICO fine for Tuckers Solicitors
Tuckers patched five months after an NCSC alert flagged exploitation of a critical vulnerability, understood to be in Citrix. While it was not conclusive that the vulnerability was how the attacker was able to access Tuckers’ network, its d...
legaltechnology.com
Others
Chile’s constituent assembly begins debating new constitution March 3, 2022 18
“In this period we are going to see what is really going to remain in the proposed constitution,” said constituent assembly President Maria Elisa Quinteros, noting that the text would face a nationwide referendum planned for September.
Aljazeera
US
Prince Andrew settles US civil sex assault case with Virginia Giuffre
A letter filed to the US district court on Tuesday said the duke and Ms Giuffre had reached an out-of-court settlement.
BBC
General
Family of murdered Tiger Eye journalist disappointed with no arrest made three years on
On January 6, 2019, Ahmed Suale was shot three times; twice in the chest and another in the neck by unidentified men near his family home in Madina.
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